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Game Seasons & Limits
As posted on the
Game Commission Seasons and Bag Limits
2006-2007 HUNTING-TRAPPING SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS
Small Game
Big Game
Furbearer Season
Trapping Seasons
Falconry Season
Antler-less License
Hunting License Agents
Figures updated 4/18/2006
3:49:34 PM
SMALL GAME
SQUIRRELS, Red, Gray, Black and Fox
(Combined): Special season for
eligible junior hunters, with or without required license
- Oct. 7-13 (6 daily, 12 in possession limit after first day).
SQUIRRELS, Red, Gray, Black and Fox
(Combined): Fall Season
- Oct. 14-Nov. 25; Late Seasons - Dec. 11-23 and Dec.
26-Feb. 3 (6 daily, 12 in possession limit after first day).
RUFFED GROUSE:
Oct. 14-Nov. 25, Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Jan. 27 (2
daily, 4 possession). There is no open season for taking ruffed grouse
in that portion of State Game Lands No. 176 in Centre County which is
posted "RESEARCH AREA - NO GROUSE
HUNTING."
RABBIT (Cottontail):
Oct. 21-Nov. 25, Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Feb. 3 (4
daily, 8 possession).
PHEASANT:
Special season for eligible junior hunters, with or
without required license - Oct. 7-13 (2
daily, 4 in possession). Male pheasants only in WMUs 2A, 2B, 2C, 4C,
4E, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D. Male and female pheasants may be taken in all
other WMUs.
PHEASANT: Male only in WMUs
2A, 2B, 2C, 4C, 4E, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D -
Oct. 21-Nov. 25. Male and female in WMUs 1A, 1B, 2D, 2E, 2F,
2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4B and 4D - Oct. 21- Nov. 25, Dec.
11-23 and Dec. 26-Feb. 3 (2 daily, 4 in possession).
BOBWHITE QUAIL:
Oct. 21-Nov. 25 (4 daily, 8 possession).
(Closed in WMUs 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D.)
HARES (SNOWSHOE RABBITS) OR VARYING HARES:
Dec. 26-Jan. 1 (1 daily, 2 possession).
WOODCHUCKS (GROUNDHOGS):
No closed season, except: Sundays, during the antlered and antlerless
deer seasons; and until noon daily during the spring gobbler turkey
season.
CROWS: July 1-Nov.
25 and Dec. 29-April 1, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only. No limit.
STARLINGS AND ENGLISH SPARROWS:
No closed season, except during the antlered and
antlerless deer seasons and until noon daily during the spring gobbler
turkey season. No limit.
BIG GAME
WILD TURKEY (Male or
Female): Wildlife Management Units
1A and 1B (Shotgun and bow and arrow) -
Oct. 28-Nov. 11; WMU 2A and 2B (Shotgun and bow and arrow)
- Oct. 28-Nov. 18; WMUs 2C, 2E, 4A, 4B, and 4D - Oct.
28-Nov. 11; WMUs 2D, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4C and 4E
- Oct. 28-Nov. 18; WMUs 5A and 5B -
CLOSED TO FALL TURKEY HUNTING;
and WMUs 5C and 5D (Shotgun and bow and arrow) - Oct.
28-Nov. 3. (1 bird limit, either sex).
SPRING GOBBLER (Bearded bird only):
Special season for eligible junior hunters, with
required license - April 21, 2007. Only
1 spring gobbler may be taken during this hunt.
SPRING GOBBLER (Bearded bird only):
April 28-May 26, 2007. Daily limit 1, season limit 2.
(Second spring gobbler may only be taken by persons who possess a
valid special wild turkey license.)
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 2C, 2D, 2E,
2F, 2G, 3A, 4A, 4B and 4D) Bow and Arrow only:
Nov. 15-16. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license
year.
BLACK BEAR (Statewide):
Nov. 20-22. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license
year.
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 3C and 3D and Portions of
WMUs 3B, 4E and 2G): Nov. 27-Dec. 2. Only 1
bear may be taken during the license year. All of WMUs 3C and 3D.
