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Philly’s Heinz Wildlife Refuge opens just to deer hunters, angering birders in prime viewing season

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service received no real pushback last year when it proposed opening the John Heinz at Tinicum National Wildlife Refuge to bow hunting for white-tailed deer for the first time in nearly 50 years - until now.

George Armistead, long-time John Heinz at Tinicum National Wildlife Refuge visitor and president of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Society has a problem with the refuge shutting down access in prime birding time, for a deer hunt for bow hunters.
George Armistead, long-time John Heinz at Tinicum National Wildlife Refuge visitor and president of the Delaware Valley Ornithological Society has a problem with the refuge shutting down access in prime birding time, for a deer hunt for bow hunters.Read moreMICHAEL BRYANT / Staff Photographer