Dear

 

As a turkey hunter I am greatly concerned about the new proposed orange regulations requiring additional blaze orange to be worn while archery and fall turkey hunting.  Pennsylvania is the only state that requires turkey hunters to wear or display orange in the spring and one of a handful with such requirements for fall hunting, where it overlaps with deer hunting.  When regulations requiring orange were originally proposed, Pennsylvania turkey hunters opposed the action.  However, turkey hunters compromised and accepted the current regulations though they were very unpopular.  Today Pennsylvania archery and turkey hunters have enough orange regulated for safety during spring and fall hunting seasons.  We do not need or want additional orange requirements regulated for our hunting seasons.  

 

This letter is to inform you that I am not in favor of any new or additional blaze orange regulations for archery and turkey hunting.  Please cast your vote for hunters, sportsmen and sportswomen of Pennsylvania, and not just for the simplicity of the PGC Bureau of Law Enforcement.  

 

Thanks,

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