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(4) The commissioner may adopt rules necessary for the
administration, implementation, enforcement and
interpretation of this subsection, except that there
may not be an antlerless deer permit system unless
otherwise specified in this paragraph. Any rules
adopted by the commissioner that provide for permits
to be issued to nonresident or alien hunters must
provide that:

 
(a) The percentage of antlerless deer permits
issued to nonresident and alien hunters may not
exceed the average percentage of applicants for
antlerless deer permits over the previous 3
years who were nonresidents or aliens; and

 
(b) No more than 15% of the antlerless deer
permits issued in any one district or in any one
zone may be issued to nonresident and alien
hunters.

 
(5) An antlerless deer permit system adopted by the
commissioner pursuant to this section may include a
provision giving special consideration to landowners
who keep their lands open to hunting by the public.
Any 2 or more areas of land owned by the same person
that are open for hunting and that would be
contiguous except for being divided by one or more
roads are considered contiguous for the purposes of
determining landowner eligibility for special
consideration under this subparagraph. The
commissioner may provide resident landowners with
unallocated nonresident antlerless deer permits.

 
A junior hunter or a person 65 years of age or older may
take an antlerless deer, if a person who holds a valid
antlerless deer permit transfers the may transfer that
permit to the junior hunter or person 65 years of age or
older another hunter by identifying the name, age and
address of the transferee on the permit as well as any
other information reasonably requested by the commissioner
and then returns return the permit to the department prior
to the start of the firearm season on deer. The
commissioner shall record the transfer and return the
permit to the junior hunter or person 65 years of age or
older. A valid permit must be in the possession of the
transferee in order for the transferee to take an
antlerless deer. If the person transfers the permit to
the junior hunter or person 65 years of age or older
another person, that person is prohibited from taking an
antlerless deer.


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