A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs.

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2019/02/01 10:05:44 (permalink)

A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs.

I have one hunting book I saved over the years it's the first year I started in 1968-69. I thought I'd just copy a few pages to share the way it was back then. I was 16 then and had my first shotgun and old Ithaca double barrel 16 gauge . Been hunting every year since ....slowed down as the years went on but I still go .
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    Walleye jigs
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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/01 10:39:58 (permalink)
    Wow thanks for the memories. I came home that year so didnt do any hunting, but I think I trapped.
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    CAPTAIN HOOK
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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/01 12:10:43 (permalink)
    I like the lists of all the unprotected animals back then.......no BS about it ....not like now . 
     
    It was all simple ....not complicated ....no micro management then !.....nice
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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/01 13:25:25 (permalink)
    Cap this is a great example for the old proverb........ "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".

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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/02 19:35:45 (permalink)
    I actually remember that digest cover.
    Had it in a drawer for years.
    Stayed at a hotel in Jamestown that season and hunted PA around nearby Sugar Grove after taking a buck over by Geneva NY.
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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/03 00:26:14 (permalink)
    I actually had every license and books saved up till now. I asked my kids if anybody wanted them to collect and I had no takers or interested persons so I sold them all to a collector. He told me he had thousands of licenses collected and really didn't know why ....lol
    I only kept this one for memories the year I started. Nice to look back at the way things were.
     
    On anther note does anybody remember a hunting season when they allowed Doe (Antlerless ) deer season to start on the last Saturday of buck season ? I have a friend who swears that happened, but I tend to argue he's wrong. I remember them extending doe season to a Saturday after the two day hunt ,but never starting on the last Saturday of buck season. 
    Any replies welcome .............
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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/03 08:46:20 (permalink)
    I remember it. It was the first year of not one and done, I believe.

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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/03 08:53:11 (permalink)
    CAPTAIN HOOK 
    On anther note does anybody remember a hunting season when they allowed Doe (Antlerless ) deer season to start on the last Saturday of buck season ? I have a friend who swears that happened, but I tend to argue he's wrong. I remember them extending doe season to a Saturday after the two day hunt ,but never starting on the last Saturday of buck season. 
    Any replies welcome .............



    Yes. That happened one year. I don't recall which year but they stopped it cause it unexpectedly caused a huge increase in the antlered kill on that last day. 

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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/03 09:07:51 (permalink)
    Okay thanks.....would like to know what year if anybody can remember. That one slipped by my memory of hunting years.
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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/03 12:49:44 (permalink)
    I can't remember the year but am pretty sure it was the year before the brown it's down 1st day of season. That Saturday was an absolute slaughter in my neck of the woods.
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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/03 13:05:51 (permalink)
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    Okay thanks.....would like to know what year if anybody can remember. That one slipped by my memory of hunting years.




    1998 and 99 it was junior only on the last day. In 2000 antlerless was legal for all on the last day of antlered. That lasted one year.

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    Re: A look back at 1968-1969 hunting regs. 2019/02/03 14:53:43 (permalink)
    Thanks , for some reason I couldn't remember that one.
     
    MG....The brown it's down year was the greatest shooting day ever in Pa. hunting ! 
     Now that's the way to thin the herd a tad....not hire pros to shoot deer at night over bait !
     
    I'll never figure the PGC out ...in one breath they don't want hunters shooting (antler restrictions , split or delayed antlerless starters ) the next breath they are saying not enough hunters taking deer in higher deer areas or hunting ! ....go figure ?????
    WTF do they want ?
     
     
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