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    Pennsylvania Game Commission

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    Know Your CID:

    Hunters will need their driver’s license or CID number to purchase licenses online or in store. Your nine-digit CID number is printed on last year’s hunting or fishing license. To safeguard your personal information, the option to look up your account by Social Security number has been removed.

    We Conserve and Protect Pennsylvania's Wildlife

    Our mission is to manage and protect wildlife and their habitats while promoting hunting and trapping for current and future generations.

    SEASONS & BAG LIMITS

    Seasons and Bag limits are set by the Game Commission to conserve and manage wildlife

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    STATE GAME LANDS

    Explore and learn about Pennsylvania's great hunting opportunities.

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    DISCOVER PA WILDLIFE

    Learn more about Pennsylvania's amazing wildlife.

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    Hunting and Trapping Digest

    Read the Hunting & Trapping Digest for detailed information on regulations, seasons, and guidelines.

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    Wildlife on Wifi

    Explore more than 100 online and DIY wildlife lessons, activities, story time readings, videos and livestream animal webcams. Game Commission educators are also available for free virtual lessons!

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    Strategic Plan and Reports

    View the Strategic Plan and Reports for insight on goals, achievements and future initiatives.

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    Episode 57: How To Sweet-Talk the Toughest Turkeys

    Call of the Outdoors

    If you can outsmart a longbeard here, you can probably outsmart one anywhere. Pennsylvania birds can be challenging to hunt. Grand National Champion and PA native Hunter Wallis joins host Matt Morrett to yelp about the Keystone State’s rich turkey hunting heritage, tips for calling in birds all season long, and woodsmanship skills for spring gobbler success.

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