WMU 1A Hunting Guide

WMU 1A in brief

WMU 1A sits mostly in the Northwest region and crosses 6 counties. State Game Lands make up 127 of its 1,846 square miles, and other public land adds 0. The antler rule in 1A is the “three up” standard.

Boundary description

From Ohio/PA state line, US Route 6 east to US Route 322 at Conneaut Lake; US Route 322 east to PA Route 8 at Franklin; PA Route 8 south to PA Route 228 near Gibsonia; PA Route 228 west to I-76 (PA Turnpike) to PA Route 60 near New Beaver; PA Route 60 south to Ohio River to Ohio/PA state line.

Unit map from the PGC

PGC WMU boundary maps. Checked October 12, 2026.

1A public hunting ground

21 public tracts on our list overlap WMU 1A, 15 of them State Game Lands; the biggest is Moraine State Park.

PGC State Game Lands GIS and DCNR and federal land data, overlaid on the PGC WMU layer; a tract counts when at least 1% of it, or 100 acres, falls in the unit. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

County guides for unit 1A

Counties sorted by how much of them lies in 1A.

• Lawrence County100% in unit
• Mercer County100% in unit
• Beaver County40% in unit
• Butler County37% in unit
• Crawford County22% in unit
• Venango County15% in unit

CWD has not been detected in wild deer in 1A. 2026 head bins: Butler. CWD rules and bins

County shares from the PGC WMU layer intersected with Census county outlines (counties.json); CWD lists from the digest and feeding order. Checked October 12, 2026.