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Leysath's Better Venison Cookbook
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Land of Whitetail
Huge Deer Deserve Huge Respect
Each year, I come in contact with many great deer hunters. For the most part, they’re hard-working, fun loving people who truly respect the land and the animals they hunt. However, over the years, I’ve noticed a disturbing trend. I … Read More
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A Monster Buck Pays a Visit
Just like it has happened so many times before, the deer showed up rather unexpectedly, and, of course, from an area where I didn’t expect to see a deer appear. This hunt was a also a little different than the … Read More
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If This is a Cull Buck, I’m Davy Crockett!
Note: Deer & Deer Hunting Editor Dan Schmidt has just returned from a week-long rut hunt near Eldorado, Texas. This is the fourth installment of a five-part blog series on his adventure. Check back each day this week for updates. It … Read More
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Big Buck Down on the Texas Ground
Note: Deer & Deer Hunting Editor Dan Schmidt has just returned from a week-long rut hunt near Eldorado, Texas. This is the third installment of a five-part blog series on his adventure. Check back each day this week for updates. It’s … Read More
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Scorched Earth and Rutting Bucks
Note: Deer & Deer Hunting Editor Dan Schmidt has just returned from a weeklong rut hunt near Eldorado, Texas. This is the second installment of a five-part blog series on his adventure. Check back each day this week for updates. There … Read More
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Don’t Miss New TV Show, “Land of Whitetail”
By Chris Berens, D&DH Intern
Hunters in Pennsylvania endured a good test of their patience this past Sunday July 10, long before sitting in a tree stand this coming deer hunting season. According to a Pennsylvania Game Commission news release, the automated licensing sales system the state uses was disrupted for about 10 hours between 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. The problem prevented license sales from being finalized at point-of-sale agents.
A large number of resident hunters were attempting to buy their regular deer hunting licenses on Sunday so that they could apply for antlerless deer licenses beginning on Monday July 11. Over 600,000 hunters in Pennsylvania annually take to the field in search of venison for the freezer, and antlerless deer account for more than half of the state’s annual harvest. Fawn and doe bleat calls can be a great tactic to help fill some of those antlerless tags.
Dot Derr, the director of the Game Commission Bureau of Administrative Services, said that about 85 percent of sales agents had difficulties during the interruption, and that 2,000 transactions had been corrected already with 5,173 to finish. There was no information on the number of license buyers that were turned away because of the problem.
Active Network Inc., the company contracted by the state to provide the license sales system, has resolved the issue and is working with the commission to correct the uncompleted transactions. The company stated that the problem was due to a glitch in the system and not the high volume of sales, and apologized for the inconvenience to hunters and the PGC, the news release stated. Active Network Inc. provides hunting licenses through automated licensing sales systems for 23 states.
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