LancasterOnline.com: One vote for big bucks

By P.J. REILLY, Staff Writer

State tag lottery could bring trophy whitetails to Pa.

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Anyone who wants Pennsylvania to become a true trophy whitetail state, raise your hand.

(My own arm is pointing skyward right now.)

I’m not talking about having a decent number of 120-class bucks running around.

I’m talking about having a legitimate shot, every time you go into the woods, at crossing paths with multiple bucks scoring 140 or better, and a very real possibility of bagging a Boone & Crockett class deer scoring 170 or better.

This is the type of hunting that trophy whitetail states such as Illinois, Iowa and Ohio offer.

Under the current deer management program and hunting regulations, Pennsylvania never will become a trophy whitetail state.

There are just too many hunters here with too many opportunities to kill non-trophy-class bucks.

I’m not saying this as a criticism of the state Game Commission’s management program, because, as the agency’s chief deer biologist — Chris Rosenberry — told me, the program is not intended to produce trophy bucks of the caliber I’m talking about.  Click link below for full story!

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