PA Hunting Licensure
PA Hunting Licensure
General Information
See the most up to date information for the 2024-2025 Season
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Antlerless Deer License Schedule 2024-2025
| Date | Round | General License PL | Mentored Permit PL |
| June 17 | Prequalified Landowners | 1 | |
| June 24 | WMU's 1B, 2G, and 3A only on a first come first serve basis | 1 | 1 |
| June 27 | 1st Round Begins for Residents for all other WMU's. Resident licenses are guaranteed for these WMU's in the first round only through July 7, 2024 | 1 | 1 |
| July 8 | 1st Round Begins for Nonresidents | 1 | 1 |
| July 22 | 2nd Round Begins for All Hunters | 2 | 1 |
| August 12 | 3rd Round Begins for All Hunters | 3 | 1 |
| August 26 | 4th Round Begins for All Hunters | 6 | 1 |
Antlerless Deer License Rounds
There are a total of 4 rounds to purchase an antlerless deer license. Antlerless Deer Licenses can now be purchased online and at PGC issuing agent locations. Please review the round dates, requirements, and location of sales.
*Personal Limit - Every hunter has the same personal limit; one antlerless deer license per round in the first three rounds. Round 4 a hunter is eligible for UP TO six antlerless deer licenses total.Antlerless Deer Licenses
A new state law, Act 148 of 2022, allows the Pennsylvania Game Commission to modernize and simplify how antlerless deer licenses are sold
- The new antlerless license purchasing process allows hunters to purchase Antlerless licenses online at HuntFishPA, or at any in-store hunting license issuing agent.
- New antlerless license changes were announced at the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners meeting on April 12, 2024.
- Please ensure your contact information is correct in your online profile, at HuntFishPA. The agency will be mailing all hunting license buyers post cards with information related to the new process.
- All new hunters should create their user profile/CIDs prior to June 24 to streamline sales
- Resident Antlerless Deer Licenses cost $6.97 and Nonresident Antlerless Deer Licenses cost $26.97
Important Antlerless Deer License Dates:
- Antlerless licenses for WMUs 1B, 2G, and 3A only will go on sale Monday, June 24, 2024, for residents on a first come, first served basis. Antlerless licenses for all remaining WMUs will be guaranteed for residents from Thursday, June 27 - Sunday, July 7, 2024. Remaining antlerless license will be available to nonresidents on a first come, first served basis on Monday, July 8, 2024. One antlerless deer license can be purchased per round in the first three rounds.
- A second round will being Monday, July 22, 2024. Residents and nonresidents are eligible.
- A third round will begin Monday, August 12. The sale of Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) permits also will begin on this date.
- Then, in the fourth round beginning Monday, August 26, 2024, a hunter can buy additional licenses until reaching their personal limit of six.
- The 2024-25 deer season starts September 21, 2024, and ends January 25, 2025.
- The exception for the beginning of the sales period is for landowner antlerless deer license buyers. Resident and nonresident landowner antlerless deer licenses will be available at participating county treasurer locations only.