No matter how you look at it, Pennsylvania’s 2025 statewide antlerless deer license allocation of 1,312,000 is an eye-popping ...

Pennsylvania increases antlerless deer permits by 126,000 for the 2025-26 hunting season. The statewide archery bear season is shortened from three weeks to one week. An extended firearms deer season ...

Pennsylvania’s hunting and trapping seasons ... tailored to meet population objectives within each WMU and Elk Hunt Zone, according to the Game Commission. Only WMU 2G sold out last year prior ...

and southeastern Pennsylvania’s WMU 5D, where there is little in the way of public hunting access. “Last spring, three WMUs tied for the best hunter success rate at 28% — 2A, 2C and 2E ...