Benezette, Pa. — This year’s fall elk season in Pennsylvania included a new twist. An earlier rifle season was added Oct. 3-11, during the peak of the elk rut.
What had become the normal rifle elk season followed Oct 31-Nov. 8. The earlier season was the first chance for rifle hunters to pursue elk during the peak of the rut, and it provided exciting opportunities.
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