Snowshoe Rabbit Season Will Open
In Pennsylvania Jan. 2 Through 7
Weekly Newsletter Issued by
The Pa- Game Commission
SNOWSHOE RABBITS
SEASON NEARS
Snowshoe rabbits (varying
hares) will provide Pennsylvania
sportsmen their first open hunt
ing season of 1956. The one-week
season will begirt' at 7 a. ra. Janu
ary 2- It will close at sp. m.
January 7. The daily bag limit
is 2; the season limit is 6.
Snowshoe rabbits are scarce in
many parts of the state, so the
Game Commission limited the
upcoming season to one week.
Where these animals are pres
ently in fair numbers the sup
ply is about as high as in other
recent years.
Destruction of natural habitat
caused by maturing forests and
overbrowsing by deer have been
the principal contributors toward
ithe reduction in the population
of this game animal. But the
white rabbit provides many
sportsmen an unusual type of
winter hunting in the northern
area of the state. The snowshoe
really “makes tracks” as it cir
cles widely ahead of hounds.
Against snow a hunter must
look sharply to detect the nearly
all-white animals, but if the
ground is bare and dark the
snowshoe stands out “like sore
thumbs”.
DEER DO NOT ALWAYS
BUN FROM MAN OR DOG
Lester E. Sheaffer, an officer
from the Game Commission’s
Southcentral Division Office, re
lated the following: “Last No
vember 24th Richard Ferrefi
berg, of Huntingdon RD 2, was
hunting small game in Oneida
Township, Huntingdon County,
'when suddenly out of nowhere a
(large three-point buck charged
him- In the attack tfie hunter
was knocked to the ground with
Such force his gun fell from his
hands- Seeing his master in dis
tress, one of the man’s rabbit
dogs lunged at the deer. The
buck turned upon the dog, m- a
junng it- This action gave Fer
renberg the opportunity to get
up and seek cover behind a tree
Before the deer left the scene
he charged the tree several
times, tearing the bark from the
trunk in his attempt to reach
the man.”
WEATHER HURT DEER
HUNTING IN NORTHWESTERN
In northwestern Pennsylvania
severe winter weather hampered
deer hunters, as Game Protctor
Raymond M. Sickles, Crawford
County, tells in the following:
"The first day of the ’55 buck
deer season was Bitter cold but
Hunters were helped by a light
tracking snow. However, on the
second and thircf days a blizzard
moved in, and this section*was
covered by iso much snow that
hunting was at a complete stand*
stilL”
(Secretary of Commerce Weeks
recently declared the Eisenhower
Admfiniisltiration was determined
(to get its miultibillion dollar
highway * Construction iprogram
through the next session of Con
gress.
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AUTOS BAG DEER BEFORE
AND DURING SEASON
The following statements were
taken from reports recently
made by the Game Protectors
named. They indicate that, over
Pennsylvania, many deer met
death on highways just prior to
and early in the 1955 buck sea
son.
Says C R Kmley “In Alle
ghriey County, an area of great
human population density, 23
deer were reported killed on
highways during November Of
(this number 15 were male deer
with antlers of 5 points or more ”
W J Bnon. “The highway toll
of deer reached what I believe
was an alltime high for the
month of November in Arm
strong County Approximately 60
deer were killed by vehicles on
roads ”
iB- W. Catherman: “During the
month of November 15 buck and
9 doe deer were killed on high
ways in my Indiana County dis
trict ”
Harold E. Russell: “During
November, 1955, there were 26
deer killed by cars in Perry
County. Up to and including De
cember 8 there were 16 deer kill
ed on the county highways.”
John H Doebling: “In my Mon
roe County district 36 deer were
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killed by vehicles, 9 for crop
damage and 2 were m the ‘mis
cellaneous cause’ category dur
ing November
Donald L Croft: “In Novem
ber, 26 deer were killed by cars,
trains and shot by smal) game
hunters in my southern Mont
gomery County district.”
S. Earl Carpenter 1 “Bucks
County, had its share of automo
bile accidents by deer In Novem
ber we had a double-header; two
deer were killed in a collision
with one car”
HUNTERS GIVEN
CLEAN BILL
Game Protector Ralph E
Flaugh, Mercer County, made
the following report “On No
vember 15 Deputy Jack Reimold
and I investigated a complaint
that a hunter had shot and killed
a 1700-lb steer belonging to a
farmer living near Sharpsville I
received permission from the
owner to dissect the huge ani
mal Alter a partial examination
we were convinced the steer had
not been shot by anyone.
“We thought that because of
the great number of bruises on
its body, perhaps the animal had
been frightened and, in running,
had fallen and broken its neck
It had died at the time of a fall
thunder and lightning Storm'
Later, a veterinarian who ex-
amined the steer stated the
cause" of death was lightning.”
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BIRD DARES
THE WRONG HUNTER
Game Protector William A.
Moyer, Lehigh County, recently
reported “Mr Ringneck will
strut across the range no longer.
Many hunters who ‘sighted in’
Game Lands No 205 have been
their rifles on the range on State
amused to see this pheasant cock
cross the range in search of food
It’s quiet inside. Quiet with the peace
of centuries, for this is God’s House.
Within these walls, the worries which
loomed so large outside become
less fearsome... for the first time perhaps
you see them in their true perspective.
If this alone were the reward of Faith, it
would be enough. But there is more.
Faith is a source of strength, a reservoir
of power that helps you meet the needs,
of every day. By worshiping with your
family each week at your church or
synagogue, you’re giving them a measure of •
security no amount of money could buy.
The Faith to hope..; to grow... to live by.
Give them a Faith to live by
while guns boomed He paid no
attention to bullets whizzing over
him But one man, hunting in
the safety zone in which the
nngneck had taken refuge,
found his daring irresistible. A
bullet from the fellow’s 8 mm
rifle found its mark . • • Not
much left of Mr. Ringneck 1 ’'
Needless to say, this person paid
a penalty for violating the Game
Law.
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