Deer Permits For Farmers
(Continued from Pago A 1)
There is no fee for- the deer con
trol permit, but farmers must keep
records (on provided forms) of the
deer killed and, for practical pur
poses, send weekly reports to the
local commission wildlife conser
vation officer whether or not
any deer were killed.
Deer taken are to be tagged with
a special lag provided by the
commission.
All unused tags and permits are
to be returned to the commission
within five days of the expiration
of the permits.
Within the realm of approved
devices for taking whitetail deer,
the fanner can further restrict what
type of firearm or bows can be
used on his land to kill deer during
the off-season.
As it is now, deer causing dam
age cm farms are to be destroyed by
farmers at a rate as those deer are
used by the farmer.
Under this new program, the
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shooting, processing or consump
tion of deer killed for crop damage.
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one else, most likely a deer hunter
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landowners rather than non
landowners could spark cries of
preferential treatment and
unfairness.
This new program attempts to
address the issues all around.
Details have been worked out so
as to come up with a mutually
agreeable and fair program to all
interested parties.
It provides for public hunting
during the regular deer hunting
seasons.
It allows crop-damaging deer to
be killed when most of the damage
is likely to occur and killing is
more likely to be an effective tool.
It allows the farmer to decide
who gets on his land to kill excess
deer, and he has some control over
the number of permits issued and
thus the number and behavior of
people attempting to kill deer off
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It also allows the farmer to
decide what type of legal method
for killing deer best suits his farm
and activities.
The new program has been
praised by the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau (PFB), that has, along with
other organizations, been seeking
some type cf system to allow far
mers more control over deer popu
lations on their farms.
According to Joel Rotz, wildlife
damage specialist for the PFB, the
commission’s approval of the per
mitting program comes after at
least five years of effort.
“Obviously we’re elated that it’s
finally passed,” he said this week.
“It came about as a result from
compromise and input from
sportsmen’s groups. And with
their support we were able to get
the Game Commission’s support.’'
Rotz said the approv
al from commission
comes as good news
luring a year in which
veather and commodity
prices have worked
igainst the farmer.
“We feel it’s at least a
(limmer of good news
or the farmers who've
>een getting bad news
with weather and
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[deer damage) problem
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1 “Our concern is to
| ceep Pennsylvania far
i tiers economically
competitive with the
'rest of nation,” Rotz
1 said. “We’re no longer
in protected markets and
the more we can do to
keep a level playing
field the better.”
He said that the prog
ram offers some
recourse to farmers suf
fering from deer
damage.
Further, Rotz said the
PFB is ready to help
make the program a
success.
“We stand ready to
work with the Game
Commission to resolve
any concerns or prob
lems that result from
this program,” he said.
[ The outlook for
acceptance from the
public seems good.
The general deer
hunting public has seen
a great reduction in land
available for trespass.
Over the past 20 to 30
years, vast areas of pre
viously open land has
been closed with
changes in ownership
and legal decisions.
Some largely blame
court judgements about
landowner liability, and
the unavailability of
insurance or high pre
mium rates charged if
landowners allow publ
ic trespass.
Whether correct or
incorrect, other reasons
cited by people for the
lack of open land to the
public includes
increased demand and
abuse of the land by the
general public; an
increase in traditional
hunting grounds being
used for residential or
other commercial deve
lopment; an apparent
decrease in desire by
landowners to share the
benefits of the land; and
an increase in animal
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