Prohibits Fish and Game Council and Division of Fish and Wildlife from requiring, for deer management plans, written consent of private landowners located in, or within 2,000 feet of, deer management area.

This bill (A2197) removes a requirement that county or municipal deer management plans must include written consent from private landowners located within 2,000 feet of a designated deer management area. It directly affects landowners in that proximity by eliminating the need to provide written permission for wildlife officials to access their property for specific deer management activities, such as retrieving darted deer for sterilization. The key provision amends existing law to prohibit the Fish and Game Council and Division of Fish and Wildlife from mandating this consent, streamlining implementation of approved community-based deer management plans. This change applies specifically to access for authorized management actions, not to the deer control methods themselves.