In 1906, 50 deer were imported from Michigan and placedin the refuges; the following year witnessed the passage ofthe famous buck law, thus giving doe absolute protection.
Two men, Dr. Joseph Kalbfus and John M. Phillips de-serve the thanks of all Pennsylvania sportsmen for their un-tiring labor in conservation activities and the wisdom theydisplayed in planning programs that have given Pennsvlvaniaone of the largest deer herds in the country. By the year1930, the legal deer kill had reached 95,000 animals. By 1940the herd had reached an estimated population of a millionanimals and the kill for that year was 186,575 deer!
