The ADCP provides an opportunity for land owners to legally
remove large numbers of
spikes and does from their property with only a few hunters. For
example, if your ranch only
allows family hunting, but a large number of deer need to be removed to
maintain good
habitat, the owner may choose to use this permit to remove the animals
himself or with
a few other
designated harvesters.
However,
this permit has not been utilized as much
since changes were made to
the Managed Lands Deer Permit a
few years ago. The MLD permit now offers many
advantages of the ADCP with the addition of extended seasons.
ADCP's are issued to allow landowners to reduce populations of
white-tailed deer that
are
damaging habitat, or which are about to reach a damaging level.
They do not prevent
regular sport hunting by permit holders or others on the
ranch. Deer are removed by
designated harvesters
as part of the control quota and are tagged with special tags
that are
distributed
with the permit. ADCP’s may be used in conjunction with
other permits such
as
Managed
Lands Deer permits or Trap, Transport and Transplant permits.
ADCP’s are valid during legal shooting hours of open
white-tailed deer gun hunting
seasons,
