PA Game Commission 2110 resolutions
01-15-2010 | 10:16 AM
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PA Game Commission 2110 resolutions
First, the title was supposed to read 2010. Made a typo!!
Hunting: Game Commission resolutions for the new year
Sunday, January 10, 2010
By Deborah Weisberg
Hunting: Game Commission resolutions for the new year
Sunday, January 10, 2010
By Deborah Weisberg
First on the 2010 agenda at the Pennsylvania Game Commission is finalizing the draft 2010-2011 seasons and bag limits for consideration at the board's first quarterly meeting, Jan. 24-26. Final adoption is slated for the board's April meeting.
Deer harvest data, including hunter report card information, should be available by mid-March and will factor into staff recommendations for the 2010-2011 antlerless deer license allocations, also slated for the April meeting.
A special rabbit season for junior license holders is under consideration, according to agency spokesman Jerry Feaser.
"Our junior seasons for squirrel, pheasant, spring gobbler and waterfowl have been successful and we want to encourage more youths to hunt," he said.
The agency will look at shortening bobcat season, but would allow licensed furtakers to participate. It also is considering a proposed limited fisher season for trappers, Feaser said.
A new class of wildlife conservation officer cadets is being planned for this year, with graduation slated for 2011, to fill current and anticipated vacancies in some districts. The agency also plans to hire an outreach coordinator to recruit new hunters and trappers and retain present license-holders. Feaser said the agency also may use its automated license system to generate postcards reminding hunters to renew their licenses, and seeking their input on hunting-related issues.
The agency plans to soon complete the transition to a revamped Web site.
Deer harvest data, including hunter report card information, should be available by mid-March and will factor into staff recommendations for the 2010-2011 antlerless deer license allocations, also slated for the April meeting.
A special rabbit season for junior license holders is under consideration, according to agency spokesman Jerry Feaser.
"Our junior seasons for squirrel, pheasant, spring gobbler and waterfowl have been successful and we want to encourage more youths to hunt," he said.
The agency will look at shortening bobcat season, but would allow licensed furtakers to participate. It also is considering a proposed limited fisher season for trappers, Feaser said.
A new class of wildlife conservation officer cadets is being planned for this year, with graduation slated for 2011, to fill current and anticipated vacancies in some districts. The agency also plans to hire an outreach coordinator to recruit new hunters and trappers and retain present license-holders. Feaser said the agency also may use its automated license system to generate postcards reminding hunters to renew their licenses, and seeking their input on hunting-related issues.
The agency plans to soon complete the transition to a revamped Web site.
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01-15-2010 | 10:32 AM
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Found some of this interesting....
Of course as usual, no plans of changing anything deer-wise.
See there is talk of youth rabbit season. Yeah, thats gonna recruit "more hunters". Rabbit seasons already a billion days long as it is. lol. Just not enough days between Oct and mid February i guess? Sounds like a pressing issue, much more important than reasonable numbers of deer towards recruitment & retention to me! lol.
Bobcat proposal? I absolutely hate it. Pgc never learns from their failures i guess. Statewide blanket approach again. Here (and im sure many similar wmus) there arent alot of bobcats by any stretch of the imagination. There are a pocket here or there scattered widely throughout the wmu. This isnt a unit with "remote" areas and large tracts of unbroken forest, the potential for this very limited resource here to be grossly overexploited is probable. I support the current drawing system. If they want to permit more harvest in some areas, such as the northcentral etc. Give more permits! At the very least keep some of the "peripheral" range out of the proposal and limit the harvests there!
Last, but not least we have this : " may use its automated license system to generate postcards reminding hunters to renew their licenses, and seeking their input on hunting-related issues."
Sounds like a great idea doesnt it? And i agree it is IF its not used in a deceptive manner like they did when they asked extremely vague questions of sportsmens clubs etc previously when questions were posed in such a way as to guarantee the outcome, then tried to use it as "support" that they often point to in defense of the failed plan which very few at all support!
