PA BOARD SETS ANTLERLESS DEER AND ELK LICENSE ALLOCATIONS
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today set antlerless license allocations for each of the 22 Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) for the 2012-13 seasons. After hunters purchase a general hunting license, they may apply for antlerless deer licenses based on staggered timelines, which will be outlined in the 2012-13 Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest presented to each license buyer and published on the agency’s website in early June. Licenses will go on sale in mid-June.
The Board also set the elk license allocation at 65 licenses (19 antlered elk and 46 antlerless elk) for the 2012 hunt. The allocation does not include the one Conservation Elk Tag, which was auctioned at the Safari Club International Banquet.
Beginning in mid-June, applications for the public drawing of the elk licenses will be accepted through the agency’s online license sales system or when an individual purchases his or her 2012-13 license. The applications cost $10.70, and only one application may be submitted each license year. No mail-in applications are accepted.
Antlerless deer license allocations by WMU (along with the 2011-12 allocation figures) are:
WMU 1A allocation is 42,000 (42,000).
WMU 1B allocation is 33,000 (30,000).
WMU 2A allocation is 59,000 (65,000).
WMU 2B allocation is 67,000 (71,000).
WMU 2C allocation is 50,000 (58,000).
WMU 2D allocation is 62,000 (60,000).
WMU 2E allocation is 21,000 (25,000).
WMU 2F allocation is 27,000 (34,000).
WMU 2G allocation is 33,000 (23,000).
WMU 3A allocation is 26,000 (26,000).
WMU 3B allocation is 40,000 (40,000).
WMU 3C allocation is 35,000 (29,000).
WMU 3D allocation is 39,000 (39,000).
WMU 4A allocation is 29,000 (28,000).
WMU 4B allocation is 26,000 (23,000).
WMU 4C allocation is 35,000 (35,000).
WMU 4D allocation is 36,000 (37,000).
WMU 4E allocation is 28,000 (29,000).
WMU 5A allocation is 19,000 (19,000).
WMU 5B allocation is 51,000 (50,000).
WMU 5C allocation is 111,000 (117,000).
WMU 5D allocation is 19,000 (22,000).
