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Harvest tags must be filled out with a ballpoint pen. The new green harvest tags have boxes with months and date numbers on the back of them. The hunter must cut the correct date of harvest in completing the tag. Harvested bears, turkeys and elk must be tagged immediately after harvest and before the carcass is moved.

The Game Commission always recommends hunters and trappers seek permission from landowners prior to accessing private property. The exception to this would be Forest Game Cooperators shown on the Game Commission's Mapping Center that shows the polygons of the enrolled property.

An Agricultural Deer Control permit authorizes landowners or lessees to enlist the aid of hunters for the purpose of removing deer causing damage on agricultural lands, outside of the regular deer hunting seasons. The permit is valid from August 1 to September 15 and February 1 to April 15, excluding Sundays.

Yes, you may hunt without a license on any privately owned adjacent lands as long as you secure written consent of the adjacent owner or lessee. Yes, if you own fifty or more contiguous acres within a county, you may apply for, at the regular fee, a doe license in advance of the general public.

Contrary to the belief of some, hunting on private property without permission is trespassing ? even if the property is unoccupied, and not posted or fenced. In Pennsylvania, you may not hunt private property without the permission of the landowner. Written permission is not required, but it is advisable.

Summary offense of the first degree: Not less than $1,000 nor more than $1,500 and may be sentenced to imprisonment up to three months. Summary offense of the second degree: Not less than $400 nor more than $800 and may be sentenced to imprisonment up to one month.