750,000 Hunters Expected for First Day of PA Deer Season
Hunters can share their harvest using a network set up by the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
It is considered Pennsylvania's only unofficial holiday. The Monday after Thanksgiving marks opening day of the two-week general deer season. Some 750,000 men, women, and teenagers wearing fluorescent orange are expected to invade Penn's Woods, according to PA Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. “In addition to being a rich part of our state’s heritage, deer season is critical in managing Pennsylvania’s whitetails,” Roe said. “The efforts of hunters are far-reaching; they help to keep deer populations in check, and enable the agency to meet deer management goals that benefit those who reside, visit or travel through this state.” Safety Rules Hunters must wear 250 square inches of fluorescent orange material on the head, chest …
Rebecca Taksel
6:04 pm on Monday, November 26, 2012
Harvest? Beneficial? Managing deer populations? No, no, and no. All of this is just blowing smoke. Hunters kill deer because they like to kill animals. They are not performing a public service. The Game Commission sees to it that populations of deer are maintained to allow the funfest of killing. more ›