Pennsylvania Game News - May 2011 - 2

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volume 82

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No. 5

MAy 2011
(USPS 426180)

Tom Corbett
Governor COMMISSION MEMBERS Ronald Weaner, president
Biglerville

FEATURES
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Myths & Legends of the Whitetail
By J.T. Fleegle By Ben Moyer

Long Hollow Gobbler Oh What a Summer
By Dana Calhoun

Ralph A. Martone, Vice president
new castle centre Hall

David J. Putnam, Secretary Gregory J. Isabella
philadelphia Sunbury

Grandpa’s Last Hunt
By Harry Cangioli By Glenn Clark

Thomas E. Boop James J. Delaney, Jr.
Wilkes-Barre everett export

Become an HTE Instructor? Ready for Reds
By Barbara McCleester By James Aiken II By Richard Tate

David W. Schreffler Robert W. Schlemmer EXECUTIvE OFFICE Carl G. Roe
executive director

The Memory That Will Never Be Forgotten Overcoming a Jinx The 28th Class The Last Day
By Lori Richardson By Paul A. Matthews

R. Matthew Hough

deputy executive director

BUREAU DIRECTORS Dorothy R. Derr Robert L. Strailey Joseph Neville

dEpARTmEnTS
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administrative Services automated technology Services information & education Wildlife Habitat Management Wildlife protection Wildlife Management

Field Notes Conservation News Off the Wire

♦ 2010-11 Deer Harvest ♦

Maine residents charged

William A. Capouillez Richard Palmer

By Bob D’Angelo By Linda Steiner By Marcia Bonta

Another View

Calvin W. DuBrock GAME NEWS Robert C. Mitchell
editor

The Naturalist’s Eye Fun Game
By Connie Mertz By Mike Raykovicz By Jim Romanelli By Ben Moyer (Cover story on p. 51)

Straight from the Bowstring Lock, Stock & Barrel Crossings

Robert D. D’Angelo
associate editor

Lori D. Richardson Patricia E. Monk Carol A. Petrina
circulation

education Specialist administrative assistant

Cover Painting by Dwight KirKlanD

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