First Successes and Nice Bucks Accent the First Saturday

Bradford, Pa.:  John Dzemyan, Leader of the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC), announces that the two deer check stations had a busy first Saturday on SR 59 and SR 346 in McKean County.  “It is always gratifying when a young hunter brings in their first deer, whether it be doe or buck, and when a hunter brings in the largest deer they have ever harvested,” said John.  “And this Saturday had both of those events.  We sincerely thank hunters for voluntarily bringing their deer to the two check stations so we can get better data on the health of the deer herd within the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative,” finished John.

The check stations are open again on Sunday, 12/1, Monday, 12/2, and Saturday, 12/7, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. all three days.  All deer will be weighed, measured, and aged for FREE for hunters.  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.

Hunters will also receive an orange KQDC hat for bringing their deer to the check station. 

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 on-going 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.

Both deer shot off SR 59.