The Pennsylvania Game Commission will hold a public meeting on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m.,
at the York County Fairgrounds, Horticultural Hall, 334 Carlisle Ave., York. The purpose of
the meeting is to answer questions regarding the 600-square-mile Disease Management Area
(DMA) in Adams and York counties and the Executive Order as part of the agency’s ongoing
efforts to monitor the wild deer population for chronic wasting disease (CWD).
On
Thursday, Oct. 11, the state Department of Agriculture announced that a
captive deer died of CWD on a deer farm in Adams County. Prior to its
death, this deer had potentially spent time on three sites in Adams and
York counties, which are now part of the Game Commission’s designated
DMA. As soon as the CWD-infected captive deer was found, the
Commonwealth’s CWD Interagency Task Force was initiated to address the
threat of the disease to captive and wild deer and elk populations in
the state.
Representatives of the Department of
Agriculture will attend this Thursday's meeting to discuss the efforts
to trace other captive deer that may have come into contact with the
infected deer.
Bear hunters….
will be able to enjoy a four-day statewide bear season, in addition to a
full week of archery bear season and a series of extended bear seasons
in certain Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) during the upcoming fall
months.
The statewide archery bear season,
which will be held Nov. 12-16, will lead up to the four-day statewide
bear season, which will open on Saturday, Nov. 17, and run from Monday
through Wednesday, Nov. 19-21. The extended bear seasons will be held in
certain WMUs and portions of WMUs the following week during deer
season.
On
Thursday, Oct. 11, the state Department of Agriculture announced that a
captive deer died of CWD on a deer farm in Adams County. Prior to its
death, this deer had potentially spent time on three sites in Adams and
York counties, which are now part of the Game Commission’s designated
DMA. As soon as the CWD-infected captive deer was found, the
Commonwealth’s CWD Interagency Task Force was initiated to address the
threat of the disease to captive and wild deer and elk populations in
the state. 
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