• https://www.thereporteronline.com/2022/06/05/deer-hunting-on-decline-around-pennsylvania-but-tyler-state-park-expects-not-problem/

ByGREG VELLNER|

PUBLISHED:June 5, 2022 at 9:27 p.m.| UPDATED:June 5, 2022 at 9:27 p.m.

While a decline in the number of Pennsylvania hunters has raised concern about managing deer population, there currently is no shortage of those hoping to pursue the “dense” number of whitetails at Tyler State Park in Newtown.

“We allow 150 hunters during our one-day shotgun hunt and 70 archery hunters, and we generally get double that applying for a permit,” said Phillip Schmidt, manager, Tyler State Park. “Even if there is less people hunting in the state — or even in this area – we will still probably get more applications than we can take.”

It’s a different story statewide. Because so many deer hunters are aging out of the sport – and new ones are not recruited — deer management strategies will need to change, it…