DE E R P E R M IT A RE A 6 6 1 H U N T IN G I N F O R M AT IO N

2023 Deer Hunting Information Wildlife Manager Report

Designation: Three-deer limit Deer Permit Area 661 (previously 261) was designated as a CWD management zone in
2022. This DPA now includes carcass movement restrictions as well as mandatory CWD
Firearm Options: All Legal Firearms testing during the opening weekend of firearm season. This DPA is in the Red River
Special Regulations: Special CWD related Valley and includes west Polk and a sliver of southwest Marshall County. Landcover is
regulations in this area. See mndnr.gov/cwd for dominated by 88% ag with minimal grass/wetland/woodland cover (~5%). The 2020
details goal aimed to have a 25% population decrease and current modeling indicates that the
population is over goal. Back-to-back moderately severe winters with some fawn
Seasons: mortality has limited this population, but considering the over goal status and CWD
__Archery: Sept. 16 - Dec. 31 designation there will be a Three-deer limit with an Early Antlerless season in 2023.
_..Youth: Oct. 19 - 22
__Early Antlerless: Oct. 19 - 22
DNR Wildlife Contact(s): Emily Hutchins, 218-551-1101
__Firearm A: Nov. 4 - 12
_. Firearm B: Nov. 4 - 12
__Muzzleloader: Nov. 25 - Dec. 10 Important Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Information
Mandatory CWD testing Nov. 4-5
__Late CWD Hunts: N/A
Carcass movement restrictions in effect
Land Cover Types % Tot.
Woody Cover 3 A deer feeding and attractant ban is in effect for Polk County. See
Grassland and Wetlands mndnr.gov/cwd/feedban.html for details
2
Annual Row Crops 88
Open Water 2
Developed 6
Total Land Area in 2022 (Non-water)
795 Sq. Mi.
2022 Firearm Deer Hunter Statistics
Lands Open to Public Hunting
Hunters per Sq. Mi. Land: 1
Publically Owned Lands Sq. Mi.
Hunter Success: 39%
State Wildlife Management Area 0
State Forest 0 2022 Deer Harvest
Misc. State Land 0 Adult Fawn Adult Fawn Total
County Managed Land 0
Male Male Female Female
USFWS Land (WPA and NWR) 0
Firearms 160 26 103 13 302
USFS Land (National Forest) 0
Archery 15 4 28 2 49
Privately Owned Lands
Muzzleloader 23 1 28 2 54
Forest Legacy/Forests for Future 0
0 Total Harvest 198 31 159 17 405
Walk-In Access
Total for Public Hunting 0

Deer Harvest, Management Designation and Winter

2023 Designations
Severity Index from 2017 - 2022/23

10
Total Deer Harvest Per Sq. Mi. Land

6 Designation*
One-deer limit: bucks only
One-deer limit:
4 antlerless permit lottery
One-deer limit: either sex
Two-deer limit
2
Three-deer limit
(0.6) (0.5) (0.55) (0.65) (0.65) (0.5) Five-deer limit
0
Year 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Mgmt.
Designation 2D 2D 2D 3D 3D 3D
Winter Severity
53 106 64 31 66 112 * see page 70 in the hunting mndnr.gov/deermap
Index(WSI) regulations for details Date:7/28/2023