Just stumbled across this from Nov 1976 poconos newspaper:
"DALLAS -- The Pennsylvania Game Commission will operate two deer checking slations in N o r t h e a s t e r n Pennsylvania d u r i n g the first three days of the 1976 antlercd deer seasons, according lo an announcement by iM.J. Molski, Northeast Division Supervisor.
One station will be located at the rest area on the east-bound lane of Interstate 80 near White Haven. The other will be located in the parking lot of the Shohola Waterfowl Area on U.S. lioute 6, about midway between Lake Wallcnpaupack and Milford. Doth stations will be operated f r o m Tuesday to Thursday, inclusive. Successful hunters are requested to cooperate in this vital deer management program by presenting their deer for examination. The deer will be weighed and antlers measured. Age will be determined by examination of the teeth. The general physical condition of the deer, including (lie presence of disease will be noted. These examination stations are part of the Game Commission's continuing efforl to secure important data for proper management of the Commonwealth's vast deer herd. Sufficient personnel will be present lo expedite the examination in order lo eliminate unnecessary delay lo the hunter. Game Commission Biologist Lincoln Lang will be in charge of the White Haven station and Forester Thomas Wcnrick will be in charge of the Shohola Station. In commenting upon the upcoming deer season w h i c h opens November 29, 1976, Supervisor Molski stated that the deer herd in the Northeast Division is at a high level. Field officers report sighting numerous oilier person is not in the line of fire. Visually, the easiest way to do this is for every hunter to wear clothing of u daylight ftourescent orange material. Fluorescent orange does not occur in nature, and no animal or bird has this color. Or perhaps the hunter makes his or her presence known with a friendly, spoken greeting, or possibly through a discreet cough. A noisy exchange might even be necessary. Such an occurrence might deprive a hunter of a shot at a turkey, say, but it is far belter for a hunter to be upset about missing a piece of game than to have a gunshot victim. At any rate, there should be some communication. A rustle in Ihe leaves or brush cannot be recommended to (el another hunter know aboul one's presence, since game can normally be expecled lo make a similar noise, too. Doer-vehicle troihei iiie Whitelail deer are still being killed at a fast pace on highways in Pennsylvania this year, G a m e Commission records show. During Ihe firsl nine months of 1976, Game Commission personnel picked up 14,341 deer which had been killed on roads in the slate. One year ago, during the same time period, there had been 15,343 whitetails recovered from highways in Ihe commonwealth. In 1975, a record 29,914 deer killed on highways in the stale were picked up by Game Commission employes. The number of deer killed on Pennsylvania roads reaches ils peak during Ihe monlhs of November and December, and motorists are warned to be on the lookout for whitetails 24 hours a day everywhere in the commonwealth between now and the end of the year. Must dear be displayed? Many hunters apparently... "
The Pocono Record from Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania on November 27, 1976 · Page 18
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