germain

While looking for license history for BT I came across these tidbits.Maybe some old coots like denny can remember this stuff.
It will be on my next post.

germain

[/size][align=center]Wildlife Conservation Timeline
Pennsylvania Game Commission
1683-1995[/align]1683 - Hunting permitted on all lands under William Penn's Charter.
First bounty offered on wolves -- 10 and 15 shillings.
1721 - Pennsylvania's first Game Law enacted.
1749 - Squirrels (red and gray) were classed as predators.
1858 - Unlawful to kill any "bluebird, swallow, martin or other insectivorous bird," or to take eggs or destroy nests statewide.
1867 - Last native elk killed in Pennsylvania about this time.
1869 - Deer season set: September 1 to December 31.
Blinds prohibited for taking upland game; baiting, trapping or snaring of game birds outlawed.
1873 - Unlawful to take wild ducks or geese with swivel or punt gun. Unlawful to discharge a firearm within a quarter mile of a passenger pigeon nesting area, and to shoot at roosting pigeons. Sunday hunting banned Bag limit set for turkeys, two per day. Unlawful to kill fawns when in "spotted coat." State adopts Wildlife Act, forerunner of the Game Law. Dogs barred from running deer.
1875 - Killing or disturbing passenger pigeons on roosts or nesting grounds prohibited.
1878 - First statewide waterfowl season.
1883 - Protection of English sparrow removed.
1885 - So-called "Scalp Act" passed, creating bounties for weasels, hawks, and all but three species of owls.
1892 - Pheasants released In Lehigh and Northampton counties.
1895 - Act creating the Board of Game Commissioners.
1896 - Game Commissioners appointed (6).
1897 - Legislature grants two-year appropriation of $800 for game administration.
Salt licks and hounds outlawed for deer hunting.
Sale of game birds killed in Pennsylvania prohibited.
Spring shooting of wild ducks prohibited.
1902 - Ring-necked pheasant classified as game bird.
1903 - Beavers protected.
1905 - First State Game Refuge established in Clinton County. Black bear protected.
1906 - Deer first stocked.
1907 - Antlerless deer given complete protection.
1909 - Unnaturalized citizens prohibited from owning or possessing firearms.
Use of calls outlawed for turkey hunting.
1913 - Resident hunting license established at $1.
Wood duck hunting banned for five years by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
Wild turkey hunting banned statewide for two years.
Mourning doves protected by General Assembly.
Elk purchased for stocking purposes.
1914 - Last passenger pigeon died at Cincinnati Zoo.
1918 - U.S. Migratory Bird Treaty Act passed by Congress.
1919 - Commission authorized to purchase land for game refuges and public hunting grounds.
1920 - First State Game Lands purchased.
1921 - Legal methods of taking furbearers established.
Commission authorized to revoke violators' hunting licenses.
1923 - Landowners granted permission to kill deer for crop damage.
Herons and ravens protected
Commission authorized to establish antlerless deer season.
First open season on elk Game laws codified.
Shooting banned within 150 yards of occupied building without owners permission.
Terms of Commissioners increased from three to six years.
1924 - Game protectors required to pass written exam.
1925 - Commission given discretionary power to fix seasons and bag limits.
Bear cubs protected.
1927 - Size of Board of Game Commissioners increased to eight.
1928 - Commission began propagating pheasants.
First statewide season on antlerless deer (16 counties excepted).
1929 - Bow and arrow legalized for hunting game.
1930 - Game News published in mimeographed form.
1931 - Elk protected.
Ruffed grouse designated the state game bird.
Commission authorized to sell gas, oil and mineral rights of game lands.
1932 - Gypsy moth caterpillars appeared in Pennsylvania for the first time.
1934 - Beaver trapping season established.
U.S. Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act passed.
1935 - Use of dogs prohibited in hunting and chasing bears.
First migratory waterfowl refuge in state established at the Pymatuning Dam.
Spotlighting for big game prohibited when in possession of firearms or bows.
Congress established the Howard Nursery in Centre County.
1936 - Permanent game protector training school established at Brockway.
Cooperative Farm-Game Program established.
Commission authorized to sell game lands timber Game lands acreage top- 500,000.
1937 - Pennsylvania Game Law recodified.
Minimum age for hunters established at 12.
Board of Game Commissioners renamed Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Terms of Commissioners increased to eight years.
Hunters restricted to three rounds in shotgun for small game.
Bounty removed on bobcats.
Pittman-Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act passed.
Pennsylvania's Pure Streams Law passed.
1938 - Buck season dosed; only antlerless deer hunted.
1939 - .22 and .25 caliber rimfires outlawed for big game.
1942 - Hunters urged to donate deer skins for war effort.
1947 - Wood duck nesting box program begun.
1949 - $1.25 from each resident hunter's license earmarked for habitat development, stocking of game and related uses.
1951 - First archery deer season
First antlerless season under county quota system.
Bounty removed from goshawk
1952 - County treasurers become antlerless deer license issuing agents.
River otters protected.
1953 - Mandatory license revocation required for unlawfully killing deer or bear.
Governor banned hunting Oct.30 to Nov.11 because of forest fire threat.
1954 - Bounty removed from weasels.
1955 - Conneaut Marsh Dam built on SGL 213.
Tinicum Wildlife Refuge established in Philadelphia.
1956 - $1 from the sale of every antlerless deer license earmarked for improving deer habitat.
All hawks given protection during the months of September and October in northeastern Pennsylvania.
1957 - Either-sex archery deer hunting permitted without antlerless license.
1958 - Firearms and hunter safety education program begun.
Game protectors with special qualifications designated as land managers.
Safety Zone Program created.
1959 - White-tailed deer named state animal.
1960 - Commission's statewide radio system inaugurated.
1961 - First experimental deer check station established.
1964 - Buckshot required for deer hunting southeastern Pennsylvania.
Winter archery deer season established in sections of state.
1965 - Hunters required to tag turkeys.
1965 - Early small genie season for squirrel and grouse established.
Purchase of Middle Creek Waterfowl Project approved.
Millionth acre of game lands purchased.
1966 - Federal Endangered Species Preservation Act passed.
Triple Trophy Award created to recognize hunters for taking deer, bear and turkey in a single year.
Commission abolished bounties.
1967 - Commission produced a monthly one-hour television show.
Hunters with disabilities permitted to hunt from vehicles.
Unnaturalized citizens permitted to own and possess firearms.
First statewide winter archery deer season.
1968 - Hunting from a motor vehicle outlawed.
Spotlighting prohibited between midnight and sunrise.
First spring gobbler hunting season.
1969 - Hunter safety training mandated for hunters under 16 years of age.
1970 - Bobcat protected.
Bear season dosed for the first time in 36 years.
All hawks and owls (except great horned owls) protected.
1971 - Commission meetings opened to public.

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Big Country

That is pretty amazing! Especially considering what a license must have cost then. I know in 1971 an adult license was $5.25, and my junior license was $3.25

I did not realize that I was only 2 years from missing the hunter safety course?

Neat stuff, thank`s for posting!!

germain

1906 - Deer first stocked.

And now it's coyotes.

Windwalker7

I don't know what year it was, but I remember my father saying that one time they tried stocking Mule deer in the state. He said his uncle shot one. Anyone know about them stocking mule deer?

DennyF

No recollection of mule deer ever having been stocked here, but this one needs to be brought back, but for the two-legged variety that seems to be thriving on Capitol Hill:

1954 - Bounty removed from weasels.

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