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Permits for Hunters with Disabilities | Game Commission | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

This permit essentially allows a permitted individual the ability to have a loaded firearm in, on, or against a motorized vehicle or it's attachments. Permits are available from the Pennsylvania Game Commission for persons with disabilities who meet certain guidelines established in 34 Pa. C.S., the Game and Wildlife Code.

Permit applications and the required physician's statement forms to use a vehicle as a blind may be downloaded or obtained from a Game Commission region office or Harrisburg Headquarters. In addition to a disabled person permit, all permit holders must be in possession of a valid Pennsylvania hunting or furtaker license as required by the Game and Wildlife Code.

Minimum requirements: Applicant must provide documentation of any of the following medical disabilities:

Permittee May: Possess a loaded firearm in a parked vehicle. The vehicle, however, must be completely off the right-of-way of a public highway and at a complete stop with the motor turned off. The parked vehicle may be used as a blind, or as a shooting platform.

Permittee May Not: Possess more than one loaded firearm in, or on the vehicle at any one time; travel or park on private property without advance permission of the owner or person in control of the property; contrary to federal regulations, hunt for or take migratory game birds (waterfowl, woodcock, snipe, rails, doves or gallinules) by use of a vehicle; possess a pistol or revolver contrary to the provisions of 18 Pa. C.S. §101-9183, the Uniform Firearms Act; use a vehicle to flush or locate game; or travel on state game lands except on seasonal roads posted open to public travel or roads specifically designated to provide access for hunters who have been issued a disabled person permit. Please reach out to the Land Management Supervisor at the region office that serves the county where you plan to hunt for the most current list of accessible roads.

This permit allows permitted individuals to use devices defined as mobility devices in Title 58, Section 135.49on designated routes on state game lands. Permit applications may be downloaded or obtained from a Game Commission region office or Harrisburg Headquarters.. Questions should be directed to the region office that serves the county in which the game lands is located or the Special Permits Enforcement Division at 717-783-8164.

It is unlawful to travel on lands by means of vehicle or conveyance propelled by motorized power. This prohibition does not include the travel by individuals permanently confined to a wheelchair propelled by electric power obtained from batteries. Individuals desiring to hunt from an electric powered wheelchair shall have a disabled person permit to use a vehicle as a blind. (Section 2923, of the Game and Wildlife Code).

Certain Game Lands roads are open for vehicular traffic to Disabled Persons Permit holders. (Section 2923(a), of the Game and Wildlife Code). Vehicles or conveyances must be licensed or authorized for operation on a public highway under the provisions of 75 Pa. C.S. §101-9910, the Vehicle Code. Gates on designated roads will be closed but unlocked. It shall be the responsibility of the permittee to open and close the gates upon entry and exit. A list of designated roads open to vehicular traffic will be made available to each Disabled Persons Permit holder by the Commission. See state game lands information on seasonal roads posted open to public travel or roads specifically designated to provide access for hunters who have been issued a disabled person permit. Please reach out to the region office that serves the county where you plan to hunt for the most current list of accessible roads.

The permittee may be accompanied by only one other person who also must be in possession of a valid Pennsylvania hunting or furtaker's license. The permittee also may be accompanied by one or more of the permittee's children holding a valid junior hunting or furtaker license.

For information on roads within State Forests that are open to disabled persons, contact the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Bureau of Forestry at 717-787-2703.

(Authorized by Section 2923, of the Game and Wildlife Code)

Minimum Requirements: Applicant must present a doctor's certificate showing that the person is physically unable to walk for an extended period of time.

Permittee May: Hunt for, pursue, and kill, from an automobile or other vehicle (ATV, snowmobile, etc.), those small game birds authorized for release on lands operated as either Commercial or Noncommercial Regulated Hunting Grounds; possess one loaded firearm lawful for taking small game in a vehicle when on Regulated Hunting Grounds and only when actually hunting.

Permittee May Not: 1.) Use his/her permit, except when on an established Regulated Hunting Grounds; 2.) hunt for or take migratory game birds (waterfowl, etc.) by use of a vehicle; 3.) possess a pistol or revolver contrary to the provisions of 18 Pa. C.S. §101-9183, the Uniform Firearms Act.

Permits for Hunters with Disabilities | Game Commission | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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