Sep 3, 2006 By Pa. Game Commission 5 min read

HARRISBURG – As resident and nonresident hunters set their sights on submitting second round unsold antlerless deer license applications, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe announced that WMU 2C has exhausted its antlerless deer license allocation. WMU 2C is comprised of all of Somerset County and portions of Fayette, Westmoreland, Indiana, Cambria, Blair and Bedford counties in southwestern Pennsylvania.

So far, 12 of the state’s 22 Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) have exhausted their antlerless deer license allocations. Those WMUs are: WMUs 1B, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D.

Of the 859,000 antlerless licenses originally allocated, agency employees have distributed to county treasurers 676,690 applications. Following is a listing of the antlerless deer licenses for those WMUs with remaining allocations as of today (along with the initial allocation for each WMU): WMU 1A, 3,959 (42,000); WMU 2A, 26,226 (55,000); WMU 2B, 55,292 (68,000); WMU 3B, 5,854 (43,000); WMU 3D, 2,791 (38,000); WMU 4E, 9,420 (38,000); WMU 5A, 10,637 (25,000); WMU 5B, 9,481 (53,000); WMU 5C, 41,651 (79,000); and WMU 5D, 16,999 (20,000).

For updated information, please visit the Game Commission’s “Doe License Update” in the “Quick Clicks” box in the upper right-hand corner of the agency’s homepage (www.pgc.state.pa.us).

On Monday, Sept. 11, the Game Commission will accept, only through first-class mail, applications for the second round of unsold antlerless licenses. Hunters who applied for an unsold antlerless license during the first round may apply for and receive only one antlerless deer license during the second round. Those hunters who did not apply for an unsold license during the first round may make separate applications for and receive up to two unsold antlerless licenses during the second round. The separate applications may be submitted to one or two WMUs.

As a result of a printer error at Liberty Press, some copies of the 2006-07 Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest contain an unsold antlerless deer license application and instructions (which appear on page 54) that had words cut from the page’s right margin during production.

“This error shouldn’t create a problem for those who use the application, and it is still valid,” said J. Carl Graybill Jr., Game Commission Bureau of Information and Education director. “Complete instructions for filling out the application also appear on pages 52 and 53 of the Digest. And, as in the past, the Game Commission has posted on its website an unsold antlerless deer license application that enables the user to enter his or her information into the application before printing it.”

The printer error left some applications without lines for applicants to fill in their ZIP Code and the date of signature. Also, wording for instruction point number 4 is cut off. The complete wording is: “All Unsold Antlerless License applications must be submitted through the U.S. Mail (First Class Only) until Nov. 6. Express and Priority mail will not be accepted. No more than three (3) individual applications per official envelope. Number of applications must be circled on front of envelope to avoid delay and possible rejection.”

The online application can be found on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) in the “Forms & Programs” section in the left-hand column on the homepage, and then under the “Forms” heading.

Regular antlerless licenses and first-round unsold licenses will be mailed by county treasurers to successful applicants no later than Monday, Sept. 18. Second-round unsold licenses will be mailed no later than Sunday, Oct. 1.

Also, beginning Monday, Sept. 18, applicants may apply over-the-counter at county treasurers’ offices in WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D.

Beginning Monday, Nov. 6, hunters may apply over-the-counter for unsold antlerless licenses in all WMUs.

Roe noted that residents and nonresidents hunters may apply for Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) coupons that remain available for antlerless deer hunting opportunities, especially in those WMUs that have sold out of their antlerless deer license allocations.

“While DMAP permits may be used only on the specific property for which they are issued, they do offer hunters additional antlerless deer hunting opportunities,” Roe said. “DMAP was developed to provide a way for hunters to help landowners achieve the type of deer harvest they require to better manage their lands. We encourage hunters to contact these landowners and to help them manage deer populations on their properties.”

Landowners can’t charge or accept any contribution from a hunter for a DMAP coupon. While hunters may obtain up to two DMAP permits per property, DMAP permits do not impact a hunter’s eligibility to apply for and receive antlerless deer licenses issued for WMUs.

DMAP permit allotments are not part of the annual general antlerless deer license allocations for WMUs. Hunters may not use DMAP permits to harvest an antlered deer.

Resident hunters must mail DMAP coupons in a regular envelope, along with a check for $6 made payable to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, to the address listed on the coupon to receive their DMAP antlerless deer permit. Nonresidents must include a check for $26. The permit can be used to harvest one antlerless deer on the specific DMAP property. Maps for the properties are to be provided to hunters by the landowners.

For more information on DMAP, visit the Game Commission’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) and click on the “DMAP” box in the center of the homepage. Hunters also can check the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ website to see where coupons still are available for various state forests and parks by clicking on: http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/dmap/available.aspx.