AlB—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 25,1981
Game Commission proposes season changes
HARRISBURG - A closed
season on bobwhite quad, new
turkev management units and
increased allocations of antlerless
deer licenses highlight the Game
Commission’s proposals for 1981-82
hunting and trapping seasons and
bag limits
A previously-advanced proposal
which would have required
drawings to be held for all an
tlerless deer licenses has been
eliminated.
Under season proposals, the
archery deer season would begin
on October 3 and end on October 30.
The early small game season
would open on October 17, and the
regular small game season would
start on October 31. The fall small
game seasons would end on
November 28.
A one-day bear season has been
proposed for November 23. The
regular two-week antlered deer
season would open November 30
and end on December 12, while a
two-day antlerless deer season has
been proposed for December 14
and 15.
The late archery and flintlock
deer season is proposed to open
December 26 and close on January
2, while the winter small game
season would open December 26
and close on January 9.
Proposed trapping seasons and
bag limits are pretty much in line
with those of recent years.
The closing of the quail season, if
adopted, would be the first since
1953. Southern Pennsylvania is the
northern fringe of the quail’s
natural range, and recent hard
winters and farming practices
have reduced the bobwhite
population in the Keystone State to
a level that a hunting harvest is not
warranted this year.
Closure of the quail season may
allow the bird to increase m
numbers where habitat is
adequate. This could allow the
launching of a trap and transfer
program to establish additional
populations.
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decreased fuel consumption are in- proportioning of feed ingredients. A new
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known'mobile feed processing machine, proportioning is an optional, automatic
the Series 102 FEEDMOBILE. scale
This mobile feed mill that processes
animal and poultry feeds on the farm
where they are used from farm produced
grains and roughages has been completely
re-engineered to reduce weight by more
than 20% to reduce operating fuel con
sumption by more than 33% At the same
time productive capacity and speed has
been increased A completely re-designed
drive tram has fewer bearings, chain and
belt drives and gear boxes with the result
that friction has been materially reduced
to lower power demand
Productive capacity has been increased
to 1,000 pounds per minute by enlarging
the mouth of the patented underfed ham
mermill The hammermill will handle
whole bales or roughage at lower rpm’s
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In addition, closure of the quail be unrestricted,
hunting season would provide Increased productivity and
additional protection for recently survival, praticularly in central
stocked Hungarian partridges. and southeastern Pennsylvania,
Formation of three new turkey have led to the proposed allocation
management units will provide the 0 f 451,250 antlerless deer licenses
Game Commission with an op- for 1981. In 1980, the Game Com
port unity to better control har- mission authorized the allocation
vests of the state’s largest game of 410,600 antlerless licenses,
bwd. Several changes are being
Included in the primary turkey proposed in deer seasons in
management unit will be most of southeastern and southwest
northcentral Pennsylvania where Pennsylvania,
turkey hunters have traditionally jjj the Special Regulations Area
enjoyed longer seasons. m the southeast, and m Allegheny
The second turkey unit will be County in the southwest, an any
roughly Y-shaped, including jeer season (for those who hold
southcentral Pennsylvania, the antlerless deer licenses) is being
northeastern part of the state and a proposed from November 30
fair-sized section of west-central through December 15.
Pennsylvania. The final turkey For those who do not have an
area will consist of two parts: the tierless deer licenses, only an
southeastem and western parts of tiered deer could be taken m the
the state. two special regulations areas in
In the northcentral area, the the southeast-and the southwest,
proposed fall turkey season would An antlerless deer license is valid
open on October 31 and close on only in the county in which it is
November 21. In the other two issued.
turkey management areas, the
proposed season would open on
October 31 and close on November
14
The Game Commission plans to
reserve the right to extend the
turkey season m any section or
sections if summer brood counts
indicate sufficient numbers of
birds to permit longer seasons.
To protect wild turkey
populations which have been
trapped and transferred recently,
and to study the effects of hunting
presures, the Game Commission is
proposing that most of Erie County
and that part of Mercer County
west of Interstate Route 79 be
closed to fall turkey hunting, while
all of Crawford County will be open
to turkey hunters this fall.
The Game Commission this year
is proposing that the bear hunting
season be restricted to 32 counties
Unless a bear hunting license is
created by legislation prior to June
1, the number of persons hunting
bears in Pennsylvania in 1981 will
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The new design also facilitates
maintenance by reducing the number of
belt and chain adjustments and
replacements needed to keep the 1981
FEEDMOBILE in continuous, productive
operation.
The 1981, Series 102 FEEDMOBILE is
available equipped with the new hammer
mill, with an improved, high-pressure
roller or a combination of these two
systems for processing farm grown
materials to make highly productive
animal and poultry feeds with much lower
fossil fuel consumption, less labor and at
lower operating costs
FEEDMOBILE, INC.
The six-day antlerless deer area
in southeastern Pennsylvania will
be eliminated this year.
The proposal previously put
forth by the Game Commission
that would have required drawings
to be held to select recipients of
antlerless deer licenses was set
aside after it was determined for
proposal could have seriously
jeopardized the state’s deer
management program.
It is the feeling now that it would
be in the best mterest of the deer
resource to continue to permit
county treasurers to either hold
drawings or to issue the licenses on
a first-come-first-served basis.
Field officers will be directed to
closely monitor antlerless license
distribution in each county so the
process is in accordance with
Game Commission rules and
regulations.
An attempt will also be made to
develop a system whereby certain
landowners who keep their lands
open to antlerless deer hunting will
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deer licenses, hopefully by 1982.
The Game Commission this year
is also proposmg that a November
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