Recent game commission vote could enrich Pennsylvania's archery hunting season

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A RECENT PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION VOTE ALLOWS GREATER USE OF CROSSBOWS DURING THE COMING ARCHERY HUNTING SEASONS. A WILDLIFE EXPERT IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS THE CHANGE COULD BE GOOD FOR HUNTING ENTHUSIASTS. GARY ABDULLAH HAS MORE.:

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(:18) CROSSBOWS NOW CAN BE USED BY ANY HUNTER DURING THE COMING ARCHERY DEER AND ARCHERY BEAR SEASONS, AS WELL AS TURKEY SEASONS AND FIREARMS DEER SEASONS. PENN STATE WILDLIFE BIOLOGIST GARY SAN JULIAN SAYS DESPITE INITIAL RESISTANCE FROM RIFLE HUNTERS AND CONVENTIONAL ARCHERS, CROSSBOWS MAY EXPAND PARTICIPATION:

San Julian Actuality:
(:18) "IT MAY ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE THAT JUST LIKE THE IDEA OF USING A CROSSBOW, OR OLDER HUNTERS THAT MAY NOT HAVE THE UPPER-BODY STRENGTH ANY LONGER TO DO THAT WHO STILL WANT TO HUNT IN AN ARCHERY-TYPE SITUATION. WE'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF PEOPLE ARE MORE SUCCESSFUL TAKING THEIR ANIMALS IN THE EARLY SEASON."

(:10) SAN JULIAN SAYS CROSSBOWS HAVE ABOUT THE SAME RANGE AS CONVENTIONAL BOWS, AND COULD BE USEFUL IN REDUCING OVER-ABUNDANT URBAN DEER POPULATIONS. FROM PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.