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Tyler Park to Close for One-Day Shotgun Deer Hunt

Tyler State Park will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 4 for a regulated deer hunt.

Tyler State Park will close for one day in December for the annual shotgun deer hunt.

The park will be closed on Wednesday, Dec. 4 for a regulated deer hunt.

The hunt is being held “due to the natural resource impacts and increased numbers of white-tailed deer in Tyler State Park and in an effort to reduce problems created by this condition.”

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The hunt will be limited to 150 hunters who have special state park permits, and only shotguns using a "00" buckshot will be permitted.

“To ensure the safety of all park visitors, Tyler State Park will be closed on this date to all activities,” the park announced on its website.

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Later in December and through the end of January, a regulated late-season archery hunt will be scheduled in the park north of Dairy Hill Trail to include the Covered Bridge area for a total of 500 acres.

Tyler State Park is made up of 1,700 acres in Newtown and Northampton townships.


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