Every year nearly 300 new record book whitetails are entered in new york state. The deer harvest topped the previous years of 367,159. To see the annual reports visit the document library. Gary alt department of ecosystem science and management. Want to know where the largest whitetail deer, black bears and elk are taken in pennsylvania. The top states for boone and crockett whitetails in the. Illegally killed yorkarea buck likely trophyclass, officials say. The coat of arms features a shield that shows symbols of pennsylvania s strengths a ship to show state commerce being carried worldwide, a plow to show pennsylvania s rich natural resources, and three sheaves of wheat to show fertile fields and pennsylvania s wealth of human thought and action. The 17yearold defendant shot and wounded a white tailed deer when he and smith hunted together on property owned by smiths family in beaver township, jefferson county, according to the. The two current world record whitetails, nontypical and. Every fall close to one million hunters enter pennsylvania s forests and mountains in quest of the white tailed deer. The 17yearold defendant shot and wounded a whitetailed deer when he and smith hunted together on property owned by smiths family in beaver township, jefferson county, according to the. Whitetail deer our wild world paperback september 1, 2000 by laura evert author. In 1999, gary became the supervising biologist for the newly formed deer management section of the commissions bureau of wildlife management.
Viewers can watch live online to see if the whitetail is the largest on. Typical white tailed deer harvested with a bow and arrow. Nevertheless, deer made an important contribution to the welfare of the pioneers and, indirectly, to the development of our country. Pennsylvania designated the whitetailed deer as the official state animal in 1959. Deer play an important role in our forests, and everyone admires their graceful beauty. Harvest your first trophy buck or get into the top 10 sci record book and anything in between, your experience hunting with gsells whitetails will be truly. He wants to shoot the next world record white tailed deer.
Dec 28, 2017 dallas pennsylvania game commission officials today announced that charges were filed against three monroe county juveniles for the unlawful killing or possession of seven whitetailed deer. After sighting the enormous deer several times earlier that year without getting a shot, mel finally managed to arrow the buck from a tree stand. Some farmers say that pennsylvania s state beverage can be an effective repellent to the state animal spraying diluted milk on garden plants apparently deters whitetailed deer. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Pennsylvania puts a new dauphin county buck into the record. Things change a lot when you look at each state on a level playing field. The game commission said hunters killed 374,690 white tailed deer during the 201819 hunting season, which closed in january. Impacts of whitetailed deer on the ecology of pennsylvania. In the western theater, the 9th pennsylvania cavalry, assigned to the army of the cumberland, was the only eastern cavalry participating in shermans march to the sea. Population density influences dispersal in female white.
At least three big whitetails roamed the hardwoods this summer on a 90acre property in allegheny county, pennsylvania. Whopper whitetails the biggest bucks on record grand. White tailed deer from the tropics and the florida keys are markedly smallerbodied than temperate populations, averaging 35 to 50 kg 77 to 110 lb, with an occasional adult female as small as 25 kg 55 lb. The book includes biggame records for typical and nontypical white tailed deer, black bears and. Alsheimer is the first to admit there are no quick fixes for implementing a longterm qdm program. Westmoreland county buck may be a record outdoornews. The largest bear ever found dead was in utah in 1975, and the secondlargest was shot by a poacher in the state in 1987. The biggest typical whitetail bucks ever entered into the record. First record of melanistic white tailed deer in pennsylvania abstract.
After a busy elk season followed by waterfowl, i didnt get into the deer woods at all during archery season. Golden quill award winner for best enterpriseinvestigative reporting. Muntz, of havertown, harvested a typical antlered deer that scored 174 and seveneights. First record of melanistic whitetailed deer in pennsylvania.
Record deer data shows the hotbed midwestern states arent the whitetail strongholds they once were. Pa archer takes a new state record whitetail everybodyadventures. Download citation first record of melanistic white tailed deer in pennsylvania melanic white tailed deer are distinguished from normal white tailed deer by having uniform black hairs on the. This deer is a new state record in pennsylvania s alltime big game records for this category, and breaks a record that stood for 15 years. Effect of whitetailed deer on songbirds within managed. Pa trophy buck enters record books outdoors unlimited media. Each year, the pennsylvania big game records book grows by about 200 entries across all categories. What are the biggest bucks ever killed in pennsylvania. The top states for boone and crockett whitetails in the last.
