09-18-2007, 03:10 PM
Kersey, Elk County, Pennsylvania - On Saturday, Sept. 15, Pennsylvania Outdoor Elk Expo visitors helped the Pennsylvania Game Commission award elk licenses to 50 hunters in a public drawing. There were 17,245 individuals eligible for the drawing. For the November 2007 elk hunt, the agency awarded 40 licenses (15 antlered and 25 antlerless) and, for the September 2008 elk hunt, 10 licenses (2 either sex and 8 antlerless) were awarded.
All 50 hunters selected to receive a license will be mailed a confirmation letter within a week.
"While there is great interest in the names of the hunters who will receive these 50 elk hunting licenses, by law, the Game Commission is not permitted to release information about our license buyers to the public," said Carl G. Roe, Game Commission executive director. "Beyond announcing the names and hometowns of those selected at the public drawing, we are not permitted to provide a complete list for public dissemination."
Roe noted that the 10 hunters currently participating in the elk season held from Sept. 3-29 were drawn at last year's elk license drawing.
For the November hunt, which will be held Nov. 5-10, 14 antlered elk licenses were awarded to Pennsylvanians, and one was awarded to a hunter from New York. Pennsylvania hunters selected represent the following counties: Allegheny (2); Armstrong; Bedford; Cambria; Columbia (2); Indiana; Lebanon; Lycoming; McKean; Perry; Union; and Westmoreland.
Of the 25 antlerless elk licenses awarded, 23 were awarded to Pennsylvanians and one each was awarded to hunters from New York and Florida. Pennsylvania hunters selected represented the following counties: Allegheny; Berks (2); Blair; Butler; Cambria; Centre (2); Fulton; Indiana (2); Jefferson; Lackawanna (2); Lancaster (3); Lebanon; Mercer; Montgomery; Westmoreland; and York.
For the September 2008 hunt, which will be held September 1-27, 2008, eight licenses were awarded to Pennsylvania hunters and one each was awarded to hunters from New Jersey and Virginia. The two either-sex license recipients were from Armstrong County and New Jersey. Pennsylvania hunters received seven antlerless elk licenses and a hunter from Virginia received an antlerless elk license. Pennsylvania hunters receiving antlerless elk licenses for this season are from the following counties: Adams; Armstrong; Centre; Lehigh (2); Montgomery; and Perry.
Roe noted that preference points played a significant role in determining those drawn. According to results, 27 of the individuals selected for an elk license had five preference points; 10 had four preference points; six had three preference points; five had two preference points; and two had one preference point.
All 50 elk license recipients will receive in the mail two copies of the Game Commission's elk hunter orientation DVD or video, which they must view prior to the elk hunt. The second copy is to be previewed by their guide, if they choose to use a guide. Elk license recipients are not required to use a guide.
All elk license recipients must obtain a general hunting license prior to purchasing their elk license. Elk licenses cost $25 for residents and $250 for nonresidents.
Facts about the Pennsylvania Game Commission: It is believed that, in 1867, the last native elk killed in Pennsylvania about this time. Elk didn't freely roam Penn's Woods until the Game Commission began its elk reintroduction effort in 1913.
All 50 hunters selected to receive a license will be mailed a confirmation letter within a week.
"While there is great interest in the names of the hunters who will receive these 50 elk hunting licenses, by law, the Game Commission is not permitted to release information about our license buyers to the public," said Carl G. Roe, Game Commission executive director. "Beyond announcing the names and hometowns of those selected at the public drawing, we are not permitted to provide a complete list for public dissemination."
Roe noted that the 10 hunters currently participating in the elk season held from Sept. 3-29 were drawn at last year's elk license drawing.
For the November hunt, which will be held Nov. 5-10, 14 antlered elk licenses were awarded to Pennsylvanians, and one was awarded to a hunter from New York. Pennsylvania hunters selected represent the following counties: Allegheny (2); Armstrong; Bedford; Cambria; Columbia (2); Indiana; Lebanon; Lycoming; McKean; Perry; Union; and Westmoreland.
Of the 25 antlerless elk licenses awarded, 23 were awarded to Pennsylvanians and one each was awarded to hunters from New York and Florida. Pennsylvania hunters selected represented the following counties: Allegheny; Berks (2); Blair; Butler; Cambria; Centre (2); Fulton; Indiana (2); Jefferson; Lackawanna (2); Lancaster (3); Lebanon; Mercer; Montgomery; Westmoreland; and York.
For the September 2008 hunt, which will be held September 1-27, 2008, eight licenses were awarded to Pennsylvania hunters and one each was awarded to hunters from New Jersey and Virginia. The two either-sex license recipients were from Armstrong County and New Jersey. Pennsylvania hunters received seven antlerless elk licenses and a hunter from Virginia received an antlerless elk license. Pennsylvania hunters receiving antlerless elk licenses for this season are from the following counties: Adams; Armstrong; Centre; Lehigh (2); Montgomery; and Perry.
Roe noted that preference points played a significant role in determining those drawn. According to results, 27 of the individuals selected for an elk license had five preference points; 10 had four preference points; six had three preference points; five had two preference points; and two had one preference point.
All 50 elk license recipients will receive in the mail two copies of the Game Commission's elk hunter orientation DVD or video, which they must view prior to the elk hunt. The second copy is to be previewed by their guide, if they choose to use a guide. Elk license recipients are not required to use a guide.
All elk license recipients must obtain a general hunting license prior to purchasing their elk license. Elk licenses cost $25 for residents and $250 for nonresidents.
Facts about the Pennsylvania Game Commission: It is believed that, in 1867, the last native elk killed in Pennsylvania about this time. Elk didn't freely roam Penn's Woods until the Game Commission began its elk reintroduction effort in 1913.