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    ​​​​​​​​Deer Management Assistance Program - DMAP

    • DMAP permits become available to hunters during the third round of antlerless license sales (second Monday of August). 

    For Hunters

    Hunters can get up to two to four DMAP harvest permits per unit. If the landowner provides coupons to hunters, a hunter can purchase up to four permits. Otherwise, a hunter can purchase up to two permits. DMAP harvest permits must be purchased from a license-issuing agent or through www.huntfish.pa.gov. A DMAP harvest permit costs $10.97 for a resident, $35.97 for a nonresident. Each DMAP harvest permit is good for taking one antlerless deer on the property for which the DMAP harvest permit was issued.

    Hunters can get DMAP harvest permits two ways.

    1. First, if a hunter receives a coupon from a landowner, the hunter will take the coupon to any license-issuing agent (or visit www.huntfish.pa.gov) to purchase a DMAP harvest permit. In this situation, a hunter can purchase up to four DMAP permits.
    2. Second, to obtain a DMAP harvest permit for properties where landowners choose not to hand out coupons, hunters can go to any license-issuing agent (or www.huntfish.pa.gov) to purchase a DMAP harvest permit. Hunters utilizing this second option will need to contact the landowner (or the Game Commission's website) to get the DMAP unit number for the area they want to hunt. In this situation, a hunter can purchase up to two DMAP permits.

    CWD DMAP Units: Permits in these units are being offered to increase CWD samples and reduce the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). To learn more, please visit the CWD page.

    Hunters must report whether or not they harvest a deer.  All DMAP antlerless deer permit holders are required to file a harvest, regardless of whether they kill a deer. To report your DMAP harvest or no harvest, visit www.huntfish.pa.gov.

    Hunters are responsible for acquiring the landowner information needed to participate in the Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP). Neither the Game Commission, nor license-issuing agents, can provide additional landowner information other than the details available in the Participating Landowners Section.

     

    FIND PARTICIPATING LANDOWNER PROPERTIES

    DCNR DMAP Interactive Map

    The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources offers Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) hunting opportunities in designated state forests and state parks to help conserve a healthy, natural habitat that supports wildlife diversity and healthy deer populations on its lands.

    View DCNR Interactive Map

    ​State Game Lands DMAP Units​​

    DMAP UnitRegionWMUGame LandsAcreageCoupons
    5838NW2FSGL 248,585215
    5839NW2FSGL 299,831246​
    5840NW2FSGL 5419,407388
    5841NW2FSGL 746,568164
    5842NW2FSGL 8614,321358
    5843NW1BSGL 1438,477212
    5844NW2FSGL 2833,06177
    6714NW2FSGL 315,156103
    6718NW1BSGL 964,954124
    6719NW1BSGL 1222,79355
    6720NW2ESGL 1953,45969
    6721NW2DSGL 2444,87197

    DMAP UnitRegionWMUGame LandsAcreageCoupons
    5824NC2GSGL3011,654233
    5825NC2GSGL3410,224204
    5826NC3ASGL3713,139262
    5827NC2GSGL7527,499549
    5828NC2ESGL7872514
    5829NC2GSGL904,15783
    5830NC2GSGL942,29745
    5831NC2GSGL10021,068421
    6753NC3ASGL629,258185
    6756NC2GSGL3315,272105
    6773NC3BSGL1348,375167

    DMAP UnitRegionWMUGame LandsAcreageCoupons
    5890NE3BSGL1224,597480
    6210NE3BSGL1350,742500
    6833NE3CSGL357,772145
    5891NE3BSGL3618,919370
    6209NE3BSGL572,79960
    5892NE3BSGL668,106160
    6834NE3CSGL706,336120
    5893NE3CSGL1231,60430
    6829NE3BSGL14236915
    6835NE3CSGL1599,448188
    6830NE3BSGL17274025
    5894NE4ESGL2061,51230
    5895NE3CSGL2195,702110
    6831NE3CSGL23982825
    6832NE3BSGL2504408
    5896NE3CSGL2891,66830

    DMAP UnitRegionWMUGame LandsAcreageCoupons
    7018SE3DSGL1687,800156
    7109SE4CSGL2178,613172

    For Landowners

    DMAP provides an additional means for landowners to manage deer to meet their land-use goals. It also provides additional opportunities to the hunters who participate in the program.

    Public landowners, political subdivisions, government agencies, defined hunting clubs, and private landowners or lessees, where no fee is charged for hunting, are eligible to enroll in DMAP. Qualified landowners are issued DMAP coupons at a standard rate of one coupon for every five acres of cultivated land, or one coupon for every 50 acres of non-cultivated land. Landowners requesting more than the standard rate of permits or with fewer than 5 acres of cultivated land or fewer than 50 acres of non-cultivated land can enroll by answering additional questions on the application. Landowners enrolled in DMAP are responsible for providing hunters with information about DMAP harvest permits for their property. 

    Landowner Applications:

    • The 2024 application period is now closed. Applications for the 2025 season will open in March 2025, with a submission deadline of July 1, 2025. ​

    Frequently Asked Questions