Eligible landowners interested in enrolling in the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP), which is designed to help landowners manage deer on their properties, have until July 1 to submit an application for the 2004-2005 hunting seasons to the Bureau of Wildlife Management in Harrisburg.

So far, the agency has received 78 applications requesting 5,280 coupons.

Those lands eligible for DMAP are: publicly-owned lands; private property where no fee is charged to hunt; and private land hunting clubs established prior to Jan. 1, 2000, that own 1,000 or more contiguous acres.

Coupons for DMAP antlerless deer harvest permits may be issued to landowners at a rate of one coupon for every five acres in agricultural operations or one coupon for every 50 acres for all other lands. Management plans will be required only when an applicant requests more than the standard rate for issuance of DMAP harvest permits.  Landowners will receive one coupon for each DMAP permit allocated for their property.

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6/18/2004