Instructions for Applying

1. Applicants may only apply once either online or by submitting a card. Only one hunt may be selected. Hunt choice code numbers are listed below and on the PDF.
   
   
2. If you apply online visit our website at www.fws.gov/midwest/shiawassee and click on the hunting link for more information.
   
   
3. Hunters may apply using this on-line form OR may apply by US Mail.
   
   If submitting a card by mail or in person, include the following information on 3” x 5” card and send to
   Shiawassee NWR Deer Hunt
   6975 Mower Rd.
   Saginaw, MI 48601
   Cards must contain the following complete information printed or typed on one side of the card:
   Name
   Address, including City, State and Zip
   Phone Number
   Driver's License Number or Sportcard Number
   Hunt Choice Code Number
   Please indicate if any of the above information has changed from past years.
   If card cannot be read or has incomplete information, it will not be entered into the drawing.
   
   
4. Hunters may apply with one (1) partner. Please note that if either partner submits incomplete information, he/she will not be entered into the drawing ; the other partner's information will still be entered as long as it's complete. Partners must apply for the same hunt choice code number.
   
   For partners applying on-line, both applications are submitted on the same form.
   
   For partners applying by mail, Each hunter must fill out a card and then mail both cards, stapled together, in one envelope.
   
   NO helper permits will be issued at a later date; hunters must apply with a partner if they need help in the field.
   
   ( Download 2010 Priority Point Rules PDF)
   
   
5. Youth applying for hunts must have one (1) supervising adult listed (aged 18 or older) as their partner. Youth hunters MUST have Hunter Safety certification.
   
   
6. Only successful applicants will be notified by mail before September 11, 2010. Hunters may also check our website to check if he/she was drawn.
   
   
7. Permits cost $15. All permits must be claimed by October 29, 2010.

• A priority drawing system was started in 2001.
• All applicants who apply for an either sex hunt, but are not selected, will receive one (1) priority point towards a higher preference each year he/she is unsuccessful in the drawing.
• All applicants who apply for an antlerless only hunt will receive two (2) priority points towards a higher preference for an either sex permit and one (1) priority point towards a higher preference for an antlerless only hunt.
• When an applicant is drawn for a permit, the points that he/she has accumulated to that point will return to zero for that type of permit. Any points for the other type of permit will remain.
• Only two people can apply together as partners.
• Law enforcement data is tied to the program to delete those applicants who are still serving probation periods.
• Probation periods assigned to refuge violations will be served consecutively.
• The hunter is responsible for notifying us of any changes to his/her address, phone number, identification number, etc. so that points can be transferred if necessary.
• NEW in 2010: If an applicant is selected and fails to pick up his/her permit, he/she will lose hunting privileges for two years. Point totals will not be affected.