Also if none of the question have anything to do with what the majority of the hunters are interested in, it will be useless and nothing more but one more hollow token gesture. Id be willing to bet my left thumb that "what do you think of the level of herd reduction in your area" will not be one of the questions.
Of course as usual, no plans of changing anything deer-wise.
See there is talk of youth rabbit season. Yeah, thats gonna recruit "more hunters". Rabbit seasons already a billion days long as it is. lol. Just not enough days between Oct and mid February i guess? Sounds like a pressing issue, much more important than reasonable numbers of deer towards recruitment & retention to me! lol.
Bobcat proposal? I absolutely hate it. Pgc never learns from their failures i guess. Statewide blanket approach again. Here (and im sure many similar wmus) there arent alot of bobcats by any stretch of the imagination. There are a pocket here or there scattered widely throughout the wmu. This isnt a unit with "remote" areas and large tracts of unbroken forest, the potential for this very limited resource here to be grossly overexploited is probable. I support the current drawing system. If they want to permit more harvest in some areas, such as the northcentral etc. Give more permits! At the very least keep some of the "peripheral" range out of the proposal and limit the harvests there!
Last, but not least we have this : " may use its automated license system to generate postcards reminding hunters to renew their licenses, and seeking their input on hunting-related issues."
Sounds like a great idea doesnt it? And i agree it is IF its not used in a deceptive manner like they did when they asked extremely vague questions of sportsmens clubs etc previously when questions were posed in such a way as to guarantee the outcome, then tried to use it as "support" that they often point to in defense of the failed plan which very few at all support!
Also if none of the question have anything to do with what the majority of the hunters are interested in, it will be useless and nothing more but one more hollow token gesture. Id be willing to bet my left thumb that "what do you think of the level of herd reduction in your area" will not be one of the questions.
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01-15-2010 | 11:58 AM
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I know you were being sarcastic, but you were right on the money whether you intended to be or not.
Simply cant counter the maleffect the pee poor deer herd has on recruitment & retention by letting a few kids hunt a couple more days for things like tree-rats etc... Hasnt worked with the squirrel. Hasnt worked with the pheasant. Hasnt worked with the spring gobbler. Hasnt worked with the waterfowl, and it aint gonna work with the rabbit.
Most hunters hunt DEER and plenty of opportunity, already exists for rabbit. Any kid wanting to hunt already has Oct through mid february....But gee, maybe if we extend it from may to may all the kids without dads that already take them hunting will all rush to the woods? lmao.
Btw, im not AGAINST it. I dont care one way or the other. Its of very little consequence. Wont accomplish a darn thing, but wont hurt anything either. Just keeping things in perspective is all. Pgc is doing nothing more than acting like they care and acting as if they are doing something to address a real problem. Addressing it with a solution that they too, know is 100% meaningless other than for pr purposes.
BTW, i think you misunderstood lanse when you said.
This is not a proposal for an organized hunt. This is adding youth only time to statewide seasons that they are proposing.
Simply cant counter the maleffect the pee poor deer herd has on recruitment & retention by letting a few kids hunt a couple more days for things like tree-rats etc... Hasnt worked with the squirrel. Hasnt worked with the pheasant. Hasnt worked with the spring gobbler. Hasnt worked with the waterfowl, and it aint gonna work with the rabbit.
Most hunters hunt DEER and plenty of opportunity, already exists for rabbit. Any kid wanting to hunt already has Oct through mid february....But gee, maybe if we extend it from may to may all the kids without dads that already take them hunting will all rush to the woods? lmao.
Btw, im not AGAINST it. I dont care one way or the other. Its of very little consequence. Wont accomplish a darn thing, but wont hurt anything either. Just keeping things in perspective is all. Pgc is doing nothing more than acting like they care and acting as if they are doing something to address a real problem. Addressing it with a solution that they too, know is 100% meaningless other than for pr purposes.
BTW, i think you misunderstood lanse when you said.
"small game youth hunts that require far less logistics and hunting area"..
This is not a proposal for an organized hunt. This is adding youth only time to statewide seasons that they are proposing.
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