34 Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 13, 1976
Pa. hunters successful
HUNTERSTOOK
71,9 M BUCKS
Pennsylvania’s deer
hunters recorded their
second largest buck harvest
in history during the 1975-76
white tail seasons, according
to reports filed with the
Game Commission.
Cards mailed in by suc
cessful hunters indicate
71,986 antlered deer were
taken, while another 66,209
hunters in the state reported
tagging antlerless deer. The
total reported whitetail
harvest was 138,915.
The 1974-75 figures were
70,689 antlered deer and
54,963 antlerless white
tads, for a total harvest
of 125.652.
The 1975-76 antlerless
harvest was the sixth largest
on record, and the total
harvest was the fifth highest
since record-keeping began
in 1915.
The most recent buck
harvest was exceeded only in
1967, when the record 78,268
were reported tagged.
Of the thirteen largest
buck harvests in the state’s
history, twelve have oc
curred in the last twelve
years, and of the four an
tlered deer harvests which
have exceeded 70,000, three
have been recorded in the
last three years.
Prior to the season, the
Game Commission said that
it hoped that hunters would
harvest at least 65,000 bucks
and a minimum of another
65,000 antlerless whitetails.
The one-day extension of
the antlerless deer season on
Saturday, December 20, was
completely justified, reports
show. Cards returned by
successful hunters indicate
14,251 whitetails were taken
on that day. Had there been
no extension of the season,
the antlerless harvest would
have been only about 52,000,
far short of the desired 65,000
minimum.
Potter County,
traditionally one of the best
deer hunting areas in the
state, led all counties in
buck, antlerless and total
harvests during the 1975-76
seasons. Hunters reported
taking 4,085 antlered deer in
Potter and 4,300 antlerless
whitetails, for a total of 8,385
deer from “God’s Country.”
Following Potter in an
tlered deer harvest were
in deer-bear season
Tioga, 2,605; Bradford,
2,498; Lycoming, 2,485; and
Clearfield, 2,439.
Other leading antlerless
harvest counties were Tioga,
2,674; Bradford, 2,632;
Huntingdon, 2,365; and
McKean, 2,361.
Counties other than Potter
leading in total harvest for
1975-76 were Tioga, 5,279;
Bradford, 5,130; Lycoming,
4,661; McKean, 4,565; and
Huntingdon, 4,564.
The buck total included
52,579 with three or more
points and 19,407 spikes,
while the antlerless figure
included 54,833 females and
11,376 males.
The Game Commission
emphasizes that all figures
are actual counts of report
cards filed by hunters.
388 BLACK BEARS
TAKEN BY HUNTERS
Bear hunters harvested
388 bruins during Penn
sylvania’s one-day season on
November 24, according to
the Game Commission.
The 1975 harvest was well
above the 223 bears taken in
the 1974 season. However,
much more favorable
Broiler production up 20 pet.
HARRISBURG - Poultry
production continues to
increase over last year,
according to the Penn
sylvania Crop Reporting
Service.
Placements of broiler
chicks in the commonwealth
for the week ending
February 28, were 1,376,000.
This represents a six percent
increase over the
corresponding week a year
ago, but a slight dip of five
percent from the previous
week.
Auto Service Tips
BRAKE LININGS
are Heat -resistant
FACINGS ATTACHED ID
BRAKE SHOES. SHOULD
BB CHECKED AT 10,000
M MB INTERVALS.
EXCESSIVELY worn
linings MAV PAMASE
THE BRAKE DRUMS
weather conditions prevailed
during the 1975 season.
During the 1975 season the
top bear-producing counties
were Pike, 55; Clinton, 40;
Lycoming, 34; Monroe, 27;
Elk, 25; Centre, 24;
Cameron, 22; and Tioga, 21.
Resident hunters took 368
of the bears, while the other
twenty were bagged by non
residents. Game protectors
reported that 175 of the
bruins, or slightly less than
one half of the total harvest,
were males.
INVITATION TO COUNT
DEER HARVEST CARDS
Every year deer harvest
figures compiled by the
Game Commission are
questioned, but so far no one
who has looked at the report
cards mailed in by hunters
has challenged the accuracy
of the count.
Again this year, the Game
Commission extends an open
invitation to any interested
individual, group or groups
to come to commission
headquarters in Harrisburg
to examine and-or count the
report cards filed by hun
ters.
Average placements
during the past ten weeks
were 10 percent above a year
earlier.
In the 21 key poultry
producing states,
placements were 62,792,000,
This is four percent above
the previous week and nine
percent above the same
week last year.
Average placements
during the past ten weeks
were nine percent above a
year ago.
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Farmer
Representatives from
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attended South Central
Regional Meeting in Carlisle
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from the local Adams-
Franklin-York Council
were: Bob Whitman from
Agway Feed Mill; Bob
Stover Production Credit
Association of York; Roy
Weaner, Interstate Milk
Producers; Jay Waybright
of Maryland Milk
Producers; John Peters of
Knouse Foods; and George
Glenn, Leo Weaver, Ruth
Ann Omdorff and Dawn
Bodenberg of Adams
Electric Cooperative. Gil
Evans also of Adams
Electric Cooperative served
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