Bradford, Pa.:  The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) announces that Saturday, 12/3, is the last chance hunters will have to get their deer to the two KQDC Deer Check Stations in order to get into the cash raffles.  The two DEER CHECK STATIONS are on SR 59 just east of Timberdoodle Flats Trailhead and at the Willows Restaurant on SR 346 west of Bradford.  Both check stations will be operated from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m.

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.

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. 

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.

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