[header] How to buy a hunting license in pennsylvania [title] Consider how old you will be when you want to purchase the license. [step] You are eligible to buy a hunting license so long as you are, or will be , 12 years old during the calendar year of the license you are applying for. Hunting licenses are active from july 1 to june 30 of the following year. 
[substeps] For example, assume you are 11 years old and you want to buy a license on august 1 , 2016 for the 2016-2017 hunting season. Further assume you turn 12 on march 23 , 2017.