Section ENV.01.11 — Group Deer Hunting/Assisted Harvest

(a) Group Deer Hunting, also referred to as Party Hunting, is defined as at least 3 or more hunters who are hunting together within sight or voice contact of another person at all times and harvest a deer for another member of the group.

(b) Individuals are allowed to participate in group deer hunting as follows:

(1) An enrolled tribal member may participate in a group deer hunt so long as at least one hunter in the group has a valid, unused carcass tag and the hunter with the tag has agreed another hunter in the group can fill that tag for him/her if a deer is harvested.

(2) A permittee can only participate in group hunting activities during the time frame from the Saturday of the week before Thanksgiving to the Sunday following Thanksgiving so long as:

(A) the permittee had a valid, unused carcass tag at the start of the 9-day permittee gun deer season, and

(B) at least one hunter in the group has a valid, unused carcass tag and the hunter with the tag has agreed another hunter in the group can fill that tag for him/her if a deer is harvested.

(3) Hunters may not use electronic devices (except hearing aids) to get someone to tag a deer. It is legal to use electronic devices for reasons other than getting someone to tag the deer.

(c) It is illegal to kill deer for another person, EXCEPT, as part of group deer hunting activities allowed under this Section or when filling a deer donation tag under Section ENV.01.10(b)(1).