It is illegal to kill any animal in Pa that is not in season.
Even f'n chipmunks.
At one time, he would have been shot.
Probably not now.
He'd still get shot in my part of PA.
Same set up here in Missouri. Some kid just made the news and is in some trouble for shooting one of our elk.
Our game code book is smaller than most because it tells you what you can do. If it ain't in there, you can't do it.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Wildlife officials have not decided whether any citations or warnings will be issued after a 14-year-old mistakenly shot a protected elk.
Abby Wilson, 14, shot the elk on Saturday in Boone County, thinking it was a large white-tailed buck. Her father, Donald White, immediately called the Conservation Department upon realizing his daughter's mistake.
"There is no elk season in Missouri, so free ranging elk are protected," said Tom Strother, an MDC Protection Regional Supervisor. "It is a Wildlife Code violation to shoot a free ranging elk as there are no provisions that outline a hunting season like there is for white-tailed deer."
