WMU 4C Hunting Guide

WMU 4C at a glance

The Game Commission draws WMU 4C on roads and rivers, not county lines, so it takes in parts of Schuylkill, Carbon, Dauphin, Columbia, Lebanon and Luzerne and others. The PGC map credits 4C with 261 square miles of State Game Lands and 27 square miles of other public land. A legal buck in 4C has at least three points on one side.

4C boundary roads

From Millersburg, US Route 209 east to I-81 near Joliett; I-81 north to PA Route 61 near Frackville; PA Route 61 north to PA Route 42 at Centralia; PA Route 42 north to I-80 near Bloomsburg; I-80 east to I-476 near White Haven; I-476 south to Route 248; Route 248 east to Route 873; Route 873 south to Route 309; Route 309 west to Route 143; Route 143 south to I-78; I-78 to I-81; I-81 to Susquehanna River near Harrisburg; Susquehanna River north to Millersburg Ferry to US Route 209.

Official unit map

PGC WMU boundary maps. Checked October 12, 2026.

WMU 4C State Game Lands and forests

Public ground in 4C: 34 tracts on our list, from State Game Lands 211 down.

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.

Counties and CWD status in 4C

Counties partly in 4C also fall in a neighbouring unit.

• Schuylkill County82% inside
• Carbon County61% inside
• Dauphin County51% inside
• Columbia County28% inside
• Lebanon County24% inside
• Luzerne County18% inside
• Lehigh County18% inside
• Berks County12% inside

The PGC lists 4C among the CWD-detected WMUs. The CWD feeding order reaches Dauphin. Look for CWD head bins in Schuylkill, Carbon, Dauphin, Columbia, Lebanon and Luzerne. More on CWD

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.