Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) An application for a deer control permit
shall be completed and submitted by an authorized officer or employee of the
political subdivision, homeowners association or nonprofit land-holding
organization in the form and manner required by the Director.
(b) An application for a deer control permit
must contain the following information:
(1)
Description. A comprehensive description of the background and
scope of the white-tailed deer population or damage problem, or both. The
description must include a report of all alternative solutions or other steps
taken by the applicant to mitigate the white-tailed deer population or damage
problem, or both, prior to application for this permit.
(2)
Public hunting
requirement. The application must specifically define how licensed
public hunting for white-tailed deer has been utilized in the problem area and
what results hunting activities have had on the population or damage problem,
or both. The application must list the name, C.I.D. number and hunter harvest
information related to public hunting activities that have previously taken
place in the problem area.
(3)
Deer management plan. A comprehensive deer management plan
which sets forth the applicant's white-tailed deer management goals,
recommended implementation plan and a reference to the specific number of
animals sought to be removed. The applicant shall specifically define how
licensed public hunting for white-tailed deer will be utilized in the problem
area during the term of the requested deer control permit.
(4)
Map.
(i) A map or set of maps showing the proposed
project area and its boundaries and clearly illustrating all of the following
distinct features and areas within the proposed project area:
(A) Land uses.
(B) Cover types.
(C) Areas open to public hunting for
white-tailed deer.
(D) Areas
damaged by white-tailed deer.
(E)
Areas of white-tailed deer congregation.
(F) Applicable safety zones.
(G) Proposed white-tailed deer control
areas.
(ii) The map must
indicate the individual acreage values for each of the listed features and
acres.
(c)
Public land within the proposed boundaries shall be open to lawful public
hunting unless otherwise prohibited under this title or as otherwise authorized
or waived by the Director. Private land within the proposed boundaries may be
closed to public hunting at the landowner's discretion. However, if closed,
deer control activities may not occur thereon.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the
term "public hunting" shall be defined as hunting opportunity that is
available, in whole or in part, to members of the general public, but shall not
include hunting opportunity that is afforded to an individual or class of
individuals solely by virtue of their public employment.
The provisions of this §147.322 amended under the
Game and Wildlife Code,
34 Pa.C.S. §§
103 and
2901(b).
