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    Pennsylvania Game Commission

    Antlerless Deer License

    NEW FOR 2025-26

     

    Updates to the Antlerless Deer Process coming soon.

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    Antlerless WMU Quota

    Antlerless Deer License Overview

    How to Purchase a Pennsylvania Hunting License on HuntfishPA

    Learn how to purchase a Hunting License on HFPA

    ​PGC Issuing Agents

    Antlerless Deer Licenses can be purchased at PGC agent locations.  Review what agents can issue at their location and find an agent near you.

    ​Antlerless Deer Licenses can be purchased at: HuntFishPA and all PGC issuing agents with exceptions.

    • Resident and Nonresident Landowner Antlerless Deer Licenses can only be purchased at County Treasurer Offices.
    • Resident DV and Armed Forces Antlerless Deer Licenses can only be purchased at PGC Offices, and County Treasurer Offices.

    Armed Forces and Disabled Veteran Deer Licenses

    These antlerless deer license types are guaranteed licenses. A qualified hunter that meets the below requirements can purchase the license in any round. If the WMU is sold out at the time of purchase, the Armed Forces and Disabled Veteran Antlerless Deer licenses are guaranteed to be issued the WMU of choice. Only one of the guaranteed licenses can be purchased by a hunter per deployment per license year.

    • Cost $6.97

    • Must be a bona fide resident of Pennsylvania;

    • One guaranteed antlerless deer license per license year, if qualified;

    Available to any hunter with proof of military status, as required;

    1. Must be full-time, Active Duty in U.S. Armed Forces or U.S. Coast Guard; OR

    2. Within sixty (60) days of their honorable discharge (from federal active duty);

    In lieu of the standard documentation described, military personnel may produce the following items together:

    1. An expired Driver's License; and

    2. A valid military identification card; and,

    3. Official Orders or Discharge papers documenting valid service time frame of active-duty service;

    Applicants are not required to be stationed outside of Pennsylvania;

    Immediate family members of qualified applicants are not eligible;

    Applicants serving in the Reserves or National Guard are not eligible for this license (unless called to serve in Federal full-time active duty – Title 10);

    Hunter can hold any general hunting license (military license not required);

    May apply at any PGC Office or any participating County Treasurer office.

    • Cost $6.97

    • Must be a bona fide resident of Pennsylvania;

    • One guaranteed antlerless deer license per license year, if qualified;

    • Can be issued at any time during the license year before end of season;

    Available to eligible war veterans as described below;

    • The term "War" as used in Section 2706 of the Pennsylvania Game and Wildlife Code:

    • Includes both declared and undeclared wars;
    • Disabled Veterans receive benefits from the federal government.

    Eligible war/armed conflicts:

    • World War I veterans who served from April 6, 1917 to November 11, 1918;

    • World War II veterans who served from December 7, 1941 to December 31, 1946;

    • Korean conflict veterans who served from June 27, 1950 to January 31, 1955;

    Vietnam Era veterans who served: 

    • ​Outside Vietnam from August 5, 1964 to May 7, 1975.​
    • Inside Vietnam from November 1, 1955 to May 7, 1975.​

    Persian Gulf War veterans who served from August 2, 1990 a future date to be set by presidential proclamation;

    Veterans Administration regulations (in short):

    • Total disability ratings for compensation may be assigned where the injury rating is less than total;

    • When the disabled veteran is unable to secure or follow a gainful occupation as a result of service-connected disabilities;

    • Veterans will have documentation that he or she is receiving at least 60% disability rating;

    • A Veteran's Administration form letter may be obtained from the following address:  Department of Veterans Affairs, P.O. Box 8079, Philadelphia, PA 19101.

    Eligible veteran's disability must be service-related and incurred during a war or armed conflict AND meet one of the following three criteria;

    • The loss of one or more limbs

    • The loss of use of one or more limbs

    Veterans Affairs certification of 60% physical disability of documentation that the veteran is receiving at least 60% compensation.

    • May apply at any PGC Office or any participating County Treasurer office;
    • Hunter can hold any general license (DV general license not required). 

     

    • Sales for this antlerless deer license begin June 17, 2024, and remain open through the deer season.

    • Resident Cost: $6.97 (must be a bona fide resident of Pennsylvania)

    • Nonresident Cost: $26.97

    • Issued prior to the start of general antlerless deer license sales

    • Applicant must furnish proof of ownership to county treasurer in original deed/true copy

    • Only issued by participating county treasurer in the county in which the applicant owns fifty (50) or more contiguous (all adjoining) acres of land totally within the county of application

    • Leased land does not qualify

    • Only one license per qualifying deed, regardless of acreage over minimum required

    • Land used for Antlerless Deer license must be and shall remain open to public hunting and trapping during the entire license year (July 1 to June 30)

    • Qualifying acreage located within a county with two or more WMUs allows applicant to select the WMU he or she desires

    • Applicant may mail prior to antlerless deer drawing start date in a plain envelope marked "Landowner Antlerless Affidavit" with a self-addressed stamped envelope for license return

    • Landowner Antlerless Deer License Application​​