Application Instructions:

The DMAP offers landowners or hunt clubs options in managing deer herds on their property or leases. Review the following instructions for completing the application.

In order for the Wildlife Resources Commission to process your application for participation in the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP), we request that you read thoroughly the following information:

1. Issuance of DMAP tags is subject to an evaluation by the District Wildlife Biologist of herd status and landowner objectives on the property, as well as the determination that an adequate number of antlerless deer cannot be removed during the normally scheduled either-sex season in the county.

2. Applicants must own or control exclusive hunting rights on a minimum of 1,000 contiguous acres of land. (Adjoining landowners may combine their properties to meet this requirement.)

3. Applicants should be able to provide information on the number and sex of deer harvested from the area for the past 3 years.

4. Applicants shall agree to tag and report antlered bucks during the open deer season as described in the regulations pertaining to reporting Big Game kills. Antlered bucks shall count as part of the daily bag, possession, and season limit of the person taking the deer.

5. Applicants shall agree that harvests of antlerless deer during the entire deer season (including primitive weapons seasons) will not exceed the number of deer specified on the authorization by the Executive Director. Antlerless deer taken on the property do not count as part of the daily bag, possession, and season limit of the person taking the deer.

6. Applicants shall agree to tag each antlerless deer killed during the archery, muzzleloader, and gun deer season with a special tag and to report all kills in a Big Game Harvest Record Book, both of which will be supplied by the Commission.

7. Applicants shall agree to assist the Commission in the collection of information from all harvested deer (for example, jawbones, weights, and antler characteristics) and record the data on harvest data sheets supplied by the Commission.

8. Applicants shall agree to return Harvest Books, jawbones, and data sheets to the Commission within 15 days of the close of the season. The failure of an applicant to meet or to comply with the above guidelines will result in denial of the authorization for use of the DMAP tags for the current or future year, whichever is applicable.

Applications must be received by August 1 and be accompanied by a check or money order in the amount of $50.00 made payable to the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. This fee is a processing fee and is nonrefundable.