30 September 2023
Trendy blaze orange over red, accented by way of a dayglo yellow hat!
Birders and hikers are out within the woods always of yr. You don’t have to seem as eccentric as I do however it’s necessary to decorate for luck right through deer and wild turkey seasons in Pennsylvania.
Allegheny County has such a lot of deer that bow looking (Deer Archery Season) has been allowed in municipalities and County Parks for a few years. Q4 is the primary time it’ll happen within the Frick and Riverview Parks. Some town dwellers are fearful, particularly those that don’t spend time within the woods or in North or South Parks the place looking is permitted.
Bow season — formally known as DEER, ARCHERY (Antlered and Antlerless) Season — runs Statewide in Pennsylvania on Monday to Saturday, Sept 30 – Nov 17 (Nov 24 in Allegheny County) and Dec 26 – Jan 15 (Jan 27 in Allegheny County).
This is my message to park customers. I’m really not anxious as a result of …
For a few years I’ve hiked within the woods by myself even right through looking season together with at Moraine State Park. I put on orange. So do deer hunters. You will have to too (orange or dayglo yellow). I perceive worrying as a result of this can be a new revel in for many park customers. Thirty years in the past I used to be anxious as it used to be new to me. Enjoy put my fears to leisure. I’ve *by no means* encountered an issue in 30 years of climbing right through looking season nor have any of my birding pals who’re out within the woods as smartly. It’s uncommon to peer a hunter apart from within the car parking zone. They’re by no means looking within the car parking zone.
Get dressed for looking season. Put on blaze orange. The hunters are the place the deer are, now not the place the individuals are.
I beg you to learn all about bow looking in Frick and Riverview at WESA-FM: Bowhunting season in two town parks will start September 30.
If you wish to know in regards to the Town of Pittsburgh’s deer overpopulation learn my Deer Class right here. (One of the most articles are on extra normal subjects with pictures of deer in Frick and Schenley.)
(pictures by way of Linda Roth and Rick St. John)