Help identify agency stamped single bit

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I'm looking for any input to as what the initials "PDFW" would stand for. They are on a Dayton style 3 1/2lbs single bit. There are ribs in the eye and traces of red paint. No other markings on the head. The original owner ran a small saw mill in Fulton county Pa., I'm going to restore it for a family member. Thanks
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Pennsylvania (or other agency that starts with a "P") Department of Fish and Wildlife

Just my guess. Given the letters are not aligned I'd say someone with a hammer and off the shelf die set marked these for whatever agency he worked for.
 
Didn't find any PA Dept of Fish and Wildlife.

Did find this:
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters



Pennsylvania State Archives
RG-6
Records of the DEPARTMENT OF FORESTS AND WATERS

The Department of Forests and Waters was created in 1923 by Governor Gifford Pinchot to consolidate the functions of the Department of Forestry, the Water Supply Commission, and the Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey. An outgrowth of the Office of Forest Commissioner, established in the Department of Agriculture in 1895, the Department was responsible for the acquisition and management of state forest lands, the development of state parks, the improvement of waterways, the protection of the Commonwealth's water supply, the supervision of flood control projects, and the protection of state and private forest lands...
http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/rg6.htm
 
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Thanks guys, I was inserting all the likely agencies (forestry and wildlife) but couldn't find anything that matched on line. Steve, looks like you provided me with the winner. That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
 
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