Also, in that portion of 3B, East of Rt. 14 from Troy to Canton, East
of Rt. 154 from Canton to Rt. 220 at Laporte and East of Rt. 42 from
Laporte to Rt. 118 and that portion of 4E, East of Rt. 42. Also, in
that portion of WMUs 2G and 3B in Lycoming County that lie North of
the West branch of the Susquehanna River from the Rt. 405 bridge, West
to the Rt. 220 bridge, East of Rt. 220 to Rt. 44 and East of Rt. 44 to
Rt. 973, South of Rt. 973 to Rt. 87, West of Rt. 87 to Rt. 864, South
of Rt. 864 to Rt. 220 and West of Rt. 220 to Rt. 405 and West of Rt.
405 to the West branch of the Susquehanna River.
BLACK BEAR (Rockview State Correctional
Institution): Nov. 27-Dec. 2. Only 1 bear may
be taken during the license year. Prior approval must be obtained from
prison to hunt.
ELK (Antlered or Antlerless):
Nov. 6-11. Only one elk may be taken during the license
year.
ELK (Antlered or Antlerless):
Sept. 17-22, 2007. Only one elk may be taken during the
license year.
DEER, ARCHERY (Antlered and
Antlerless) Statewide: Sept. 30-Nov. 11
and Dec. 26-Jan. 13. One antlered deer per hunting license year. One
antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER (Antlered and Antlerless) Statewide:
Nov. 27-Dec. 9. One antlered deer per hunting license
year. An antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
ANTLERLESS DEER (Statewide):
Oct. 19-21. Junior and Senior License Holders, Disabled
Person Permit (to use a vehicle) Holders, and Pennsylvania residents
serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Services or in the U.S. Coast
Guard only, with required antlerless license. Also included are
persons who have reached or will reach their 65th birthday in the year
of the application for a license and hold a valid adult license, or
qualify for license and fee exemptions under section 2706. One
antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER, ANTLERLESS MUZZLELOADER (Statewide):
Oct. 14-21. An antlerless deer with each required
antlerless license.
DEER, ANTLERED OR ANTLERLESS FLINTLOCK
(Statewide): Dec. 26-Jan. 13. One antlered per
hunting license year, or one antlerless deer and an additional
antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER, Antlerless (WMUs 2B):
Dec. 26-Jan. 13. An antlerless deer with each required
antlerless license.
DEER, Antlerless (WMUs 5C and 5D):
Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Jan. 27. An antlerless deer with
each required antlerless license.
DEER, ANTLERLESS (Military Bases):
Hunting permitted on days established by the U.S. Department of the
Army at Letterkenny Army Depot, Franklin County; New Cumberland Army
Depot, York County; and Fort Detrick, Raven Rock Site, Adams County.
An antlerless deer with each required antlerless license
ADOPTED 2006-2007 FURBEARER HUNTING SEASON
COYOTES:
No closed season. Unlimited. Outside of any deer or
bear season, coyotes may be taken with a hunting license or a
furtakers license, and without wearing orange. During any archery deer
season, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting deer or with a
furtaker's license. During the regular firearms deer and any bear
seasons, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting deer or bear, or
with a furtaker's license while wearing 250 square inches of
fluorescent orange. During the spring gobbler season, may be taken by
persons who have valid tag and meet fluorescent orange and shot size
requirements.
RACCOON & FOXES:
Oct. 21-Feb. 17, unlimited.
OPOSSUM, SKUNKS & WEASELS:
No closed season, except for prior to noon during the
spring gobbler season. No limits.
BOBCAT (WMUs 2C, 2E, 2F,
2G, 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D): Oct. 21-Feb. 17.
One per permit. (Bobcats may only be taken by furtakers in possession
of a Bobcat Hunting-Trapping permit.)
ADOPTED 2006-2007 TRAPPING SEASONS
MINK & MUSKRAT:
Nov. 18-Jan. 6. Unlimited.
COYOTE, FOXES, OPOSSUM,
RACCOON, SKUNKS, WEASELS: Oct. 22-Feb. 17.
