Below Are Answers To Frequently Asked Questions Pertaining To The Upcoming Extended Rifle Season At Fort Indiantown Gap:
1. You must possess a DMAP Tag to participate in the extended rifle season between 26DEC-1JAN and between 20JAN-24JAN
2. The extended rifle season is for antlerless deer only. Although not illegal, please make effort to avoid shooting shed bucks and button bucks.
3. You must wear blaze orange while participating in the extended rifle season.
4. A-32, A-33, & A-34 will be open for in-line muzzleloaders. See #1-3 above.
5. You must possess a Firearms Access Permit to participate in the extended rifle season in any training area in the corridor (B's, C's, D's) and E-01.
6. You do not need a special tag, firearms permit, or blaze orange to hunt archery or flintlock from 26DEC-19JAN.
7. Sunday Hunting is not Authorized in 2026
Click Here For Areas Open For Trapping
Mobile Check-in and Check-out Will Remain In Effect for Duration of Hunting Season
Pheasants Are Stocked in Training Areas B-09a, B-09b, B-12, C-04, C-05, D-03a, D-03c, and Range 27
Note that NOT All Areas Stocked are Open to Hunting Everyday
ATTENTION ALL HUNTERS: PLEASE NOTE TRAINING AREAS A-33 & A-34 NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS THE TRAIL ON TOP OF BLUE MOUNTAIN; THE AREA BETWEEN THE TRAIL AND THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF FTIG EAST OF B-06B IS OFF LIMITS.
Boating Permits are NOT Available until Construction of the Marquette Lake Dam is Complete
Reminder: You must watch the safety brief video before permits will become available to you.
Hunters seeking to enter the controlled access perimeter area of Fort Indiantown Gap will need to have a pre-registered form of ID. All hunters should visit the Vistor's Center during business hours,(7am-3pm Mon-Fri excluding holidays), with a printed copy of their Hunting Permit and a Valid Government Issued Identification to register your Identification.
Access Control Point Information
The Visitor's Center is open 7am-3pm Mon-Fri.
All of Fort Indiantown Gap is now in Disease Management Area 8
It is the responsibility of the hunter to know the DMA Boundary and to comply with the regulations set forth by the Pennsylvania Game Commission and FTIG Wildlife
Chronic Wasting Disease in Pennsylvania (arcgis.com)
List of CWD Cooperating Deer Processors and Taxidermists
AVAILABLE TRAINING AREA TELEPHONE LINE
A recording of accessible training areas is available by calling (855) 522-2068.- 6SEP2017
The 2022 FTIG Regulation 215-2, Rules and Regulations Pertaining to Hunting, Fishing, and Outdoor Recreation in the Training Areas, is published on the Rules and Regulations page of this web site. Please become familiar with this regulation.
Public use of Fort Indiantown Gap may be limited or terminated as a result of alerts or threats to the installation.