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Pennsylvania awarding 70 elk licenses
9/29/02
Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Sixty-six Pennsylvania hunters and four from out of state were awarded elk hunting licenses in a Pennsylvania Game Commission lottery on Saturday.
Nearly 32,000 people submitted applications for the right to hunt 36 antlered and 34 antlerless elk out of an estimated 800 in the state's herd during the Nov. 18-23 hunt.
Game commission spokesman Jerry Feaser said he didn't immediately know which states or counties the hunters are from. One of the hunters is a junior applicant, meaning he is between 12 and 16 years old.
Applications were received from all 67 Pennsylvania counties, 48 states and Canada.
Each hunter will be assigned to one of 11 management areas in the 835-square mile hunting grounds, Feaser said.
Last year, 50,697 hunters submitted an application for the 30 licenses awarded as part of the state's first elk hunt in 70 years.
Of those 30 hunters who received a license, 27 bagged an elk.
The 14 antlered and 13 antlerless animals were harvested in Elk and Cameron counties from Nov. 12 to 17 last year, the game commission said.
Elk once were common in Pennsylvania, but overhunting wiped out the herds by the 1870s. In 1913, the state imported elk from Wyoming and South Dakota to rebuild the herds, and hunting for antlered elk resumed in 1923. Before last year, the state's last legal elk hunt was held in 1931.
9/29/02
Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Sixty-six Pennsylvania hunters and four from out of state were awarded elk hunting licenses in a Pennsylvania Game Commission lottery on Saturday.
Nearly 32,000 people submitted applications for the right to hunt 36 antlered and 34 antlerless elk out of an estimated 800 in the state's herd during the Nov. 18-23 hunt.
Game commission spokesman Jerry Feaser said he didn't immediately know which states or counties the hunters are from. One of the hunters is a junior applicant, meaning he is between 12 and 16 years old.
Applications were received from all 67 Pennsylvania counties, 48 states and Canada.
Each hunter will be assigned to one of 11 management areas in the 835-square mile hunting grounds, Feaser said.
Last year, 50,697 hunters submitted an application for the 30 licenses awarded as part of the state's first elk hunt in 70 years.
Of those 30 hunters who received a license, 27 bagged an elk.
The 14 antlered and 13 antlerless animals were harvested in Elk and Cameron counties from Nov. 12 to 17 last year, the game commission said.
Elk once were common in Pennsylvania, but overhunting wiped out the herds by the 1870s. In 1913, the state imported elk from Wyoming and South Dakota to rebuild the herds, and hunting for antlered elk resumed in 1923. Before last year, the state's last legal elk hunt was held in 1931.
