It's doe (license application) season in Pennsylvania.

And they're selling fast.Since the application period for Pennsylvania residents opened on Monday, 247,565 of the 779,500 licenses have been sold, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reported as of 2:15 p.m. Friday. A regular hunting license is required to be able to purchase the doe license.Carbon County treasurer Ron Sheehan said that over 3,000 applications have been received since the beginning of the week."It's starting to slow down now," he said Friday morning, adding that the county hires two college students for this time period specifically for processing the licenses in the treasurer's office.Sheehan said not all applications his office has processed have been for Carbon County."A county treasurer can issue a license for anywhere in the Commonwealth," he said, noting that Lehigh County does not issue doe licenses, so his office processes quite a few for the Slatington and Walnutport areas.Monroe County Treasurer Claudette Segear said approximately 3,000 applications have been received to date.In Schuylkill, as of the close of business Thursday, the treasurer's office had processed 6,042 applications, but thousands of applications are still waiting to be processed.Applications for doe licenses are broken down into wildlife management units, which are designed to improve wildlife management and simplify hunting and trapping regulations. Carbon County applicants fall under both 3D and 4C WMUs; Schuylkill, 4C and 4E; and Monroe, 3D.An allotment of 25,000 licenses are available in 3D and 4C, and 21,000 in 4E.On July 28, nonresidents will also have the opportunity to apply for the remaining doe licenses in the state.If there are any remaining after that, Sheehan said, the state opens up a bonus round of applications for residents and nonresidents. The date for bonus tags opens on Aug. 4 for WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D, and Aug. 18 for everywhere else.But, Sheehan said, these bonus rounds usually sell out quickly.For more information, visit

www.pgc.state.pa.us.