Collegeville,
PA - SCI Phoenix will provide opportunities for the
public to participate in two antlerless deer hunts on the facility grounds,
January 3 and 17, 2019. Participation in these hunts will be determined by a
lottery system. Lottery entrants may enroll in the lottery for both days, but
only will be able to participate in one of the deer hunts. In the event the
lottery entrant is selected for both dates, the entrant will be required to
provide their preferred hunt date.
Fifty
hunters will be selected in the lottery drawing for each day of the hunt.
Hunters may tag no more than four antlerless deer.
Shotguns
are the only authorized weapons for the hunts; ammunition is limited to slugs
only. Weapons and ammunition will be inspected by the Pennsylvania Game
Commission prior to the start of the hunt.
All
hunters selected in the lottery drawing are invited to bring five
non-perishable food items or canned goods with them to the registration area on
the date of the hunt. These food items will be donated to a local food
bank.
Procedures
for entrance into the lottery for the adult antlerless deer hunt are as
follows:
1.
All
state laws and regulations must be observed and will be strictly enforced.
2.
Lottery
entrants must possess a valid Pennsylvania Hunting License.
3.
Lottery
entrants must possess a Management Unit 5C antlerless deer tag(s) to enter the
lottery.
4.
Entrance
into the lottery may be completed by submitting a 3”x5” index card to the
address below.
5.
A
separate 3”x5” card must be submitted for each date that the entrant is
entering the lottery.
6.
The
index card(s) shall be inserted inside an envelope containing the sender’s
return mailing address and the facility mailing address.
7.
The
index card must be received at the mailing address no later than December 5,
2018.
8.
The
following information must be recorded on the index card:
a.
Record
“Lottery for Adult Hunt” on the card.
b.
Record
the date of the hunt for which you are entering the lottery. Only one date,
either January 3, 2019, or January 17, 2019, shall be placed on the card.
Lottery entrants electing to submit for the lottery for both dates must
complete two cards reflecting alternate dates.
c.
Full
name of the lottery entrant.
d.
Legal
address of the lottery entrant.
e.
Contact
telephone number for lottery entrant.
f.
Alternate
telephone number for the lottery entrant.
g.
Hunting
License CID Number for the lottery entrant.
h.
Antlerless
deer tag number(s) for the lottery entrant.
9.
Notifications
to those selected for participation in the hunt and additional directions
related to registration on the date of the hunt will be provided via telephone
notification no later than December 19, 2018.
10. The mailing address for submission of
envelopes containing the 3”x5” index cards is:
State
Correctional Institution – SCI Phoenix
Office
of the Superintendent
PO
Box 246
Collegeville,
PA 19426
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Lisa Durand, DOC, 610-409-7890 ext. 1003, ldurand@pa.gov