Deer hunters who applied for a Vermont muzzleloader season antlerless deer permit by the July 31 deadline can now go to the Vermont Fish and Wildlife website to see if they won a permit.

Fish and Wildlife announced the permit winners on September 9, after conducting a randomized computer drawing. Permit winners are listed in two categories -- regular lottery winners and landowners. Landowners who apply for a landowner antlerless permit are prohibited by law from posting their land against hunting.

“Hunters can go to our website to find out if they are recipients of a muzzleloader season antlerless permit,” said Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jason Batchelder. “Knowing early if they’ve won, will help them plan their hunting this fall.”

“They can follow a link on our home page to go to the listing of permit winners.”

Permit recipients will need to reprint their licenses which have been reformatted to include their antlerless permits.

Antlerless permits were available for 19 of Vermont’s 21 Wildlife Management Units and may only be used during the muzzleloader seasons on October 30-November 2 (antlerless hunting by permit only) and December 6-14.

Regulation changes related to antlerless permits, which passed earlier this year, will not take effect until 2026.

“Harvesting antlerless deer affords Vermont hunters the chance to secure locally sourced food for their families. It also helps the department balance the deer population with the available habitat,” said Nick Fortin, deer and moose project leader for the Fish and Wildlife Department.

“Our goal is to balance deer numbers with what the habitat can support,” said Nick Fortin, deer and moose project leader for the Fish and Wildlife Department. “To maintain a healthy and sustainable deer population, the 2025 recommendation aims to stabilize deer numbers in much of the state while reducing deer numbers in some areas.”

Fish and Wildlife urges hunters to review the 2025 Deer Season Guide also available its website home page.