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Pennsylvania’s 2023-24 elk hunting seasons! 

Three seasons (archery, general, and late) have been preliminarily approved by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners. 

 🔸 APPLY for just $11.97 per season. Or $35.91 to apply for all three. Applications can be purchased online at www.huntfish.pa.gov or at any in-store hunting license vendor. [Review Elk Hunt Zone descriptions here.]. 

 🔸 Seasons and bag limits will be approved at the board meeting on April 15, 2023. *Changes can be made to application preferences (hunt zones and sex) until the application period closes on Sunday, July 16, 2023. 

 🔸 Important changes have been made to the application timeframe in response to the adjustment of the drawing date, which will take place on Saturday, July 29, 2023, at the Keystone Elk Country Alliance’s Elk Expo, in Benezette, PA. The drawing date was moved up to allow archery elk hunters more time to prepare. 

Watch this video on how to apply for a Pennsylvania elk hunting license online.

Learn more about elk hunting in PA here. 

GOOD LUCK! Thank you for being a Pennsylvania hunter and supporting wildlife conservation in the Keystone State. 

A new state law, Act 148 of 2022, allows the Pennsylvania Game Commission to modernize and simplify how Pennsylvania’s antlerless deer licenses are sold. The new antlerless licensing process proposes that hunters will be able to purchase antlerless deer licenses, for the 2023-24 license year, online at www.huntfish.pa.gov, or at any in-store hunting license issuing agent.

Pennsylvania’s general hunting licenses are preliminarily scheduled to go on sale on Monday, June 26, 2023, at 8 a.m. It is proposed that resident hunters would be able to purchase one antlerless license at that time. The new process proposes to include four rounds of sales. The new process is scheduled to be voted on by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners at its meeting on April 15, 2023.

Please ensure your contact information is correct in your online profile, at www.huntfish.pa.gov, so the agency can be in direct contact with information related to the new process, once approved by the board this spring.

Have questions? Call the Pennsylvania Game Commission at 1-833-PGC-HUNT. Opening day of hunting license sales is a BIG day in PA. The agency asks for hunters’ patience, in advance, as this is a major change in the way antlerless licenses are distributed.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A PENNSYLVANIA HUNTER!

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners met Saturday, Jan. 28, at the Pennsylvania Game Commission headquarters in Harrisburg. Read updates at the links below.

* MEETING HIGHLIGHTS can be found here.

* PRELIMINARY* 2023-24 HUNTING & TRAPPING SEASONS APPROVED and can be found here.

The public may offer comments on all proposed 2023-24 seasons and bag limits, as well as other board actions, between now and the board’s meeting on April 14-15, when 2023-24 seasons and bag limits will be finalized, and antlerless deer license allocations will be determined.

Email us at pgccomments@pa.gov for your comments to be shared with the board.

Call us with questions at 1-833-PGC-WILD.

Visit us online at pgc.pa.gov to learn more.

Thank you for being a Pennsylvania hunter, conservationist and voice for the future of hunting in PA!