Deer Hunters Have Successful First Day at Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative Deer Check Stations on SR 59 and SR 346 

Bradford, Pa.:  The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) is operating TWO DEER CHECK STATIONS this year on SR 59 and SR 346.   The next days of operation will be Sunday, 11/26, Monday, 11/27, and Saturday, December 2.  Hours of operation will be 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

One KQDC deer check station will be in Marshburg along SR 59.  

The second KQDC deer check station will be at the Willows Restaurant on SR 346.

All deer will be weighed, measured, and aged for FREE for hunters.  Hunters will receive a fluorescent orange KQDC hat for bringing their deer to the check station.  Each hunter bringing in a deer for checking will also receive a ticket on a cash raffle.  Hunters bringing in antlerless deer will be eligible for a $500 raffle.   Hunters bringing in an antlered deer will be eligible for a $250 raffle.

The KQDC is managed for Quality Deer and a Quality Forest Ecosystem to provide a Quality Hunting experience.  Other goals are to provide quality forests for landowners to manage for timber products, local employment, numerous outdoor recreation activities, and quality habitat for all wildlife.

The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative is an ongoing demonstration, begun in 2000, of how hunting can be used to meet the goals of multiple publics for managing deer.  A partnership of forest landowners, forest managers, biologists, hunters, and local businesses developed the program which relies on hunters to manage deer density on a representative forested area.  The program is conducted on a 74,000-acre forested demonstration area in northwestern Pennsylvania.