HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe reminds hunters that the agency will begin accepting regular antlerless deer license applications from resident hunters beginning Aug. 6, and non-residents on Aug. 20.

Antlerless deer license applications must be sent to the Game Commission via 22 different Post Office boxes and the agency, in turn, will forward them to county treasurers for processing.

All applications for antlerless deer licenses — regular, as well as unsold — must be submitted by first-class mail. Express and priority mail will not be accepted.

Hunters are provided with a regular antlerless deer license application when they buy a general hunting license. Applications for unsold antlerless deer licenses can be found on pages 54 and 62 of the 2007-08 Pennsylvania Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations, which is presented to each license buyer, along with harvest report cards, an antlerless deer license application and envelopes.

For convenience, a copy of the 2007-08 Digest has been posted on the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us).

Antlerless deer licenses cost $6 for residents and $26 for nonresidents. Checks should be made payable to "County Treasurer," not the Game Commission. Also, applicants should not designate a specific county.

With the implementation of Wildlife Management Units (in 2003, hunters began applying for antlerless deer licenses based on WMUs, not specific counties. Preprinted mailing labels for each WMU are provided to affix to the yellow application envelope. They are bar-coded to speed the application process.

To further ensure proper delivery, hunters also should write the WMU they are applying for in the lower left-hand corner box on the envelope. This step enables the agency to continue processing the envelope without having to open and check the application's WMU designation and then resealing the envelope for shipment to a county treasurer.