Deer hunting in Pennsylvania just got a little easier, and it has nothing to do with regulations or firearms.
On Thursday, with about three weeks until Pennsylvania's firearm deer season, Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law a state Senate bill that will enable hunters to buy antlerless deer licenses wherever hunting licenses are sold, including over the internet. Previously doe tags could be purchased only from individual county treasurers' offices by postal mail or in person.
The law will go into effect with the sale of 2023-2024 hunting licenses, available in mid-June. Sponsored by Republican Sen. Dan Laughlin of Erie, chairman of the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee, the legislative agreement was years in the making. In September, the Senate approved Bill 431 by a vote of 45-5. Last week it passed in the House 127-24.
