Connecticut caps deer by tag rather than by antler: the archery bag is two either-sex and two antlerless, and each firearm permit carries its own. An "either-sex" tag is the only one a buck may be taken on, so two is the archery ceiling and one per firearm permit beyond it. Guide pp. 27-31.
You
What you pay, and in several states what you are even offered.
Residency
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection prices residents and non-residents differently, and sells some tags to only one of them.
Licences
Without one of these there is no legal way to hunt deer here.
Tags and permits
Good anywhere in the state.
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Nothing in your wallet yet
Tick what you hold and the calendar starts answering for you rather than for everybody. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection sells them at the link below.
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State land lottery deer permit: the deadline has passed
Applications closed 31 January 2026 — the date a drawn permit must be paid for or forfeited. There is nothing to do about it this season.
Prices are what the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection printed for 2026-27, and are here to help you recognise a tag rather than to sell you one.
Connecticut deer seasons, 2026-27
Connecticut’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 15, 2026 to December 31, 2026, and what is open on a given day depends on the deer management zone your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the deer management zone off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.
Every screen for Connecticut
Today in Connecticut — Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
Map in Connecticut — Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
Weather in Connecticut — Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
Calendar in Connecticut — Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
Rut in Connecticut — When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
Rules in Connecticut — The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
Tags in Connecticut — The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.
The other states
Alabama deer seasons — 2026-27, October 1, 2026 to February 10, 2027, by deer zone.
Alaska deer seasons — 2026-27, August 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026, by game management subunit.
Arizona deer seasons — 2026-27, August 21, 2026 to January 31, 2027, by Game Management Unit.
Arkansas deer seasons — 2026-27, August 29, 2026 to February 28, 2027, by deer zone.