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RAC approves 2025 deer permit recommendations after debate over Thousand Lakes weapon split
Summary
The Central Region RAC discussed 2025 deer permit recommendations, focused debate on a proposed 40/30/30 (rifle/archery/muzzleloader) split for the Thousand Lakes limited‑entry unit and ultimately approved the division’s recommendations as presented.
The council reviewed the Division’s 2025 deer permit recommendations, which included general‑season and limited‑entry adjustments guided by the new statewide deer plan that allows automatic adjustments of permit numbers under a 20% threshold. Division staff described the data inputs used to set permit numbers — buck‑to‑doe and fawn‑to‑doe ratios, survival data, population estimates and recent hunter success — and explained that the model can be…
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