New PA Study of Split Antlered/Antlerless Deer Seasons

The Pennsylvania Game Commission and U. S. Geological Survey’s Pennsylvania Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at Pennsylvania State University today presented an overview of a new deer research project to the Board of Game Commissioners.

For the 2008-09 deer seasons, the Board approved a change in the firearms deer season in WMUs 2D, 2G, 3C, and 4B. The change made antlered deer legal for the first five days of the two-week firearms deer season, followed by seven days of antlered and antlerless deer hunting. Previously, these four WMUs had a two-week concurrent firearms season for antlered and antlerless deer season.

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http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?Q=175759&A=11

(PA Game Commission Release #012-09, Jan. 26, 2009, For Information Contact: Jerry Feaser, 717-705-6541, PGCNews@state.pa.us)