MILTON HERSHEY SCHOOLWILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ORIENTATION

MHS WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Elliot Robinson

Mike Benner

Ken Gall

Todd Pagliarulo Cell 648-9860

MHS HUNT WEB SITE

http://hunt.mhs-pa.org• Date to complete application online is July 13th

after 9 AM

• Assignments will be made on July 31st . It will take approximately two week to process the applications. The hunters will be notified via e-mail when to pick-up their packets at MHS Customer service.

• Directions for completing on line applications (User Guide) can be located on the front page of the web site.

MHS HUNTING REGULATIONS

Safety of the MHS students and your safety is our number one objective!

Minimum MHS hunter requirements: Full-time regular and retired employees Dependents with Junior hunting license

Accompanied by parent/legal guardian who is in the hunting program, must hunt stationary and within arms reach of adult - One lawful hunting device.

MHS HUNTING REGULATIONS• Policy of no hunting in safety zones on

School or Trust lands regardless of occupant’s permission. This applies to safety zones resulting from on site facilities as well as those extending onto trust lands from off site buildings

• Arm band, two vehicle cards, two metal tree stand identification labels will be issued .

• No coordinated efforts to move deer from or within cover using drives or pushes

MHS HUNTING REGULATIONS

Minimum Tackle Requirements

Inline muzzleloaders with scopes, sabots and pelletized powder.

Shotguns equipped with scopes, rifled barrels and sabots

MHS HUNTING REGULATIONS

  Stand location must be approved by hunt manager

and GPS coordinates must be provided

The definition of a stand is the place where an individual will hunt whether from a tree stand or on the ground.

Hunters may move from stand to stand and have multiple stand locations but will be discouraged from shooting while moving from stand to stand or from stand locations not approved by the hunt manager

Hunters must have a BACKSTOP

MHS HUNT REGULATIONS

The hunter will hunt a deer on the property a minimum of 5 full days or equivalent, or will harvest at least one female deer.

A hunter will harvest at least one antlerless deer every three years or be dropped from the program

The hunter will develop a running average of antlered buck to antlerless deer accountable every three years, that may not exceed a 1:1 ratio of buck to antlerless deer

DEER MANAGEMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

(DMAP) EACH HUNTER CAN APPLY FOR TWO

DEMAP APPLICATIONS ON MHS WEB SITE

The applications will be provided but it is the responsibility of the MHS Hunter to apply for the permits at a designated

hunting store.

DEMAP SAMPLE FORM

MHS WEB SITE Please complete hunting

log weekly Please complete harvest

log after each kill Please inform hunt

manager of your DMAP kills via the web site.

HAVE A GOOD SAFE HUNTING SEASON