Youth Deer Season Information
Season Dates: October 11-13, 2025
Permit Requirement 2025 Youth Either-Sex Deer Permit
- Limit of 1 permit
- Purchase in person at a License Vendor
- Sold August 5, 2025 - October 13, 2025
- A landowner permit is not valid to use during the Youth Deer Season.
Hunting License Requirement
- In addition to a 2025 Youth Deer Permit, all eligible youth hunters must have a current, valid Apprentice or Youth Hunting License, or they must have completed a State-approved Hunter Education course and have a hunting license, unless exempt.
- Purchase online or in person at a License Vendor.
Additional Information
The Youth Deer Season is only open to hunters who have not reached their 18th birthday prior to the opening date of the season.
The Youth Either-Sex Deer Permit is available to eligible resident and nonresident youths. The statewide-issued permit is valid on private land, with landowner permission, or on public land sites open to the Youth Deer Season.
A hunter with an unfilled, valid Youth Deer Hunt Permit may also hunt during the first firearm deer season November 21 - 23, 2025, subject to restrictions outlined in Administrative Rule 17-685.