Although Pennsylvania’s statewide fall archery deer season doesn’t open until Sept. 29, Chester County archery hunters who have an antlerless deer license for Wildlife Management Units (WMU) 5C and 5D (as well as 2B in the western part of the state) can start hunting this Saturday, Sept. 15.

In another two weeks archers can hunt statewide for antlered or antlerless deer from Sept. 29 to Nov. 12 and during the late archery deer season, which runs from Dec. 26 to Jan. 12.

The early antlerless deer seasons here in WMUs 5C and 5D run through Sept. 28 and again from Nov. 12-24. Bowhunters also may take both antlered and antlerless deer in these units during the late archery season, which runs from Dec. 26-Jan. 26. Legal archery gear includes longbows, recurve bows, compound bows, or crossbows.