Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- November 20, 2007
Changing habitats mean hunting camps must change too (:52)
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Suggested Intro:
THE ARRIVAL OF ANTLERED DEER SEASON WILL SEND HUNDRED OF HUNTERS TO THEIR TRADITIONAL HUNTING LODGES. BUT A WILDLIFE EXPERT IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS THE DEER MAY NOT BE WHERE YOUR CAMP IS. GARY ABDULLAH HAS THE STORY:
Story:
(:20) PENNSYLVANIA IS HISTORICALLY A STRONG HUNTING STATE, WITH PLENTY OF DEER AND A HUNTING TRADITION THAT SPANS SEVERAL GENERATIONS. BUT PENN STATE WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST GARY SAN JULIAN SAYS FACTORS SUCH AS ENCROACHING DEVELOPMENT AND CHANGING HABITATS CAN CHANGE DEER HERD PATTERNS. SO, WHAT USED TO BE A GREAT HUNTING REGION MAY NOT HAVE THE HERDS IT ONCE DID:
San Julian Actuality:
(:19) "PEOPLE HAVE A HUNT CAMP THAT THEIR GRANDFATHER HAD, AND THEIR FATHER HUNTS THERE AND THE KIDS ARE HUNTING THERE NOW, AND THE HABITAT'S CHANGED. AND THERE MAY NOT BE AS MANY DEER OR AS HIGH A POPULATION OR… YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT, IF THE HABITAT'S CHANGED, THERE MAY NOT BE THE HUNTING SUCCESS THAT YOU'VE HAD IN THE PAST."(:13) SAN JULIAN SAYS PENNSYLVANIA'S DEER MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES OF RECENT SEASONS HAVE BEEN LARGELY SUCCESSFUL, ENSURING THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGER, MORE MATURE BUCKS WHILE REDUCING DEER OVERPOPULATION IN SPECIFIC AREAS. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.
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