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House Co-Sponsorship Memoranda
House of Representatives
Session of 2013 - 2014
Regular Session
MEMORANDUM
| Posted: | April 29, 2013 11:37 AM |
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| From: | Representative Deberah Kula |
| To: | All House members |
| Subject: | Restricting the length of and changing the start date of antlerless deer season |
| In the near future I will introduce legislation that will restrict doe (antlerless deer) season to only three days, and only permit its commencement after the conclusion of rifled buck (antlered deer) season. For decades, this is how deer season was structured in Pennsylvania. The separation of two highly anticipated opening days - one for buck season and one for doe season – created an air of excitement and maximized hunter participation. Unfortunately much of that excitement and participation has disappeared, along with the deer, due to the lumping together and overlap of those seasons by the Game Commission. In accordance with our great hunting tradition, this rewind simply makes sense. From a tangible aspect, starting doe season later and only after buck season is over, will enable doe deer to be more elusive, creating a more challenging hunt while helping to cultivate the overall deer population. Hunters who I have spoken with want to return to the days of years gone by where deer sightings were much more plentiful and doe season was its own special occasion. This legislation will do just that. |
Introduced as HB1370