GAME COMMISSION DRAWS BOBCAT PERMITS FOR UPCOMING SEASON
The Pennsylvania Game Commission, with assistance from several interested observers, publicly drew by computer the names of 1,010 individuals who each will be awarded one bobcat permit for the upcoming 2007-08 hunting and trapping season. The drawing was held at the agency's Harrisburg headquarters at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 14.
GAME COMMISSION AWARDS ELK LICENSES TO 50 HUNTERS
On Saturday, Sept. 15, Pennsylvania Outdoor Elk Expo visitors helped the Pennsylvania Game Commission award elk licenses to 50 hunters in a public drawing. There were 17,245 individuals eligible for the drawing. For the November 2007 elk hunt, the agency awarded 40 licenses (15 antlered and 25 antlerless) and, for the September 2008 elk hunt, 10 licenses (2 either sex and 8 antlerless) were awarded.
ELK GUIDE PERMIT APPLICATION DEADLINE IS OCT. 12
Anyone interested in applying to be an elk guide for the upcoming November elk hunt should submit a completed application to the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Bureau of Wildlife Protection by Friday, Oct. 12. Elk guide permits cost $10 for residents and $25 for nonresidents.
WMU 5B SELLS OUT OF ANTLERLESS DEER LICENSES
Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) 5B has been added to the list of 15 WMUs that have exhausted their entire allocation of antlerless deer licenses, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=172448
