VTG 1928 Pennsylvania Deer Hunting License Special PA Antlerless Doe Tag Paper

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Here is an original issue, 1928 Pennsylvania Special Deer License B 675 issued in Warren County by the County Treasurer for the harvest of 1 antlerless deer weighing not less than 50 pounds.  These paper applications are very hard to find.  Here is a bit of history from the controversial 1928 doe season established by the PA Game Commission:
"In 1928, in an effort to reduce the rapidly increasing herd, the agency closed the traditional buck
season and held an antlerless deer hunt in 54 of the state’s 67 counties. It was a revolutionary
step forward in deer management. However, many hunters disagreed.
The uproar over harvesting “mother” deer shook both the Commission and the state’s hunting
fraternity. Antlerless licenses were bought and burned. Newspaper ads proclaimed “...only
yellow hunters shoot does.” “No doe hunting” signs went up as fast as printers could make them.
Hunters were convinced the 1928 antlerless-only season would wipe out the herd, but the Game
Commission stayed its course and hunters took more than 25,000 antlerless deer. This was
double the total number taken during the 1927 bucks-only season
."
Auction is for the paper license measuring 9 1/2" X 7".  Double sided print.  Thanks for looking.