No limit.
COYOTE & FOXES (Statewide) Cable
Restraints: Jan. 1-Feb. 17. No limit.
Participants must pass cable restraint certification course.
BEAVER (Statewide):
Dec. 26-March 31 (Limits vary depending on WMU).
BOBCAT (WMUs 2C, 2E, 2F,
2G, 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D): Oct. 22-Feb. 17.
One per permit. (Bobcats may only be taken by furtakers in possession
of a Bobcat Hunting-Trapping permit.)
ADOPTED 2006-2007 FALCONRY SEASONS
SQUIRRELS (combined), QUAIL, RUFFED
GROUSE, COTTONTAIL RABBITS, SNOWSHOE OR VARYING HARE, RINGNECK
PHEASANT (Male or Female combined): Sept.
1-March 31. Daily and Field Possession limits vary.
No open season on
other wild birds or mammals. Waterfowl and Migratory Game Bird seasons
will be established in accordance with Federal Regulations this
summer.
ANTLER-LESS LICENSE ALLOCATION
ANTLER-LESS DEER LICENSE UPDATE
Figures updated 1/9/2007
| WMU |
ALLOCATION |
DISTRIBUTED |
REMAINING |
STATUS |
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1A |
42,000 |
42,000 |
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Closed
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1B |
30,000 |
30,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
2A |
55,000 |
55,000 |
|
Closed
|
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2B |
68,000 |
63,144 |
4,856 |
Open |
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2C |
49,000 |
49,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
2D |
56,000 |
56,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
2E |
21,000 |
21,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
2F |
28,000 |
28,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
2G |
19,000 |
19,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
3A |
29,000 |
29,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
3B |
43,000 |
43,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
3C |
27,000 |
27,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
3D |
38,000 |
38,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
4A |
29,000 |
29,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
4B |
31,000 |
31,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
4C |
39,000 |
39,000 |
|
Closed
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|
4D |
40,000 |
40,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
4E |
38,000 |
38,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
5A |
25,000 |
25,000 |
|
Closed |
|
5B |
53,000 |
53,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
5C |
79,000 |
79,000 |
|
Closed
|
|
5D |
20,000 |
19,301 |
699 |
Open |
| Totals |
859,000 |
853,445 |
5,555 |
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HUNTING LICENSE AGENTS FOR 2006-2007
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Agent |
Address |
Phone |
| DEPT OF FISCAL AFFAIRS |
NORTHAMPTON CO COURTHOUSE
EASTON, PA 18042 |
610-559-3000 |
| K-MART #4446 |
3843 LINDEN ST.
BETHLEHEM, PA 18017 |
610-865-6660 |
| WALMART #3563 |
3296 LINDEN STREET
BETHLEHEM, PA 18020 |
610-867-1300 |
| JEWELL'S |
251 E CENTRAL AVENUE
EAST BANGOR, PA 18013 |
610-588-9072 |
| BOSCOV'S |
121 PALMER PARK MALL
EASTON, PA 18045 |
610-250-2772 |
| K-MART #7192 |
320 S. 25TH ST.
EASTON, PA 18042 |
610-258-2324 |
| MUELLER'S STORE |
3200 S. DELAWARE DR.
EASTON, PA 18042 |
610-252-8726 |
| WALMART #2252 ATTN GENERAL
MANAGER |
3756 EASTON-NAZARETH HWY
EASTON, PA 18045 |
610-250-8603 |
| Dick's Sporting Goods #230
(NEW 2005) |
4423 Birkland Place
Easton, PA 18045 |
610-330-0383 |
| MIKE'S BAIT & SPORT SHOP |
328 EAST LAWN ROAD
NAZARETH, PA 18064 |
610-759-2905 |
| K-MART #3954 |
400 N BEST AVE
WALNUTPORT, PA 18088 |
610-767-1812 |
| K-MART #3949 |
803 MALE RD
WIND GAP, PA 18091 |
610-863-8550 |
As posted on the
Game Commission web site.
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