Pittsburgh suburb gets OK for sharpshooting deer...
12-16-2004, 04:39 AM
#11
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Rockland County, NY
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RE: Pittsburgh suburb gets OK for sharpshooting deer...
I believe that I heard on the news that they were going to hunt them at night over a bait pile. That really isn't hunting to me. That is... I can't think of the word, but it ain't hunting.
12-16-2004, 07:24 AM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Posts: 4,276
RE: Pittsburgh suburb gets OK for sharpshooting deer...
The steadily increasing number of deer-vehicle collisions along Route 19 coupled with a modest area
specific success of the archery program in Boyce-Mayview indicate a need for stronger deer control
mechanisms than have been previously employed
specific success of the archery program in Boyce-Mayview indicate a need for stronger deer control
mechanisms than have been previously employed
The WMAS has been conducting controlled archery hunts on the Boyce-Mayview property since 1998.
In 2003, the WMAS archery season resulted in a total harvest of 34 deer. Of these, 28 were antlerless and 6 were antlered.
The Township continues to see a high number of deer-vehicle collisions despite the controlled archery
program at Boyce-Mayview. The limited impact of the archery program may be attributed to the fact
that approximately three-quarters of the Township cannot easily avail of the archery culling approach
adopted at Boyce-Mayview.
program at Boyce-Mayview. The limited impact of the archery program may be attributed to the fact
that approximately three-quarters of the Township cannot easily avail of the archery culling approach
adopted at Boyce-Mayview.
Before you jump on the wagon and say that it is wrong, read the document and see what research they have done regarding the population and their mitigation attempts.
12-16-2004, 07:52 AM
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2004
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RE: Pittsburgh suburb gets OK for sharpshooting deer...
though I don't like to see it happen it is none the less going to. I as a hunter ,an archer primarily, was one that read the reports and screamed for archery access to begin with. My question is why did the archers fail so miserably when given their chance to prove how they could be a true allie to the PGC in controling deer numbers/ why were even 6 buck killed, were those 6 shooters "holding out" for a buck? hoping to score on a mega suburbia mossback/ this horn menatality has smeared all hunters archers particularly.
we can only pray that this sharpshooter/elimination tactic is not going to become a trend .
we can only pray that this sharpshooter/elimination tactic is not going to become a trend .
12-16-2004, 10:57 AM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 2,358
RE: Pittsburgh suburb gets OK for sharpshooting deer...
NH had this same type of problem on a 1 sq mile island in Lake Winnipesauke. The solution there was a sharpshooter took I think 98 deer, then controlled archery hunts maintain the herd at reasonable levels.
It has worked out fine up there. Hunters have some limitations put on them, but it works fine.
--Bob
It has worked out fine up there. Hunters have some limitations put on them, but it works fine.
--Bob
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