Whitetails have been a part of penns woods for many centuries. Native americans depended on whitetailed deer as a source of. Few whitetail deer live more than 5 years in the wild. Melanic white tailed deer are distinguished from normal white tailed deer by having uniform black hairs on the back with subdued black hairs on the belly, a completely dark face and ears, a distinctive middorsal stripe extending from the head to the apex of the tail and a tail with black dorsally and white ventrally. The resident of upper burrell in westmoreland county has killed bucks big enough to be worthy. The state record typical fritz janowsky buck 189 was. A male fawn was captured in valley forge national historical park in 1999 and an adult male was harvested in bucks county in 2002.
Eleven states have designated the elegant whitetailed deer as an official. The buck would be seen on occasion, but then he was gone. Another deer season in the books for pennsylvania bowhunters. Coming out of highland county, ohio, this whitetail took top honors for the deer with the longest main beam. Hes taken lots of record book deer, so he knows what they look like. Nontypical deer archery 50 typical or nontypical deer muzzleloader 0. As its done since it was first compiled in 1965, the pennsylvania game commissions big game records book, 2017 edition, lists a buck. This is a look at pennsylvanias nerw state record whitetail in the archery.
Download citation first record of melanistic whitetailed deer in pennsylvania melanic white tailed deer are distinguished from normal white tailed deer by having uniform black hairs on the. Charged are alexander brock smith, 18, and a 17yearold juvenile male. The categories and minimum scores for inclusion in pennsylvanias book are. We captured the melanistic fawn on 31 may 1999 and again on 7 jun. Dauphin county trophy buck among highlights in new. Pennsylvanias biggest bucks are tracked by the big game. A trophy set of antlers is often obvious to anyone seeing the buck. What are the biggest bucks ever shot in pennsylvania. Record whitetail bucks new york whitetail deer hunting. Big game records bradford county trophy deer and bear club.
Pennsylvania s coat of arms is one of the most familiar of our state emblems. Sep, 2018 two louisiana men have been sentenced for their roles in smuggling live white tailed deer into mississippi. Many years ive spent full deer seasons in the woods and left empty handed. Although i could hunt anytime i wished, i rarely get into fall woods until the first or second week of october. One of americas most iconic whitetail states, pennsylvania has produced some dandy bucks in recent years. Dallas pennsylvania game commission officials today announced that charges were filed against three monroe county juveniles for the unlawful killing or possession of seven white tailed deer. The point rack of antlers was officially measured and scored thursday by bob dangelo, coordinator. It has also been introduced to new zealand, cuba, jamaica, hispaniola, the bahamas, the lesser antilles, and some countries in europe, such as the czech republic, finland. The gang at camp swamp hole near loyalton, in northern dauphin county, continues to carve out their niche in the big game record books of pennsylvania for 2010, its a whitetailed buck that.
This deer is one of the biggest that i have ever seen and one that could hold the record for a very long time. White tailed deer with muzzleloader in gha 25a on october 21, 2019. The trails of the white tailed deer have not been marked with historical signs. Of course, a large number of pennsylvania deer hunters have been complaining about seeing too few deer over the past several years.
Cherry ridge trophy whitetail hunting in pennsylvania. Dispersal behavior in white tailed deer odocoileus virginianus predominantly occurs in 1yearold males. Criminal charges filed against pennsylvania teens in deer. Ron shaulis from west newton harvested the deer on oct.
Natural history of deer in minnesota minnesota dnr. Ron shaulis holds the antlers of his recordbreaking typical whitetail deer, that he. Pennsylvania puts a new dauphin county buck into the record book. A deer shot on state game lands in westmoreland county is now the biggest pennsylvania buck in the typical archery category. Impact of predators on white tailed deer fawns a webinar recorded april 15, 2016 41. That program annually results in the commissions pennsylvania big game records book. The new online publication represents the complete listing of all typical and nontypical. The pa antlered whitetail challenge is one of the series to accomplish the pennsylvania triple trophy. Here at mountaintop whitetail haven we will strive to provide you with a first class, fair chase hunting experience in a preserve setting. The 5heaviest whitetail deer ever killed on record.
