Pa deer management assistance program

An Official Pennsylvania Government Website. Pennsylvania Game Commission. Buy a License. Make a Purchase. Report a Harvest. Report a Violation. Hunting Digest. Sign up for emails. Page Content. Call: infocwd Email: infocwd pa. The harvest tag must be filled out completely, legible, and physically attached to the deer's ear.

The head must be placed in a plastic garbage bag and sealed before being placed in the collection bin. You will be notified of test results. Skulls and antlers will not be returned.

Take your deer to any processor or taxidermist located within the DMA. You may also take your deer to any processor, taxidermist or disposal site that is approved for that DMA. If you live within the DMA where your deer was harvested, you may take the deer home to process.

Double bag the high-risk parts and set them out for a commercial refuse pickup. You may bone out or quarter the deer at the site, leaving the high-risk parts, except the head, in the field. The head must be packed out with the meat but must not leave the DMA from which the animal was harvested. Harvested deer can be taken to any taxidermists within the DMA where the deer was harvested or a cooperating taxidermist for that DMA.

Finished taxidermy mounts may leave the DMA. Hunters can have their deer tested by double-bagging the remaining parts of the head, with harvest tag attached, and placing it in a head collection container provided by the Game Commission, within that DMA.

Hunters may transport cleaned capes and cleaned skull caps with antlers outside of the DMA to the taxidermist of their choice. Hunters in areas where CWD is known to exist should follow these guidelines to prevent the spread of the disease: Do not shoot, handle or consume an animal that appears sick. Wear rubber or nitrile gloves when field dressing. Bone-out the meat to remove high-risk parts such as brain, spinal cord, spleen, tonsils, and lymph nodes. Avoid cutting into or through the backbone, either lengthwise or across the spine.

Minimize the handling of brain and spinal tissues. After removing knives and tools from bleach soak, allow to air dry.

Once dry, all surfaces, knives, and tools can be rinsed with fresh water. Applicationsto enroll a property in the DMAP program for this current year wereavailable on February 15 and due June 1, In an effort to makethe DMAP coupons available when licenses go on sale next year, thePennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners voted on September 24 tomake the applications due May 1, , one month earlier than inprevious years.

DMAPcoupons are issued to landowners at a rate of one coupon per fiveacres of agricultural land and one coupon per fifty acres ofwoodland. Once a property is approved for the DMAP program, theindividual or organization owning or controlling the land candistribute the allocated DMAP coupons or they may make the couponsavailable for online distribution.

Hunting Digest. Sign up for emails. Page Content. Hunters can get DMAP harvest permits two ways. Contact information for private landowners enrolled in DMAP will be posted on the Game Commission website only with permission of the landowner. How do I get coupon? It depends on whether the landowner is handing out coupons, or if coupons for the specific property are available to any hunter.

If the landowner is handing out coupons to individual hunters, then the hunter must contact the landowner directly. If the landowner is not handing out coupons ex. The license issuing agent will not know this information. The Game Commission website will contain DMAP unit numbers only for property owners who choose to make their information available to the public.

How do I obtain a landowner's map when I am buying a DMAP permit from a license issuing agent or Game Commission website, but do not have a coupon from the landowner? It is the hunter's responsibility to contact the landowner to obtain a property map. Otherwise, the hunter will need to contact the landowner by some other means.

How do I get a permit? Hunters can purchase DMAP harvest permits at any license-issuing agent or www. No DMAP harvest permits will be issued by mail. What happens if I mail my coupon to the Game Commission? Your coupon will be returned to you. You will need to go to any license-issuing agent or www.