{"id":53835,"date":"2025-12-06T19:50:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T19:50:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/53835\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T19:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T19:50:37","slug":"deer-poachers-on-atvs-strike-at-pennsylvania-elementary-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/53835\/","title":{"rendered":"Deer poachers on ATVs strike at Pennsylvania elementary school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Authorities in Pennsylvania are investigating a deer-poaching incident that involved ATVs and the use of spotlights at an elementary school in Northampton County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The illegal hunting activity, which resulted in the killing of at least one white-tailed deer, occurred at Williams Township Elementary School on Nov. 30 at about 3 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Pennsylvania Game Commission stated in a news release that it has footage showing individuals on two ATVs shooting at deer on school property. But positive identification could not be made from the video.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Generic deer image.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"576\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/010df60e38661d39fb1c3570df444f0a.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Generic deer image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThis incident not only occurred within safety zones of the Williams Township Elementary School, but also numerous private residences,\u201d the Pennsylvania Game Commission added.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/grizzly-bear-charges-past-trail-214010598.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ALSO: Grizzly bear charges past trail camera, revealing massive claws;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ALSO: Grizzly bear charges past trail camera, revealing massive claws<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Commission asks that individuals with potentially helpful information contact its Southeast Region office at 1-833-PGC-HUNT, or leave a report via the Operation Game Thief Hotline at 1-888-PGC-8001. Tips are also accepted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/pgc\/huntingandtrapping\/regulations\/operation-game-thief\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:online;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">This article originally appeared on For The Win: <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/outdoors\/2025\/12\/04\/deer-shot-atvs-pennsylvania-elementary-school-investigation\/87606596007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Deer shot from ATVs at Pennsylvania elementary school;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Deer shot from ATVs at Pennsylvania elementary school<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authorities in Pennsylvania are investigating a deer-poaching incident that involved ATVs and the use of spotlights at an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":53836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30212,434,28,9183,30,29,30213,30211],"class_list":{"0":"post-53835","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-elementary-school","9":"tag-northampton-county","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-pennsylvania-game-commission","12":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","13":"tag-pennsylvania-news","14":"tag-the-williams-township-elementary-school","15":"tag-williams-township-elementary-school"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53835","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=53835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}