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Pennsylvania Approves Six-Month Porcupine Hunting Season

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Gaming Commission says pesky porcupines can be hunted, giving its approval for a nearly six-month hunting season.

Commissioners approved the proposal Tuesday but favored a hunting season from Sept. 1 to March 31 instead of the initial year-long season.

According to the agreement, the daily limit is just six of the small, slow-moving, razo-sharp rodents and hunters who go after them can use any legal sporting arm to kill them.

Porcuplines were a protected species in the state, but residents had been allowed to kill them if they were causing damage to property. The rodents can cause problems because they're attracted to wood and salt, sometimes damaging homes or even chewing through brake lines.

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