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Hey All,
I've been reading up on hunting and hunting education lately. Since receiving my restricted license (Target), I've been taking up interest in all the different types of activities that involve firearms and naturally hunting came up. Right now I'm saving up for a permit for NY and I've been also reading up on Pennsylvania as well. However, I ran into some older threads in other forums stating that in order to carry by pistol while hunting in PA., I would naturally need to apply for a non-resident permit in PA but I've read that New Yorkers with restricted permits will not have much luck receiving a carry permit in PA. due to the restriction. That's a bit unfair isn't it?

Is that above true? I really would like a definitive answer since hunting feral swine sounds like a ton of fun.
 
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I'm sure Pennsylvania gives hunting pistol permits.

Look up a Pennsylvania sheriff office close to you and tell them you have a restricted New Yorkistan pistol permit and ask of they give hunting g permits on a NY restricted permit.

You might not even need a Pennsylvania permit to open carry in conjunction with your New Yorkistan restricted permit and a Pennsylvania hunting license.
The last time I hunted in Pennsylvania it was around $100 for the license.
 
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Go to Centre County. Someone here posted that they got a Pennsylvania non-resident license in Centre County with no issues just by walking in.
 
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Willjr75 said:
Read this thread. You can probably PM the guy who wrote the post for more details. He said he got it there with a restricted license. 2nd page.

PA Pistol License
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Very informative. Thank you very much. I was afraid I'd have to bite the bullet and try getting my restriction removed. I was not going to attempt that for 5 more years.
 
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Emkay44 said:
Sorry for the poor wording. I currently hold a Target permit in NY (Westchester County) and I'm looking to get a hunting licence for NY. DEC's website states that the lifetime hunting license will cost over $700.
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I'm confused.

I get that the lifetime hunting license is expensive.

An annual is like 30 bucks.

Why do you need a lifetime?
 
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masterswimmer said:
Damn, this should be a bannable offense. Misleading thread titles need to be addressed more severely.

I too am Interested in Hunting Butt.
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Eh, I had to be general with the title since I had a few moving pieces in the background. I'm interested in hunting but PA. specifically. For the future, I want to hunt in NY and I'd rather get a lifetime license. I can't just move forward with the NY one since all the hunter education courses that are close are full.

When I looked into PA further, I saw that some folks were having trouble getting a carry permit for their pistol because of the restrictions on their permit (Target). I was advised above to apply to Centre (sp?) County as they are more lenient.

So right now, I'm going to work on getting a hunting permit for PA. while I wait for more courses to open up in NY - the closest locations are in Long Island which I do not enjoy driving to.

Hope that clears it up a little. Thanks for understanding and not banning me :)
 
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Emkay44 said:
Sorry for the poor wording. I currently hold a Target permit in NY (Westchester County) and I'm looking to get a hunting licence for NY. DEC's website states that the lifetime hunting license will cost over $700.
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If you're young and hunt every season, it will pay off.

If you add bow hunting and/ muzzle loading, that's additional $$.
FYI... non-resident PA hunting license (renewals) is over $100 each yr.
Don't know what type of handgun you own, but you might want to research it a little more. Looks like PA may only allow certain caliber revolvers for hunting (No semi-auto handguns.)

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_wvXp0PffAhUnnOAKHTX2AhwQFjALegQICBAC&url=https://www.pgc.pa.gov/HuntTrap/Law/Documents/2018-19%20Hunting%20Trapping%20Digest/2018-19%20General%20Hunting%20Regulations.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0RSHWf23Jtu38_18Vrt1KT&cshid=1547824973817846
 
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Emkay44 said:
Eh, I had to be general with the title since I had a few moving pieces in the background. I'm interested in hunting but PA. specifically. For the future, I want to hunt in NY and I'd rather get a lifetime license. I can't just move forward with the NY one since all the hunter education courses that are close are full.

When I looked into PA further, I saw that some folks were having trouble getting a carry permit for their pistol because of the restrictions on their permit (Target). I was advised above to apply to Centre (sp?) County as they are more lenient.

So right now, I'm going to work on getting a hunting permit for PA. while I wait for more courses to open up in NY - the closest locations are in Long Island which I do not enjoy driving to.

Hope that clears it up a little. Thanks for understanding and not banning me :)
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I was just busting balls. It's all good. :wave:
 
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Emkay44 said:
Eh, I had to be general with the title since I had a few moving pieces in the background. I'm interested in hunting but PA. specifically. For the future, I want to hunt in NY and I'd rather get a lifetime license. I can't just move forward with the NY one since all the hunter education courses that are close are full.

When I looked into PA further, I saw that some folks were having trouble getting a carry permit for their pistol because of the restrictions on their permit (Target). I was advised above to apply to Centre (sp?) County as they are more lenient.

So right now, I'm going to work on getting a hunting permit for PA. while I wait for more courses to open up in NY - the closest locations are in Long Island which I do not enjoy driving to.

Hope that clears it up a little. Thanks for understanding and not banning me :)
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You don't need to take a NY course. You can take the PA online course anytime you want and it will be good for NY. I did it myself. Here is the link;
Pennsylvania Online Hunter Safety Course | Hunter-ed.com™
 
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If you're young and hunt every season, it will pay off.

If you add bow hunting and/ muzzle loading, that's additional $$.
FYI... non-resident PA hunting license (renewals) is over $100 each yr.
Don't know what type of handgun you own, but you might want to research it a little more. Looks like PA may only allow certain caliber revolvers for hunting (No semi-auto handguns.)

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=12&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwj_wvXp0PffAhUnnOAKHTX2AhwQFjALegQICBAC&url=https://www.pgc.pa.gov/HuntTrap/Law/Documents/2018-19%20Hunting%20Trapping%20Digest/2018-19%20General%20Hunting%20Regulations.pdf&usg=AOvVaw0RSHWf23Jtu38_18Vrt1KT&cshid=1547824973817846
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Got it. Thank you. The important thing is, I'm learning. At the slight cost of your collective sanity it seems ;)
 
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