WMU 5B Hunting Guide

Unit 5B: size and boundary

Its boundary is the route list below, and the counties it touches are Lancaster, York, Lebanon, Dauphin, Berks, Adams and Cumberland among others. Public ground totals about 62 square miles, 2% of the unit, counting State Game Lands and other public land. Three points on one side is the buck rule for 5B.

Where 5B begins and ends

From the Maryland/PA state line, PA Route 94 north to US Route 15 near York Springs; US Route 15 north to I-81 near Harrisburg; I-81 east to I-78; I-78 to PA Route 61 near Hamburg; PA Route 61 south to US Route 222 near Reading; US Route 222 south to I-76; I-76 east to PA Route 10 near Morgantown; PA Route 10 south to PA Route 372 near Parkesburg; PA Route 372 west to the Octoraro Creek near Christiana and then south along the creek to the Maryland line.

PGC WMU map

PGC WMU boundary maps. Checked October 12, 2026.

Public land in WMU 5B

Largest first: 29 tracts touch 5B, starting with State Game Lands 46 at 6,053 acres.

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.

5B by county

County share in 5B, largest first.

• Lancaster County99% in 5B
• York County96% in 5B
• Lebanon County76% in 5B
• Dauphin County32% in 5B
• Berks County29% in 5B
• Adams County10% in 5B
• Cumberland County4% in 5B
• Chester County2% in 5B

5B is a CWD unit: the disease has been detected in wild deer here. Deer feeding is banned in all or part of York, Dauphin, Adams and Cumberland. Head-collection bins are placed in Lancaster, York, Lebanon, Dauphin, Adams and Cumberland. CWD rules

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.