USFWS Plans Pennsylvania Archery Deer Hunt in John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Fish and Wildlife Service plans to open a portion of the 993-acre John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge in Philadelphia and Tinicum Township to allow a public bow hunt for white-tailed deer.  Local officials say it would be the only legal deer hunt on public land within city borders. The plan calls for establishing 167 acres of upland hunting grounds in three separate sections of the property, in an effort to thin the deer population.  One 63-acre parcel is within Philadelphia’s borders near the city’s Eastwick section.  The remaining 104 acres are... READ MORE