58 Pa. Code § 143.45 - Antlerless deer license application limits

(a) Application limit. Except as otherwise provided in subsections (b) and (c), an eligible applicant may submit only one antlerless deer license application for each open antlerless deer license sales round listed in § 143.44 (relating to antlerless deer license application schedule). The Commission will reject all applications in excess of these limits.

(b) Catch-up allowance. An eligible applicant may submit multiple antlerless deer license applications in a single transaction if the applicant has not previously applied for an antlerless deer license during one or more previous open rounds, and only then equal to the number of rounds currently open on the date of application.

(c) Round 4 continuous sales.

(1) Subject to the procedures and limitations of paragraphs (2) and (3), an eligible applicant may submit multiple and continuous applications for antlerless deer licenses for each wildlife management unit whose antler-less deer license allocation remains unexhausted upon the opening of round 4 of antlerless deer license sales on the date set by the Commission as set forth in § 143.44. The authorizations of this subsection will terminate automatically for each wildlife management unit once its antler-less deer license allocation is exhausted.

(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), an eligible applicant may make one or more applications for antler-less deer licenses under this subsection only when the Commission's PALS licensing system shows five or less active and unfulfilled antlerless deer licenses on the applicant's license profile. Once an applicant has been issued a sixth cumulative active and unfulfilled antlerless deer license, the applicant will not be eligible to make reapplication for additional antlerless licenses until one or more previously issued antlerless licenses have been exhausted by harvest and the harvest or harvests have resulted in a verified completed harvest report in PALS. Except as provided in paragraph (3), at no time is an applicant authorized to exceed six cumulative active and unfulfilled antlerless licenses in their PALS license profile.

(3) In wildlife management units 5C and 5D, an eligible applicant may make one or more applications for antlerless deer licenses under this subsection only when the Commission's PALS licensing system shows 14 or fewer active and unfulfilled antlerless deer licenses on the applicant's license profile. Once an applicant has been issued a fifteenth cumulative active and unfulfilled antlerless deer license, the applicant will not be eligible to make reapplication for additional antlerless licenses until one or more previously issued antlerless licenses have been exhausted by harvest and the harvest or harvests have resulted in a verified completed harvest report in PALS. Except as provided in this paragraph, at no time is an applicant authorized to exceed 15 cumulative active and unfulfilled antlerless licenses in their PALS license profile.

(d) Resident agricultural lands exception. A person exercising the privileges of the license exemption provided under section 2706(a) of the act (relating to resident license and fee exemptions) on eligible lands is not entitled or required to obtain an antlerless deer license under this subchapter, but is subject to the same antler-less deer season limits that would otherwise apply to a licensed person hunting the wildlife management units covering the eligible lands as follows:

(1) Rounds 1, 2 and 3. An eligible person is authorized to harvest one deer for every antlerless deer license sales round, up to round 3, that is opened for the applicable wildlife management unit as set forth in § 143.44. Authorization to harvest an antlerless deer may not be acquired for a round subsequent to round 1, round 2 or round 3 if the allocation for the applicable wildlife management unit is exhausted before the subsequent round opens.

(2) Round 4. An eligible person is authorized to harvest multiple and continuous antlerless deer up to the limits and subject to the reporting requirements and closure dates of subsection (c). The authorizations of this paragraph will terminate automatically for an eligible person hunting within an applicable wildlife management unit once the wildlife management unit's antlerless license allocation is exhausted.

Notes

58 Pa. Code § 143.45

The provisions of this § 143.45 adopted June 19, 1987, effective 7/1/1987, 17 Pa.B. 2464; amended July 22, 1988, effective upon publication and applies retroactively to July 1, 1988, 18 Pa.B. 3213; amended July 7, 1989, effective 7/8/1989, 19 Pa.B. 2956; amended November 20, 1992, effective 7/1/1993, 22 Pa.B. 5608; amended May 26, 1995, effective 5/27/1995, 25 Pa.B. 2072; amended March 13, 1998, effective 3/14/1998, 28 Pa.B. 1316; amended August 7, 1998, effective 8/8/1998, 28 Pa.B. 3801; amended March 21, 2003, effective 3/22/2003, 33 Pa.B. 1475; amended May 28, 2004, effective 5/29/2004, 34 Pa.B. 2826; amended March 20, 2009, effective 3/21/2009, 39 Pa.B. 1388; amended June 11, 2010, effective 6/12/2010, 40 Pa.B. 3108; amended May 21, 2021, effective 5/22/2021, 51 Pa.B. 2944. Amended by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 53, No. 23. June 10, 2023, effective 6/10/2023 Amended by Pennsylvania Bulletin, Vol 55, No. 21. May 24, 2025, effective 5/24/2025

The provisions of this § 143.45 amended under the Game and Wildlife Code, 34 Pa.C.S. §§ 2102(a), 2705(13) and 2722(g).

This section cited in 58 Pa. Code § 143.48 (relating to first-come-first-served license issuance); 58 Pa. Code § 143.50 (relating to procedure for nonresidents of this Commonwealth); and 58 Pa. Code § 143.51 (relating to application and issuance of surplus tags).