Harrisburg, Pa. - The Pennsylvania Game Commission is reminding hunters that county treasurers will begin accepting antlerless deer license applications three weeks earlier than in past years.

Applications will be accepted by county treasurers starting Monday, July 13. For nonresidents, applications will be accepted on Monday, July 27.

With the new Pennsylvania Automated License System, hunters will be able to submit an application to any county treasurer and the application will list the hunter's first three choices, in order of preference, for a specific Wildlife Management Unit.

"If an applicant's first choice of WMU has exhausted its allocation of antlerless deer licenses, the county treasurer will move to the second preference - and third, if necessary," Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe said. "This new process will nearly eliminate the chance that a hunter will not be able to receive at least one antlerless deer license during the processing of regular antlerless deer licenses."

Roe said that the early start to the antlerless deer license application process will help ensure that county treasurers will be able to mail antlerless deer licenses back to hunters prior to the opening of the archery season.

Under the new timeline, residents will apply for regular antlerless deer licenses on July 13; nonresidents will apply for regular antlerless deer licenses on July 27. After this, residents and nonresidents will apply for the first round of unsold antlerless deer licenses on Aug. 3, and residents and nonresidents will apply for the second round of unsold antlerless deer licenses on Aug. 17.

County treasurers will have to mail regular and first round of unsold antlerless deer licenses no later than Sept. 14, and second round of unsold antlerless deer licenses no later than the Sept. 28.

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