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Crossbow Issue
Update - May 2009
At present the January 2009
crossbow decision is in the process of being revisited. PGC Commissioner Ronald
Weaner’s motion at the April 2009 Board of Commissioners Meeting requested that
PGC Staff bring proposals to the Commissioners on the following items:
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Maintain the existence of the
system through which disabled hunters have obtained special permits allowing
them to use crossbows in all big-game archery seasons. That system
essentially was eliminated by the January vote.
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Allow the use of crossbows by
everyone only during the first two weeks of the fall archery deer season.
Beyond that, only disabled hunters with the special permits could use
crossbows to hunt deer during the archery season.
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Except for hunters with the
handicapped permits, recind the use of crossbows during the two day archery
bear season in Wildlife Management Units 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 4A, 4B AND
4D.
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Allow crossbows to be used in
place of muzzleloaders during the early and late muzzleloading seasons.
It must be recognized that
general crossbow use has been approved and, to at least some extent, is not
likely to change. But, if Commissioner Weaner and the three other Commissioners
supporting his motion are successful general use will be limited until
data on harvest and participation are gathered which generally requires a three
year period of time.
The UBP supports Commissioner
Weaner’s motion and the efforts of three of his fellow Commissioners to put the
science back into the general use crossbow decision.
We are asking our members to show their support as
well by contacting the Commissioners and expressing their support for the
motion.
Ronald Weaner,
Secretary -
rweaner@superpa.net
James J.
Delaney,Jr, Vice President –
PGCDistrict7@aol.com
David W.
Schreffler –
c-dschreff@state.pa.us
Gregory J.
Isabella President
Secommissioner@aol.com
Thomas Boop
tboop@verizon.net
Dave Putnam
nccommissioner@gmail.com
pgccomments@state.pa.us
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