Representatives of the Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative (KQDC) shared its final 2023 check station results.
John McClintick of Lewis Run won the $500 raffle for bringing in a doe Dec. 2.
Stanley Zawatski of Bradford won the $250 raffle for bringing in a buck Nov. 25.
The heaviest buck weighed in at 170 pounds dressed; the heaviest doe weighed in at 130 pounds dressed.
The oldest deer recorded for both sexes were both 5 ½ years old. Twelve points was the most points recorded on a buck. The widest inside antler spread was 18 and ¾ inches.
The buck with the largest diameter on the pedestals had a 40 mm girth on the left antler and a 39 mm girth on the right antler.
Of the antlerless deer brought to the check station, 32% were harvested with Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) tags and 68% were harvested with Wildlife Management Unit (WMU) antlerless tags.
John Dzemyan, KQDC leader, thanked all the cooperating hunters who brought deer to the two volunteer-staffed check stations.
The Kinzua Quality Deer Cooperative is an on-going demonstration, begun in 2000, of how hunting can be used to meet the goals of multiple groups for managing deer. A partnership of forest landowners, forest managers, biologists, hunters and local businesses developed the program, which relies on hunters to manage deer density on a representative forest area. The program is conducted on a 74,000-acre forested demonstration area in northwestern Pennsylvania.
