RE: Moving to PA...
 

I live in Berks County. The state game lands in and around the areas where you are going to live receive a lot of hunting pressure. I have been living here for a year and still have not found a private place to hunt. Not trying to discourage you but just trying to be realistic.

RE: Moving to PA...
 

See the link below and welcome to Pennsylvania,this should give you some idea of the typical whitetails you should routely bag each fall here:


http://www.american-hunter.com/monsterbucks/pahunterbuck.htm

If this is the deer I think it is was taken within the city limits of Pittsburgh 50 yards from a member of my churches stand.

RE: Moving to PA...
 

So can someone explain to me what this means:

DEER, ARCHERY (Antlered and Antlerless) Statewide: Oct.1-Nov. 12 and Dec. 26-Jan. 14. One antlered deer per hunting license year. One antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.

Does this mean that it's required that a person take a doe before a buck? Don't the regs change from county to county?

To answer some other questions. I'll be living in Lancaster county, around a 1 year somewhere on between lancaster and Harrisburg, and then hopefully in the Lititz area.

RE: Moving to PA...
 

Nope. Take a buck whenever. Don't need to take a doe first.
PA moved from County based management units to larger Wildlife Managment Units (WMUs) a few years ago. Anterless allocations (doe tags) are issued by WMU. How many is available in a given WMU depends of a few variables. In the Special Regulation Areas (SRA) they are pretty much unlimited doe tags. Areas around Philly & Pittsburgh fall into SRA areas. There are maps on the PGC website.

Some good farmland hunting between Harrisburg and Lancaster if you can get permission. Just takes a little leg work on your part.

RE: Moving to PA...
 

Hunt the GL around middle creek wildlife refuge, one on the Lancaster/Lebanon line, or drive to Blue Mountain. Hunting is tough, but it wouldn't be fun if it was easy.

RE: Moving to PA...
 

Forgot to mention we have antler restrictions here in PA. Either 3pts to a side or 4pts depending on what WMU you are hunting. You can see the maps on the PGC website that outline the WMU areas.