Pennsylvania Increases Antlerless Deer Permits

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Pa. Game Commission approves 1.3 million antlerless tags, extends firearms opportunities

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Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners approved 126,000 more antlerless deer permits than last year .

An extended firearms deer season is added for WMU 4C due to Chronic Wasting Disease.

The statewide archery bear season is shortened from three weeks to one week .

For snowshoe hares, there will be a season limit of three hares per hunter.

Antlerless licenses for all WMUs will be guaranteed to Pennsylvania residents.

The first round of antlerless license sales opens to nonresidents July 7 .

All elk licenses will be awarded by lottery, and hunters must apply separately for all seasons they wish to hunt.

Spring gobbler (bearded bird only): Special season for eligible junior hunters, with required license, and mentored hunters 16 and under April 25, 2026 .

Deer, archery (antlered and antlerless) statewide: Oct. 4 -Nov. 15 ; Sunday, Nov. 16 ; Nov. 17-21 and Dec. 26-Jan. 19 .

Hunting permitted on military bases established by the Department of the U.S. Army at the Letterkenny Army Depot .

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