Pennsylvania Laws and Regulations

It is unlawful to damage any tree on public or private property through constructing a tree stand or using a portable tree stand. This does not apply to landowners constructing stands on their own property, or persons who have received written permission from a landowner to build or use a tree stand.

Tree stands on state game lands can be placed out not more than two weeks before the first and must be removed no later than two weeks after the final deer season in that area. Placing a tree stand does not reserve the area for its owner; other hunters can hunt there. Tree stands and portable hunting blinds left on state game lands and other Hunter Access properties under the Game Commission’s management need to be conspicuously marked with a durable and legible identification tag that includes the owner’s first and last name and legal home address, or bears the CID number that appears on the owner’s hunting license or a number issued by the Game Commission to the stand or blind owner. Identification numbers can be obtained at The Outdoor Shop on the Game Commission’s website.