BOC = PGC = The Porky Disaster ===

well it appears to me that the current BOC has made a terrible mistake....
the least they have done is to created a porcupine season for Pa with out asking for any input form PGC staff or data..... now Pa is center stage in the USA and the world (it appears)... check it out ===




Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) – ran the Inquirer article:
http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/national_world/stories/2011/04/12/pennsylvania-plans-open-season-on-porcupines.html?sid=101

Washington Post (AP story):
http://www.guns.com/pennsylvania-approves-hunting-season-on-elusive-porcupine.html

Skynews (Europe):
http://www.skynews.com.au/eco/article.aspx?id=601085

Record Herald (Waynesboro) – ran the AP story:
http://www.therecordherald.com/news/x250635149/Pennsylvania-Game-Commission-discusses-killing-porcupines

CBS 6 (Albany, New York) ran portions of the AP and Inquirer:
[link]http://watercooler.freedomblogging.com/2011/04/11/pennsylvania-to-allow-porcupine-hunting/[/link]

From Life Attitudes.com (references Putnam):
http://lifeattitudes.com/2011/04/14/porcupine-speed-limits/

From the Seattle Times (AP story):
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2014748156_porcupine12.html

From KDKA Radio interview with WCO Fujak, (audio of about five minutes long is available):
http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2011/04/14/a-new-hunting-season-for-porcupines/

From KYW Radio (Philadelphia):
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/04/11/pa-game-commission-considers-ending-protections-for-porcupines/

From New York Daily News:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/2011/04/11/2011-04-11_pennsylvania_set_to_declare_open_season_on_porcupines_spiked_critters_ravage_hom.html?r=news

WGAL-TV (Lancaster):
http://www.wgal.com/r/27505727/detail.html

From Inside Bay Area (Oakland), Note that it is in the “weird news” section:
http://www.insidebayarea.com/weird-news/ci_17819203

NewsOXY.com, in the “odd” news section:
http://www.newsoxy.com/odd/porcupines-public-enemy-22575.html[url]

St. Louis Today (in the “odd” section):
[url]http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ODD_HUNTING_PORCUPINES?SITE=MOSTP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

Guns.com:
http://www.guns.com/pennsylvania-approves-hunting-season-on-elusive-porcupine.html

PLEASE ====

write to the commisssioners on the board and tell them to stop this.. and put it back the way it was..it is and will be an even bigger black eye for not just the PGC but Pa sportmens and especially hunters....

If you read all the links I have to say you would dis-agree with S-10.. these folks making fun of us Pa hunters are NOT all anti-hunting or anti PGC... although the ones here ( anti PGC) I am sure just love this screw up by the BOC...

but for the rest of us.. let's put aside our crossbow, deer plan, fly fish verus bait etc etc differences and again PLEASE write to the BOC and tell them and ESPECIALY Com PUTNAM what a mistake they have made....

without any back-up studies etc ... as you read in a couple articles...I think I smell some legal problems down the road for the BOC ?????

double post

If you had hunting dogs that didn't know enough to stay away from them(which is most dogs) they would really pizz you off. I thought mine would have learned after the second time, Nope

Pa making the news again ? Not long ago it was Bozo the tame bear and now it the Porkys. Can't wait for the movie to come out, Hunting PA !

There's a fly pattern for a mosquito ??????????

I'm familar with the quill gordons but a mosquito... never heard of that one ??

That I want to see ....

kill 'em, kill 'em all...

Doc...better fights than this one.

Who cares what libtards have to say?

ORIGINAL: Dr. Trout

There's a fly pattern for a mosquito ??????????

I'm familar with the quill gordons but a mosquito... never heard of that one ??

That I want to see ....

 
You never heard of a mosquito fly patrtern?  what kind of fisherman are YOU that you don't know that?  One that is too bust boning up on obscure game laws?
 
By the way, so there is no way that you can mistake this for anything else since your self esteem tends to think that every reply to one of your posts except those made by RSB is a vicious personal attack...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
THAT WAS A JOKE.

Gee, and I don't kill  porkies, so I guess we are even in the "I don't know because I don't care category."
 
Seriously, they can be of various sizes from about a 14 to a 20.  The body is typically a feather quill and the wings and hackle are grizzly.  It is kind of a generic fly and doesn't look a great deal like a mosquito other than to have a thinner body profile.

ORIGINAL: Claypool313

Serious question.  Is chewing up a treestand acceptable grounds for destruction of property?  I got the teeth marks in the aluminum to prove it.

 
That would depend on where the stand was located at he time the porcupine was chewing on it. If it was in your shed, garage or basement the answer would be yes. If the stand was out in the middle of the woods my answer would be no under normal circumstances it wouldn’t qualify though that might be subject to change depending on the ownership of the land and where the stand was located in relationship to buildings or crops at the time the damage was occurred.
 
R.S. Bodenhorn

Although porkys will chew aluminum so will other critters such as squirrels. I have lots of damage from them including what you described.I carry out my seats after a hunt.I've herd of guys spraying the fabric down to discourage critters from chewing. Be careful what you use ,it could also attract them as well.

ORIGINAL: Claypool313

Thanks for the honest reply.  For the record, my stand was on private property, no where near crops or buildings.  But all foam and fabric is now gone.  And this occurred between Sept and Oct '10, not left in the woods over the off season.  Events like these have kept me from buying a new stand, knowing it will suffer the same fate.  So it's back to the camo duct tape to attempt a salvage job.

I usually set my hang on stands in August and most had cloth seats. After years of losing the seats to porkeys, squirrels, and mice I only buy all metal ones with detachable cushions.

The crap on your stand is usually from other guys who like your spot and want to make you leave.

Joke's on him.  That spot sucked.