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Special seasons beckon hunters &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The traditional buck season is over, but there's still time to take an
antlered deerAnd there's still plenty of time for all hunters to get out into
the winter woods and fields. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pennsylvania's flintlock and late archery deer seasons began Friday, along
with the winter small game seasons. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The muzzleloader and archery seasons end Jan. 10, but the small game
seasons run longer. Grouse and squirrel seasons are open until Jan. 24, along
with male and female ringnecked pheasants in the North Zone. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The cottontail rabbit season runs until Feb. 7, but the short season on the
secretive snowshoe hare ends Thursday. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The late whitetail deer seasons are not the most productive, but hunters
took more than 16,000 whitetails in that time frame during the 1996-97
seasons, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Muzzleloaders took most of the deer with a harvest of 8,693, Of that
number, 580 were bucks. Hunters in special regulation areas took about 4,400
antlerless deer, while archers claimed about 2,300 overall, and 450 of which
sported antlers. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Hunters must have proper licenses to take deer in the late seasons. Hunters
with flintlock or archery licenses must have an unused general license deer
tag to take an antlered deer. To harvest an antlerless deer, archers must
possess an unused antlerless deer license. Muzzleloaders must have an unused
general license deer tag or surplus (muzzleloader) antlerless license. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 No hunter may kill more than one antlered deer per license year. Archers
may hunt bucks in any county. Muzzleloaders hunting with an unused general
license deer tag may hunt antlered or antlerless deer in any county. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 Other than these two exceptions, hunters are restricted to hunting in those
counties for which they have an antlerless or surplus antlerless license. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 For small game hunters, the Game Commission released 8,000 hen pheasants
statewide prior to the Dec. 26 opening day in the North Zone. The Northeast
Region received 2,500 birds. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 The pheasants were stocked on state game lands and other public land
enrolled in the Game Commission's public access programs.- &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 
 George Smith &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Special Seasons Beckon Hunters The Traditional Buck Season Is Over, But There's Still Time To Take An Antlered Deer.