{"id":278752,"date":"2026-09-04T06:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278752\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T06:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T06:46:07","slug":"berks-county-deer-management-program-returns-berks-regional-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/278752\/","title":{"rendered":"Berks County &#8216;deer management program&#8217; returns | Berks Regional News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, Pa. \u2013 Berks County\u2019s annual deer management program is just around the corner.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.berkspa.gov\/getmedia\/0d1049ba-ef59-4a11-b6bc-7532f5365cd6\/260903-Press-Relesase-FINAL-hunting-program-2026-2027.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The program<\/a> allows archery-only hunting in areas where hunting is usually forbidden. That includes on Mount Penn and in Antietam Lake Park.<\/p>\n<p>The program is meant to help reduce deer populations and rebalance the local ecosystem.<\/p>\n<p>Hunters have to apply for the permit, pass a proficiency test and attend an orientation before setting out for the woods.<\/p>\n<p>The program begins on Sept. 19 and goes through Jan. 24, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. \u2013 Berks County\u2019s annual deer management program is just around the corner. The program allows archery-only&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278753,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[116666,66684,349,78208,116665,8668,128,130,129],"class_list":["post-278752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-antietam-lake-park","tag-archery-hunting","tag-berks-county","tag-deer-management","tag-hunting-program","tag-mount-penn","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=278752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}