The Schuylkill County Treasurer’s office will be open until 6:30 Monday to start selling hunting licenses for the 2016-17 season.
As of June 1, the price increased 20 cents for hunting and fishing licenses. A basic hunting license is $20.90 and a fishing license is $22.90. Senior, junior and other special licenses are also available.
Fishing license prices last went up in 2005 and the last cost increase for hunting licenses was in 1999, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission and state Fish and Boat Commission.
“My office has four PALS (Public Access Lands for Sportsmen) terminals to better facilitate the process of issuing hunting and antlerless deer licenses,” county Treasurer Linda L. Marchalk said in a press release. “I want to remind hunters that hunting licenses must be purchased prior to sending in for doe licenses.”
Marchalk said her office is committed to processing doe licenses promptly and efficiently, and any hunter who pays with a money order will receive his doe license upon processing and any hunter who pays with a check will receive his doe license in the mail about three weeks from the date of issue.
The county treasurer office will start accepting antlerless deer applications from residents by mail only July 11. The first day for nonresidents is July 18.
If antlerless deer licenses are still available Aug. 1, the county will start accepting applications from residents and nonresidents for a first unsold tag by mail only. There is only one tag per applicant in the first round.
For Wildlife Management Units 2B, 5C and 5D only, applicants may apply for an unlimited number of unsold tags, by mail only, limit of three applications per envelope.
On Sept. 12, regular and first round unsold licenses are scheduled to be mailed to successful applicants. Second round unsold licenses are scheduled to be mailed Sept. 26. If antlerless deer licenses are still available and the applicant has not exceeded their license limit, the office will accept antlerless deer license applications over the counter on Oct. 3.
For more information, call the county treasurer’s office at 570-628-1433.
Allocations by Wildlife Management Unit for the upcoming season are as follows, with the allocation from the previous license year appearing in parentheses: WMU 1A : 46,000 (46,000); WMU 1B: 29,000 (29,000); WMU 2A: 43,000 (43,000); WMU 2B: 61,000 (61,000); WMU 2C: 31,000 (31,000); WMU 2D: 55,000 (55,000); WMU 2E: 21,000 (21,000); WMU 2F: 22,000 (22,000); WMU 2G: 21,000 (22,000); WMU 2H: 6,000 (6,500); WMU 3A: 15,000 (19,000); WMU 3B: 28,000 (28,000); WMU 3C: 36,000 (36,000); WMU 3D: 25,000 (25,000); WMU 4A: 30,000(30,000);WMU 4B: 26,000 (26,000); WMU 4C: 25,000 (25,000); WMU 4D: 34,000 (33,000); WMU 4E: 25,000 (25,000); WMU 5A: 19,000(19,000);WMU 5B: 50,000 (50,000); WMU 5C: 70,000 (70,000); WMU 5D: 30,000 (24,000).