Pennsylvania hunting and furtaker licenses are on sale!
Buy your license at any issuing agent or online.
Additional Opportunities
Apply for the Pennsylvania Elk Drawing and DMAP permits through the Outdoor Shop.
License Packet Information
In addition to a 2017-18 hunting/furtaker license buyers will receive:
– a “pocket-guide”
– harvest report cards
– antlerless license applications
– an antlerless license application schedule
– a list of County Treasurer addresses
– two pink antlerless deer application envelopes
The “pocket-guide” contains general hunting regulations, hunting hours, fluorescent orange requirements, a map of the Wildlife Management Units, and season dates and bag limits.
Full 2017-18 Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest
License buyers who wish to view the full digest can do so online, or they can opt to purchase a printed digest for $6. Digests will be sold over-the-counter at Game Commission Region Offices and Harrisburg Headquarters. When purchased elsewhere, the digests will be mailed directly to license buyers.
NEW Pheasant Stamp
Pheasant permits are required for all adult and senior hunters, including senior lifetime license buyers, who pursue or harvest pheasants. Junior hunters do not need a pheasant permit to hunt or harvest pheasants. Each pheasant permit costs $26.90, and the permit is required in addition to a general hunting license.
Fiscal Responsibility
By no longer giving free digests to all license buyers, the Game Commission will save significantly on the cost of printing and mailing hundreds of thousands of digests.
By creating a pheasant permit, the Game Commission has established a mechanism to help fund the pheasant program – giving hunters a chance to help sustain the program rather than see it vanish.
Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans explained these decisions are motivated by the agency’s financial situation, which already has caused the Game Commission to eliminate programs and reduce personnel.
“These kinds of reductions in services are necessary as the Game Commission approaches nearly two decades without an increase in the cost of a general hunting or furtaker license,” Burhans said.
Information Courtesy of Email Updates from Pennsylvania Game Commission www.pgc.pa.gov