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Antlerless Deer Information
To sportsmen who plan to hunt
antlerless deer (December 12-13)
in a county other than the one in
which they live the Game Commis-
sion offers these items of informa-
tion:
Licenses will be available only
from the county treasurer in the
county in which the sportsman de-
sires to hunt. The likelihood of ob-
taining a ‘“‘doe” license will be
greater if application is made of the
treasurer of a county in which the
quota is high. Certain northern
Pennsylvania counties have been al-
lotted an exceptionally large num-
ber of these licenses. As examples,
in the northwest Warren, McKean
and Elk Counties each have been
allocated 12,000, and Forest County
will have 8,000 licenses for this
special season.
There are resource management
aspects, too, that sportsmen will
want to consider. Officials of the
Allegheny National Forest, which
lies in parts of these four counties,
have made competent surveys and
learned there are many does to
each buck in the area they admin-
ister. The Forest [Service people con-
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sider wildlife a recreational asset,
but their watersheds and timber
programs have suffered severely
from an overpopulation of deer on
the National Forest land.
In the northeast, both Bradford
and Pike Counties will have 6,000
antlerless deer licenses, and Susque-
hanna and Wayne Counties 7,000
each. In that corner also there is
special need for herd control.
Because the Game Commission is
charged with the management of
deer in the interest of the hunters,
the herd itself and in protection to
farm crops and motorists the two-
day antlerless' deer season is being
held to alleviate the problems.
Antlerless deer licenses will be
available at the offices of county
treasurers as of September 26, the
Revenue Department advises. Appli-
cations for these licenses will be
available from county treasurers
the week beginning September 12.
Other issuing agents will have the
application forms at a later date.
Peanut Butter and Bears
Many, many mothers across the
country will agree that a sure way
to lure their children from play to
the dinner table is to announce,
“We are having peanut butter and
jelly sandwiches.”
According to a recent news item,
trappers for the Michigan Depart-
ment of Conservation have discov-
ered peanut butter is an effective
bait, also, in attracting some of na-
ture’s kids—namely bears—to trap.
The item says that “though bears
are still staunch honey lovers they
like peanut butter most of all.”
Qualified Observer Reports
On Grouse
Grouse prospects for this fall
have been the subject of much spec-
ulation by Pennsylvania bird hunt-
ers. In the August issue of The
American Field, under the title
‘Fan Tales,” Marc DeBerti, Brook-
ville, Pa., gives his views on the
subject as of mid-summer 1955.
An employee of the U. S. Forest
Service, DeBerti works on the con-
trol of forest tree diseases. In his
official duties he systematically
covers, on foot, much Allegheny
National Forest Land, State Forest
Lands and State Game Lands in the
northcentral part of the state. The
region described is called by De-
Berti “The heart of what is known
as the best grouse hunting terri-
tory in the East.” The man is a
field trial naturalist and a qualified
observer who has watched grouse
population trends for years. His
views do not necessarily reflect
grouse conditions state-wide.
In his article DeBerti says: “In
the course of our official duties it
is a simple matter to record the
number of grouse nests found, num-
ber of eggs in each nest, the number
that are destroyed by predators. As
the summer’ goes on . . . we keep
count of the number of birds reach-
ing maturity. We determine aver-
ages for: eggs in nests ,number of
birds hatching, nests destroyed, and
the number of chicks in each brood
seen. Finally, averages for| half-
grown broods, three-quarter grown
broods, and eventually averages in
late September before the ‘crazy
flight’ season of mature birds. We
take all of these figures and try to
arrive at some sort of workable
plan or idea as to whether there
are going to be more or less grouse
for the coming shooting season and
the field trials on the Allegheny
National Forest.
“At this writing the birds are
three-fourths grown. Naturally our
findings and calculations are not
complete, but we do have a definite
trend that may be some indication
of what grouse hunters will find
this coming November. With the
same number of men working in the
same manner we did not find as
many nests this May as we did last
year. We did notice a definite in-
crease in the number of eggs per
nest. Last year our average was a
little less than nine eggs per nest.
This spring our average for a total
of 22 nests located was ten plus
eggs per nest.
“ ‘Peeps’ in coveys of grouse in-
creased tremendously in 1955 over
1954. Last year we noted an aver-
age of five ‘peeps’ per hen, while
this summer the average is' eight
plus.”
For the time being we can only
say that the season for the hatch-
ing and raising ih} young grouse has
been favorable, Broods found were
a little less than last year, but the
number of birds per brood increased
substantially. ““. . . Barring unfore-
seen conditions, this year should be
at least as good if not a little better
than 1954,” concludes DeBerti.
San Juan Rabbits Banned
Act No. 132, making it unlawful
to import or release San Juan rab-
bits in Pennsylvania prior to Aug-
ust 31, 1957, was passed in the cur-
rent legislative session. It'was signed
into law by Governor Leader August
31, 1955. Penalties for violation are
provided.
The Department of Agriculture is
charged with the enforcement of the
Act, which reads in part: “It shall
be unlawful to import or release any
such rabbit after August 31, 1957,
unless the Secretary of Agriculture,
after conferring with Pennsylvania
Game Commission, shall decide the
San Juan rabbit is not destructive
to farms or farm products or other
property and therefore is not a
nuisance. In such case the Secre-
tany of Agriculture shall make pub-
lic his findings and the provisions
of this act shall no longer be effec-
tive.;
Good Human Relations
Solves Hunting Problem
“Hunters and farmers are people.
Very often they are the same peo-
ple. A big percentage of ‘pavement’
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hunters are farm boys grown citi-
farmers who hurried their harvest
to go shootin’.
“These facts make it certain that
sooner or later we'll solve the prob-
lem of farmer-hunter relations . . .
about which so much has been
printed—and so much has been said
that’s unprintable.”
The foregoing appeared in the
Wildlife Crusader, Saskatchewan,
Canada. These down-to-earth obser-
vations could just as well have been
made in this state.
In Pennsylvania, with the small
game season nearing, sportsmen are
beginning to think of past associa-
tions with farmer friends in'favor-
ite hunting territory. Following a
growing practice, many sportsmen’s
clubs will meet in late summer With
farmers in their area or with local
grange members. At such meetings
free discussions of problems that
vex both groups are brought into
the open. The result, before and
during the hunting season, is better
understanding and closer coopera-
tion between rural and urban resi-
dents.
Often, during such get-togethers,
workable solutions to problems of
mutual interest are found and
proper action follows. Showing
neighborliness and interest in the
welfare of their rural friends, sports-
men’s organizations often provide
safety zone signs, for posting around
buildings, help farmers in emergen-
cies and strive to make the locality
an unhealthy place for the rascals
who cause land to be posted against
all hunters. :
Boiled down to cause and effect
the answer to private land closure
to: hunting is that simple, because
townsmen and countrymen are,
after ail, just people.
STATE POLICE SAY
Fast starts and stops on slip-
pery highways make any car
tend to skid. A good rule to
follow is: Do everything slowly.
Man in Sweden swallowed a live
frog on a bet. Cops nabbed him for
“cruelty to animals.”
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