Pennsylvania big game records pa game commission pa. If the deer herd is not reduced, scientists fear large tracts of pennsylvania s forests could be lost within 100 years. A whitetail deer can run at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour, and swim at speeds of up to miles per hour. This challenge is open to anyone who harvests a pa antlered whitetail during the challenge year. Its the new state record whitetail in the typical category, with a net score of 185 48. Pennsylvania hunter kills potential state record buck. Trophy whitetail deer hunting prices gsells whitetails. A long list of states colorado, wyoming, nevada, new mexico, arizona and more boot out bucks nearly every year that are entered in the ranks of.
Pennsylvania also has elk cervus canadensis, however, elk are not really deer, but only close relatives of deer within the same family in much the same way that dogs, coyotes and wolves share a common genealogy. Kansas, montana, alberta, illinois, texas and almost anywhere east of the mississippi river. Look at the impressive deer alsheimer killed on his farm, travel with him to commercial qdm outfitters, and learn more about the behavior of white tailed deer through the seasons. Here in the southeastern portion of pennsylvania, the archery season for both antlered and anterless deer was open for a long time, beginning in midseptember and running through the saturday following thanksgiving. Top overall states for boone and crockett whitetails per square mile since 2008. The first records of south carolina white tailed deer was published in 1998, and 10 updates have been published on an annual or semiannual basis, including the latest new entries and the top 100 typical and top 50 nontypical entries from the alltime list.
Pennsylvania hunters set 14year record for deer harvest. Monster publicland buck is new pennsylvania archery record. Its true pennsylvania produced the biggest whitetail buck on record from 1830 to 1870. Pennsylvania s white tailed deer population, once decimated, is now overabundant and damaging forest ecology by destroying tree and native wildflower species and habitat for wildlife. Not only that, no big game animal in any record book anywhere in. Dec, 2018 if it becomes certified, the 51point buck would break the current record, which was set in 2016 by a 27yearold farmer from gallatin, tennessee. Will your trophy pennsylvania buck make the record books. The louisiana big game records program documents alltime record white tailed deer and wild turkey harvested in the state that meet or exceed minimum antler or spur measurements, respectively, as well as deer and turkeys that meet minimum recognition requirements over a threeyear span. Here are the top record whitetail bucks taken in new york, by category, as recorded by the new york state big buck club. Hunting camp near loyalton, pennsylvania, puts another one in. Russell graves photo deer hunting is about many things. Bob dangelo, coordinator of the big game records program for the pennsylvania game commission, did that live on facebook on dec. More than 150 of alsheimers photographs illustrate his qdm experience.
This mirrors what has been going on throughout most of the white tailed deer range. The gang at camp swamp hole near loyalton, in northern dauphin county, continues to carve out their niche in the big game record books of pennsylvania. Through an intense management program, cherry ridge has produced the best possible natural herds. Whitetail deer hunting providing quality whitetail deer hunts since 2003 welcome to mountaintop whitetail haven, the premier whitetail hunting destination in the northeast. Whitetail 299,23,0,9 home wildlife conservation deer. There is no arguing that we do not have as many deer as we did during the peak years for the deer population. The bucktails sported white tailed deer tails on their caps as a symbol of their skilled markmanship. Since at least one melanistic deer was produced in this region, there is a possibility another melanic deer will be produced in the future. The game commission said hunters killed 374,690 whitetailed deer during the 201819 hunting season, which closed in january. The only wild species of deer living in pennsylvania is the northern white tailed deer odocoileus virginianus. To see marylands state record bucks, click on this ad or websitelink below. Its important to note that record bucks are rare even under perfect conditions. Hanson shot the deer twice the killing second shot, and a first shot made while the deer was running about 100 yards away. Jan 05, 2018 pennsylvania has a new record buck ammoland inc.
