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First day for residents to apply is next Monday, July 13th. The allocations have been cut in some units.

Non residents get to apply 2 weeks later.

Good luck in the draw,

Dale

DMAPS are already on sale if you do them. They go pretty fast in areas closer to towns.

Some of the changes make absolutely NO sense.

Added a HUGE section of last years 5C to this years 5D, and only upped it from 18K tags to 24K tags.

They added Evansburg State Park into the 5D now.

I've got my envelope all ready to send out Saturday morning...let's hope it all goes well.

Funny they would change a unit. When I questioned a PGC biologist on the units and how they were formed/allocated permits from the counties. He stated it had to do with geography and farm/woodland ratio. I am very critical of PGC, and when one watches the inconsistencies in their policy it is hard to give them a fair shake. The individual folks I talk with fine and we are friends with a local biologist who is a great person. The policymakers are the shortcoming. Sounds familiar, it is government after all.

I used to live in Montgomery County right on route 113 which is the new dividing line between 5D and 5C. I think it used to be 202. 5 years ago, there was a pretty significant difference between the 'city' side and the 'country' side, I can only imagine it has gotten more different in the 5 years since I moved.

I suspect access and hunter success rates, not to mention available land are the driving factors in the tag allocation process for that area.

Dale

Dale-I won't be back this fall, but what's the status on the CWD up in our area? Are you putting in for your doe tags up by the farm, or elsewhere? Good luck this fall buddy, and I sure wish I was coming home.

I sent in for Dad's area today. Next round, I'll try for one here in Somerset. That one might be a bit tough to draw, they cut the # of tags for this area. Hope to have one for the late flintlock season.

No change in the CWD up in Clearfield/Jefferson county areas. Still only captive deer that have tested positive there.

They expanded area 2 in the southern part of the state, they found some wild deer along I 99 with CWD and the protocol is for a 10 mile buffer from any positive location. So the western edge of that area is about 10 miles east of me at home. The area I've been hunting is outside the zone so no changes for me this year.

Dale

While there is a huge difference in the 2 sides, they added a pretty substantial amount of land, including Evansburg, but only added 6000 tags...I just don't know how they're going to get the numbers they want out of it.

From my limited understanding, it was not the recommendation of the "boots on the ground" guys to only go up 6000 tags. The boundaries aren't a huge issue for them, but the recommendation, as far as I know was to add a good amount of tags to the mix.

There are so many deer here it's ridiculous. The only difficulty comes in trying to find someone willing to let you hunt their property.

Sent my envelope out Friday night, they should have it sometime today or tomorrow at the latest I'm guessing.

Sent mine in this morning for 2E in Indiana County...we'll see what happens??

I don't live anywhere near there, but doesn't Evensburg have DMAP tags if it is overrun with deer?

I don't believe so. If it does, I've never read about/nor heard about it.

I wouldn't hunt there during gun season if it meant I had a chance at a 30 point buck! Drove by there 1 day last season and it looked like a serious pumpkin patch.

Plus, Evansburg might not be overrun with the deer, but the rest of Delaware county is. Montco as well.

Didn't buy a license this year.. The camp may sell, and I decided hunting dove and quail in Az. is more fun than the mess in Pa.

Best of luck..

2D

3C here, I think there's 35,000 tags available. If I send in my permit in the first round there's usually no problem getting one.

You can check online to see if you got a tag and also how many are sold/available.

http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=514&objID=1578353&mode=2

I put in for 2E this round.

Dale

2C Then maybe one or two for 2B over the counter.

I'm not getting a license this year do to the split seasons in 1A.
Good luck to everyone this year.

PGC website says I was awarded one for 2E. Looks like 2H is about sold out but it's a small unit and not many tags were available. Lots left elsewhere.

Wonder how many will be left for the next round, I hope to get one for here at home to use during the late flintlock season.

Dale

Got mine for 2E, and bought a DMA2 tag in case I kill a buck in archery. That will allow me to take a little adventure, and still hunt a doe during the first week of rifle, when its buck only in 2E. Might put in for a 2D in the second round just to increase my options of killing a doe.

Chester County has been the all time worst at this process.

My FIL sent in Friday afternoon, and to this day, has still not been awarded.