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Staff recommends reducing snowshoe hare season limit to three per season
Summary
Wildlife management staff proposed lowering Pennsylvania’s snowshoe hare season limit from a possible six per season to three, saying the species’ distribution is fragmented and harvest above three is rare among hunters.
Pennsylvania Game Commission staff recommended a conservative reduction to the state’s snowshoe hare season limit, proposing a three‑hare season limit to respond to declining and fragmented hare populations while retaining hunting opportunity.
Winnie Weaver, game mammal section supervisor, said the current regulation authorizes a short six‑day season in late December with a daily bag of one hare,…
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