When he spotted the huge whitetail during a bush push a term saskatchewan hunters use to describe a deer drive he almost shot off one antler, something that would have excluded the deer from the record books. And i assure you that while it isnt all about big deer, we would all love to set our sights on. Some whitetails have been found to be up to 11 years old in the wild, and domesticated deer have lived up to 20 years. Tucked away in the heart of the beautiful allegheny national forest, cherry ridge provides 1,000 acres of prime hardwood forest, clearcuts and stream bottoms to hunt the most highly prized and sought after game animals in north america. White tailed deer from the andes are larger than other tropical deer of this species, and have thick, slightly woolly looking fur. Animals with more specific designations are also listed.
For 2010, its a whitetailed buck that has scored among the largest typical set of antlers ever harvested in the state. Oct 30, 2016 the pennsylvania game commission today filed charges against two bro. We report records for two melanistic white tailed deer in pennsylvania. The whitetail is a large brown or gray mammal that has a white tail it lifts and waves when alarmed and running. The book includes biggame records for typical and nontypical white tailed deer. Of the 763 entries in the 20 pa record book, jeffs bear ranked no. Here we report records for two melanistic white tailed deer in pennsylvania. Posted on january 5, 2018 january 3, 2019 by ammoland editor joe evans ron shaulis holding his record breaking typical whitetail deer. Posted on january 5, 2018 january 3, 2019 by ammoland editor joe evans ron shaulis holding his record breaking typical whitetail deer rack taken. The biggest typical whitetail bucks ever entered into the. Many points magic of deer antlers best bow buck in pennsylvania white tailed deer and black bear trophies best bow buck of 1969 program pennsylvania deer and bear records parasites of pennsylvania deer old wire head boone and crockett charts of top trophies pennsylvania deer and bear harvests, 19151969 guns.
Ron shaulis, center, displays his recordbreaking typical whitetail deer. Not only that, no big game animal in any record book anywhere in the world was harvested earlier than 1830. Melanic white tailed deer are distinguished from normal white tailed deer by having uniform black hairs on the back with subdued black hairs on the belly, a completely dark face and ears, a distinctive middorsal stripe extending from the head to the apex of the. The pennsylvania game commission yesterday took official measurements on an exceptionally large rack from a whitetail buck taken in. White fur is located in a band behind the nose, in circles around the eyes, inside the ears, over the chin and throat, on the upper insides of the. The white tailed deer odocoileus virginianus, also known as the whitetail or virginia deer, is a mediumsized deer native to north america, central america, ecuador, and south america as far south as peru and bolivia. Dec 17, 2014 each year, the pennsylvania big game records book grows by about 200 entries across all categories. Seven of the top ten typical whitetails taken with a firearm were shot prior to 1965. Of 220 deer captured and many others observed within vf during 19971999, one male fawn had an abnormal, black pelage color. Here are the biggest typical whitetail deer kills in the safari club international record book. Deer with monster antlers new record for pennsylvania. The first column of the table is for those denoted as the state mammal, and the second shows the state marine mammals. The categories and minimum scores for inclusion in pennsylvania s book are. Whitetail deer hunting pennsylvania whitetail deer hunting.
The whitetailed deer is pennsylvania s state animal. New 2017 maryland bucks scoring record book from bucks, bears, stags, check out their website below for more details. Pennsylvania game commission scores westmoreland county deer from. Use of citizen advisory committees to direct deer management in pennsylvania pdf. The challenge will run from the pa archery season through the second archery and muzzelloader season. A white tailed deer with a massive set of antlers has shattered a pennsylvania hunting record.
A 10point buck illegally killed over the weekend in spring garden township was. The timing of female dispersal during fawning season and low dispersal rates suggest that competition for mates and reduced inbreeding are not ultimate causes of female dispersal, as suggested for males. Feb 06, 2016 the following is my position as a biologist and educator about the deer situation in gated communities in northeastern pennsylvania. White tailed deer populations, like all wildlife, are. Whitetailed deer, odocoileus virginianus, dorsal coloration differs in shading locally, seasonally, and among subspecies. Natural resource management, regulated hunting and the white tailed deer s ability to adapt have enabled the population to grow well beyond its presettlement range and numbers. In pennsylvania, the white tailed deer population has increased since 1970 and averaged 11km statewide in 1992 witmer and decalesta 1992.
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