Pennsylvania Game News - June 2011 - 2

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volume 82

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No. 6

JUNE 2011
(USPS 426180)

Tom Corbett
Governor COMMISSION MEMBERS Ronald Weaner, president
Biglerville

FEATURES
1 3 7 10 12 14 17 20 22

Myths & Legends of the Whitetail
By J.T. Fleegle By Bob Bell

Third Generation Elsie Hanna’s Solo Trophy Buck
By Ken Hunter By Bill Everett By Jason Ferguson By Justin Leidy By Mick Ward By Tom Grotzinger

Ralph A. Martone, Vice president
new castle centre Hall

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

I Cabled a Cat

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

The Warden and the Marine The Birth of a Pennsylvania Woodsman Rich Kids

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

40 Years of Bowhunting Successful Turkey Hunting HTE Course
By Lori Richardson

R. Matthew Hough

deputy executive director

dEpARTmEnTS
26 31

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

Field Notes Conservation News

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

♦ 2011-12 Seasons & Bags ♦ 2010 Bear Harvest ♦

2011-12 Antlerless Deer License Allocations

49 50 52 53 57 61 64

Off the Wire

William A. Capouillez Richard Palmer

By Bob D’Angelo By Linda Steiner By Connie Mertz By Marcia Bonta By Tom Tatum

Another View Fun Game

Calvin W. DuBrock GAME NEWS Robert C. Mitchell
editor

The Naturalist’s Eye Straight from the Bowstring Lock, Stock & Barrel
By John McGonigle

Robert D. D’Angelo
associate editor

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

education Specialist administrative assistant

Crossings

By Scott Weidensaul

Cover Painting by Doug Pifer
(Cover story on p. 60)

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