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JULYJULY 1, 1, 2017 2017 – –JUNE JUNE 30, 30, 2018 2018 PENNSYLVANIAPENNSYLVANIA HUNTINGHUNTING& TRAPPING TRAPPING DIGESTDIGEST UPDATESUPDATES PAGEPAGE 8 SEMIAUTOMATICSEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLESRIFLES PERMITTEDPERMITTED FORFOR SMALLSMALL GAMEGAME && FURBEARERSFURBEARERS PHEASANTPHEASANT HUNTERSHUNTERS NEEDNEED THEIRTHEIR PERMITSPERMITS SPLIT-SEASONSPLIT-SEASON IN WMUSWMUS 5A5A && 5B NEWNEW BOUNDARYBOUNDARY FORFOR WMUSWMUS 2C2C && 2E ANAN EARLIEREARLIER STARTSTART TO ARCHERYARCHERY BEARBEAR SEASONSEASON SHORTER FALL TURKEY SEASONS SHORTER FALL TURKEY SEASONS IN WMUS 4A, 4B & 4E IN WMUS 4A, 4B & 4E POST-CHRISTMAS GROUSE POST-CHRISTMAS GROUSE SEASON ELIMINATED SEASON ELIMINATED 2017-18 PA Hunting & Trapping Digest 1 ForFor AllAll YourYour HuntingHunting NeedsNeeds ® Clip And $ave!!! 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Dunham’s Rewards Receive money saving coupons and more. www.dunhamssports.com/signup Coupon Expires July 31, 2018 ® ® 17-P-210 New York State HUNTING CLUB SALE LAND & CAMPS FOR SPORTSMEN 5 Acres on Canoeable Trout River .......................$29,995.......................$29,995 Over 100 properties, camps and waterfront 6.4 Acres Hunting Camp, State Land Access ................$29,995$29,995 All mineral rights included and guaranteed buildable 20 Acres Tug Hill, Borders State Game Lands ........$35,995$35,995 Owner will finance View hunting land bargains at www.landandcamps.com Call Christmas & Associates: 800-229-7843 • Broker/Owner GAME COMMISSION To better assist hunters and residents, the Game Commission has six region fi eld offi ces. Violations can be reported to region offi ces. Northwest Region Southcentral Region Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Butler, Clarion, Adams, Bedford, Blair, Tom Wolf, Governor Crawford, Erie, Forest, Cumberland, Franklin, Fulton, Jeff erson, Lawrence, Mercer, Hunti ngdon, Juniata, Miffl in, Perry, Pennsylvania Game Commission Venango & Warren counti es Snyder & York counti es 8627 William Penn Highway Bryan J. Burhans, Executi ve Director P.O. Box 31 Franklin, PA 16323 Hunti ngdon, PA 16652 Richard Palmer, Deputy Executi ve Director (814) 432-3187 or (814) 432-3188, (814) 643-1831 or (814) 643-9635 Thomas P. Grohol, Deputy Executi ve Director (814)432-3189 Board of Game Commissioners Southwest Region Northeast Region James R. Daley ............................. Region 1 Allegheny, Armstrong, Bradford, Carbon, Columbia, Robert W. Schlemmer .................. Region 2 Beaver, Cambria, Fayett e, Greene, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, David J. Putnam ........................... Region 3 Indiana, Somerset, Washington & Montour, Northumberland, Pike, Timothy S. Layton ........................ Region 4 Westmoreland counti es Sullivan, Susquehanna, Wayne Charles E. Fox ............................... Region 5 4820 Route 711 & Wyoming counti es Bolivar, PA 15923-2420 3917 Memorial Highway Vacant ...........................................Region 6 (724) 238-9523 or (724) 238-9524, Dallas, PA 18612 Vacant .......................................... Region 7 (724) 238-5639 (570) 675-1143 or (570) 675-1144 Brian H. Hoover ........................... Region 8 Northcentral Region Southeast Region Region 1: Butler, Clarion, Crawford, Erie, Cameron, Centre, Clearfi eld, Berks, Bucks, Chester, Dauphin, Forest, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango, Warren. Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Delaware, Lancaster, Lebanon, Region 2: Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Pott er, Tioga & Union counti es Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, Fayett e, Greene, Indiana, Washington, 1566 South Route 44 Highway, Philadelphia & Schuylkill counti es Westmoreland. P.O. Box 5038 253 Snyder Road Region 3: Cameron, Centre, Clearfi eld, Clinton, Jersey Shore, PA 17740-5038 Reading, PA 19605-9524 Elk, Jeff erson, McKean, Pott er. (570) 398-4744 or (570) 398-4745, (610) 926-3136 or (610) 926-3137, (570) 398-3423 (610) 926-1966 Region 4: Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Fulton, [email protected] Hunti ngdon, Somerset. Region 5: Bradford, Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Sullivan, Tioga, Contacting the Harrisburg headquarters 717-787-4250 Union. Region 6: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, PRESS 1 Hunti ng licenses, Bureau of Administrati on Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Miffl in, PRESS 2 Special permits, Revocati ons, Bureau of Wildlife Protecti on Perry, Snyder, York. PRESS 4 Game News, Hunter Educati on, Bureau of Informati on & Educati on PRESS 5 Pheasant Propagati on, Bureau of Wildlife Management Region 7: Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, PRESS 6 Bureau of Wildlife Habitat Management Monroe, Pike, Susquehanna, Wayne, PRESS 7 Bureau of Automated Technology Wyoming. PRESS 8 Training School and Executi ve Offi ce Region 8: Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, PRESS 0 Operator Lehigh, Montgomery, Northampton, 2001 Elmerton Ave. Harrisburg, PA 17110-9797 www.pgc.pa.gov Philadelphia, Schuylkill. 