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Man, I feel sorry for guys up there. That seems like a lot of work just to shoot does. I guess you have to do what you have to do. I'm only about 2 1/2 hours from you in Maryland and we can shoot 10 with a shotgun, 10 with a muzzle loader, and unlimited with a bow.

Not that I want to let the cat out of the bag or anything, but in 2 hours you could drive to the Frederick area and hit some of the public lands and shoot doe's to your harts content. During gun season, the parking lots are full of PA vehicles. It might seem far, but I used to drive to the eastern shore to shoot geese all the time.

Realize you are telling the truth, however the situation is different up here and we have already proven you can almost wipe them out with our license sales and too many Doe tags.

2013 hunting license sales"

MD: 120,321

Pa: 968,735

Not all that difficult. Pick out your unit, fill out a simple form, place in a return envelope with $6.70 and send it off. Most people get one. Some counties have unlimited tags. Of course they are close to metropolitan areas and permission can be hard to come by. Not unlike the farms on the Eastern shore.

Admittedly I've seen a couple hogs down on the Eastern shore that will rival big Bucks from anywhere.

I have too wonder how many of those Pa hunters take a shot at a doe. I used to bow and rifle hunt deer over at Indian springs when it was still a lottery for doe. The first day of rifle season there was shooting all day. The last time I was down there for the first day of rifle I heard 3 fast shots around noon and that was all I heard the whole day.
The night before in the camping area I was talking to a guy with his grandson along. He said "There is plenty of deer here. I shot 9 during the early muzzle loader season." I asked what he did with all those deer and he told me he donated them to some food bank. Wonder what he told his grandson the next day?

Current availability.

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Antlerless Deer License Availability



Prior to the first round of Antlerless License sales, Landowner License sales will be reflected in the number of available licenses for each unit.

WMU Quota Currently Sold Available for Sale
1A 46000 7696 38304
1B 29000 19250 9750
2A 43000 2675 40325
2B 61000 598 60402
2C 31000 16721 14279
2D 55000 19142 35858
2E 21000 8762 12238
2F 22000 18590 3410
2G 22000 17337 4663
2H 6500 5747 753
3A 19000 5647 13353
3B 28000 7425 20575
3C 36000 9726 26274
3D 25000 8412 16588
4A 30000 8795 21205
4B 26000 16348 9652
4C 25000 11426 13574
4D 33000 18707 14293
4E 25000 9024 15976
5A 19000 4615 14385
5B 50000 9917 40083
5C 70000 1208 68792
5D 24000 390 23610

I sent my families apps in to Delco on Friday and had our 3C tags back by Wednesday. I hope there are enough 4C tags for us to get some on the 2nd round.

As stated above sent in for 2E on the 13th, but still have not received anything back nor does it show anything thru the website....not sure what is going on??

Friends who submitted for 3B haven't heard either, but it's only July 20th....

Check cleared for 2D.

No doe shooting in 3A for the first week should save a pile of deer for next year. I wonder how much of a financial hit the PGC coffers will take with all the NR hunters that won't be buying tags?

Hopefully the population has a quick rebound with the changes.

I didn't realize that 3A doe season was moved until I saw your post. I got my first round doe tag for 4D where I live. I may have to rethink if it's even worth getting a 3A doe tag since I usually only hunt up there the first two days. Really need to get some bear and coyote hunters in the area we hunt in 3A. There seems to be more and more of them around and less deer.

2D tag arrived yesterday.

My first 2E tag arrived about a week ago, I've got another one coming from the second round but it's not here yet.

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