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female pheasants.” Roe emphasized that the Mentored Youth Hunting Program, which enables youth who are younger than 12 years of age to hunt under the close supervisor of a mentor, does not include pheasant hunting opportunities. The Mentored Youth Hunting Program allows participating youth to harvest squirrels, woodchucks, spring gobbler and antlered deer during established seasons, including the special youth-only squirrel and spring gobbler hunts. For more information on the Mentored Youth Hunting Program, please visit the Game Commission’s website) and click on “Mentored Youth FAQs” in the “Quick Clicks” box in the upper righthand corner of the homepage. 2007-08 bobcat harvest: 356 HUNTERS and trappers harvested 356 bobcats during the 2007-08 bobcat seasons. Harvest numbers for 2007-08 by WMU are: WMU 2A, 3; WMU 2C, 23; WMU 2E, 21; WMU 2F, 31; WMU 2G, 127; WMU 3A, 33; WMU 3B, 72; WMU 3C, 27; and WMU 3D, 14. “The 2007-08 bobcat permit holder success rate was the third highest since the seasons began in 2000,” said Dr. Matthew Lovallo, Game Commission furbearer biologist and author of the agency’s bobcat management plan. “We expect that, if average winter conditions prevail, the permit holder success rate will range from 39 percent to 42 percent during the upcoming 2008-09 season. “All of the tools we use to monitor the state’s bobcat population indicate increased abundance and continued geographic expansion outside of the established harvest area. The addition of WMU 2A in 2007-08 increased the available harvest area by 10 percent. Similarly, the addition of WMU 4D for the 2008-09 season will increase the harvest area by 14 percent, and will better distribute harvest throughout the established bobcat range.” During the 2006-07 season, 258 46 bobcats were taken; 221 bobcats in 2005-06; 196 bobcats in 2004-05; 140 in 2003-04; 135 in 2002-03; 146 in 2001-02; and 58 in 2000-01. Last year, the Game Commission awarded 1,010 permits from an applicant pool of more than 6,000. In 200607, the agency allocated 720 permits from an applicant pool of nearly 5,000; in 2005-06, 615 permits were awarded from an applicant pool of more than 4,600; in 2004-05, 615 permits were awarded from an applicant pool of nearly 4,200; in 2003-04, 570 permits were awarded from an applicant pool of nearly 3,500; in 2002-03, 545 permits were awarded from an applicant pool of more than 3,100; in 2001-02, 520 permits were awarded from an applicant pool of more than 3,100; and in 2000-01, the first bobcat season in 30 years, 290 permits were awarded from an applicant pool of 3,276. The agency will award 1,435 permits for the 2008-09 bobcat hunting/ furtaking seasons at a public drawing in its Harrisburg headquarters on Friday, September 12. As part of the public drawing for the allocated permits, those applicants with six preference points (five previous points and one for this year’s application) will automatically receive a bobcat permit. GAME NEWS

Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008

Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008
Contents
Life & Times of the Whitetail
Fun with Pheasants
The New Bow-Killed Non-Typ. Record
Wild Geese and Hunting Camps
The Determined Deer Poacher
Record ESP Bear
A Window of Opportunity
First Bow Buck in 49 Years of Hunting
The Luck of a Buck
Two Chance Encounters, One Record-Book Buck
Field Notes
Conservation News
Off the Wire
Another View
The Naturalist’s Eye
Straight from the Bowstring
Fun Game
Lock, Stock & Barrel
Crossings
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Cover2
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Contents
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 2
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Life & Times of the Whitetail
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Fun with Pheasants
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 5
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 6
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 7
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 8
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 9
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - The New Bow-Killed Non-Typ. Record
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 11
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 12
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 13
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Wild Geese and Hunting Camps
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 15
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 16
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - The Determined Deer Poacher
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 18
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 19
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 20
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 21
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Record ESP Bear
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 23
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 24
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - A Window of Opportunity
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 26
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 27
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - First Bow Buck in 49 Years of Hunting
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Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 30
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - The Luck of a Buck
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Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Two Chance Encounters, One Record-Book Buck
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Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 35
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Field Notes
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Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 40
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Conservation News
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Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 48
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Off the Wire
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Another View
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Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 52
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - The Naturalist’s Eye
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Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 55
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Straight from the Bowstring
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 57
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 58
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Fun Game
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Lock, Stock & Barrel
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Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 62
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - 63
Pennsylvania Game News - September 2008 - Crossings
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