2017-18 PA Hunting & Trapping Digest 5 Greetings: N EARLY APRIL, one of our wildlife conservation offi cers sent a text message reporting two individuals had gotten an early start killing spring turkeys. The two outlaws apparently had killed I40 gobblers in the previous year – stolen out from under our hunters before the season even opened, and they killed three gobblers in one day the previous week. But with the information the offi cer had, it seemed only a matter of time until they were brought to justice. Our offi cers stay on their cases until they get results. This is just one example of the work the Pennsylvania Game Commission does to support our hunters, trappers, and our wildlife resource. After all, we are hunters and trappers, too. Our mission, to manage the state’s wild birds and mammals – all 480 species – is a cause to which our staff is deeply committed. And our hunters and trappers make this possible. As your state wildlife agency, we receive no funding from the governor’s general fund (tax dollars). Our hunters and trappers foot the bill for conservation in the Commonwealth. Combined with federal cost-share grants from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Pittman-Robertson grant fund, the Game Commission is able to fund our wildlife conservation offi cers, conduct the necessary research needed to maximize hunting opportunity by setting appropriate seasons and bag limits, and manage over 1.5 BRYAN BURHANS million acres of state game lands and 2.5 million acres of Hunter Access property. BRIAN HOOVER Executi ve Director Your purchase of a hunting or furtaker license for 2017-18 represents an investment in our state’s President Commissioner wildlife resource to ensure future generations can experience the hunting and furtaking opportunities we enjoy today. Pennsylvania offers some of the best and most diverse hunting and trapping opportunities in the nation. Giant whitetails are taken in every county. Bear hunting statewide has never been better. The spring woods always are alive with the excitement of calling in that loudly responding gobbler. The list goes on and on, and we hope it will continue for all time. Contents 2017-18 HUNTING & TRAPPING DIGEST Update . 8 TRAVIS LAU Seasons and Bag Limits . 9 Editor Hunti ng Hours Table . 12 Hunter Recruitment Opportuniti es . 13 ROBERT D. D’ANGELO General Hunti ng Regulati ons . 15 Associate Editor Dog Training Regulati ons . 17 State Game Lands Regulati ons . 18 JULIE BUCKS Big Game Regulati ons . 20 Maps Wildlife Management Units . 23 THOMAS MAKIBBIN Deer Seasons and Regulati ons . 29 Maps County Treasurer Addresses . 34 CWD . 35 C���� P����: DMAP . 38 Roselyn Goble, of Tunkhannock, Special Regulati ons Areas . 39 with 2016 8-point bow harvest Turkey Seasons and Regulati ons . 40 P������ B�: Bear Season, Check Stati ons and Regulati ons . 42 Liberty Press Publicati ons Small Game . 46 Waterfowl and Migratory Game Birds . 53 This digest is not the Game & Furtaking Seasons and Regulati ons . 58 Wildlife Code or its attendant regulations, and should not Fluorescent Orange . 64 Elk Season and Regulati ons . 66 be considered final on legal License Informati on . 71 interpretation. Questions about Index . 77 laws can be directed to your nearest Game Commission offi ce. 6 Pennsylvania Game Commission L C S Greetings: World’s Premier Hunting Dog Supplier ® Offering the Best Selection, Service and Pricing on the Industry’s Top Brands! N EARLY APRIL, one of our wildlife conservation offi cers sent a text message reporting two individuals had gotten an early start killing spring turkeys. The two outlaws apparently had killed I40 gobblers in the previous year – stolen out from under our hunters before the season even opened, and they killed three gobblers in one day the previous week. But with the information the offi cer had, it seemed only a matter of time until
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