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Progress and production across
the state go into a sort of tempo
rary limbo this week as the state’s
most important season gets under
way.
Harvest season. Harvest sea
son, that is, for Pennsylvania’s
most well-known and widely
hunted big-game animal: the
whitetail deer.
Opening day of “deer season”
has always been one of the state’s
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more wilderness areas of our
Commonwealth wfiere large con
centrations of hunters converge.
Friends from other states where
deer hunting is pursued with
slightly less-fervent buck fever
always raise their eyebrows in
suiprise to learn that even many of
our schools close for at least one
day of observation.
Something like a million hunters
usually head for the hills on open-
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ing day. That means miles of
rugged mountain foot travel for
many and more leisurely spying
from the edge of a meadow wood
lot or open fields for others. Not to
mention those few hapless antler
pursuers who will spend some
hours trudging in circles some
where lost in mountaintop fog.
A million hunters equates to
multi-millions of manhours of
pre-hunt preparation. Hours spent
gathering the boots and the gloves,
the downfilled coats and the bat
tery-charged handwarmers. Hours
sighting in the rifles, stocking up
on the ammunition, and account
ing for details like a drag rope,
blaze orange hat and change for
the phone at the little general store
to call home to explain how the
buck got away and why it’s neces
sary to stay at camp an extra day.
(Or double checking that you have
your phone credit card.)
Like all harvest crews, hunters
may travel on their feet, but are
fueled from their stomachs. Leg
endary are the tales of accom
plished camp cooks, who send
packs of hunters off into the early
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stuffed with stacks of pancakes,
slabs of ham and bacon, gallons of
hot coffee. At the end of the day,
tables groaning with turkey or
beef feasts and all the trimmings
welcome them back, to rest weary
legs and rehash the day’s hunt.
The hunting “fuel” that’s not
talked about are the empty-calorie
rations (junk food?) that most
hunters haul along. I recall, as a
kid, raiding Dad’s leftover hunt
ing foodstocks for goodies that
survived the trip. And on those
scattered years when The Farmer
could slip away for a day or two,
shirt-pocket residue and pickup
truck litter provided obvious
clues.
That such rations are among
the most basic of hunting supplies
was reinforced by statistical mar
keting data accumulated by our
eldest during the few months she
worked at a local convenience
store. After everything else had
been accumulated, hunters headed
Extension Agent
DAUPHIN (Dauphin Co.)
James E. Welshans, agriculture
agent in Dauphin County, has been
an extension educator in a variety
of settings in his 25 years.
With the encouragement of the
Clinton county agent, Welshans
began his extension career with a
two-month stint as 4-H summer
assistant in Northumberland
County, then moved to Clearfied
County, where he spent the next 15
years working with 4-H youth and
expanding into horticulture, in
1984 he transferred to Dauphin
County to become the county
extension director with program
responsibilities in horticulture.
Along the way he earned a mas
ter’s in agriculture and extension
education at Penn State.
On two occasions, Welshans
taught extension education
methods as part of the college
programs in Swaziland and Zim
babwe. In 1994, after 10 years of
heavy administrative duties, Wel
shans elected to return to full-time
horticulture program work where
he looks forward to expanding his
program in urban horticulture and
commerical vegetable production
as well as developing an educa
tional program for professionals
who manage turf to create a safe
environment in municipal parks
and athletic fields.
Welshans said the thing he likes
best about extension work is that
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North made one final stop to
round out their supplies of three
basic necessities of mountain life;
bottled propane gas, potato chips,
and candy.
A cash register receipt I
removed from the pickup after
The Farmer returned from a single
day of deer hunting a year ago fur
ther confirmed this data. Listed on
the telltale slip of paper were pur
chases of soft drinks, potato chips,
candy bars and a giant bag of M &
M’s.
More recently, after The
Farmer’s one day away for
bowhunting, I again opened the
pickup and found an empty M &
M’s bag tossed atop the stack of
boots and insulated gear.
No wonder they return home
lamenting the bucks that never
showed or that vanished in the
distance, teasing with just a mere
glimpse of a bouncing white tail.
The sound of all that crackling
candy wrapping is a dead give
away.
Has 25 Years
every day is different, it is never
the same. In commenting on the
changes he has observed in the past
25 years, Welshans is amazed at
evolving science and technology.
Many of the basics he learned
about plants as an undergraduate at
Morehead State University have
become obsolete as research and
knowledge have increased.
Given the chance, he would
choose the same work -again
because it has provided him with
so many interesting opportunities
such as the travel and work in Afri
ca. “Some of my best friends work
in extension. We help each other,
they understand and it goes both
ways. It’s really neat,” said Wel
shans. His greatest satisfactions
have come as he helped new staff
to develop into successful agents.
Welshans’ leadership and program
excellence were recognized in
1993 when he received the Distin
guished Service Award from the
National Association of County
Agricultural Agents. He served as
President of the Pennsylvania
Association of County Agricultur
al Agents 1993.
Jim and Jane, his wife of 27
years, live in Hummelstown. Sons
Jeff and Joel are Penn State gradu
ates. Daughter Jennifer is a fresh
man at Penn State majoring in agri
culture business. For relaxation,
Jim likes to work outside on his
lawn and garden.
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