The Pennsylvania Game Commission met this weekend, and made some more changes to hunting seasons in the commonwealth, including a statewide concurrent buck and doe firearms season. It means both antlered and antlerless deer may be harvested for the entire 14 days, beginning Saturday, November 27th. The season will also include expanded Sunday hunting, including Sunday, November 28. It will then end on Saturday, December 11. The move was opposed by some hunters who believe there are too few deer in some spots, but the board noted allowing antlerless deer hunting throughout the season is not intended to increase the antlerless harvest. According to commission biologists, on average, one antlerless deer is harvested for every four antlerless deer licenses allocated. The board also approved an expansion of Sunday hunting by opening the Sundays during the archery deer and firearms bear seasons to other species… except migratory game birds and wild turkeys… that are in season on those dates. Other changes include moving up the start of the extended bear season to begin on the firearms deer opener and include Sunday, November 28.
