Pennsylvania letters to the editor: Doesn’t like antler restrictions
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the Dec. 7 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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December 7, 2022
Natural Resources Commission declines to increase turkey bag
Commission OKs changing season to one two-week hunt in Michigan’s Turkey Management Unit E.
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Commentary: United Bowhunters of PA president clarifies position on Sunday hunting
In recent editions of this paper, the United Bowhunters of Pennsylvania organization has been criticized for our September comments to the game commissioners regarding the placement of the agency’s discretionary Sunday granted through state Act 107. While we welcome the criticism, the comments made have been inaccurate.
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Michigan license sales dip slightly in 2022
Deer license sales fell by 1.2%, while overall hunting licenses were down 1.3%.
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Notes off a soiled cuff: Thoughts on poachers, license sales and deer opener
– We could have labeled this “The Special Poaching Edition,” because we have inside two of the most troubling stories about alleged serial poachers we have ever published. One seemingly specialized in illegally killing deer; the other turkeys. Makes you wonder how many guys like this are out there … – One of the continuing
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Goshawk vaccination effort holds promise
Pittsburgh — A ground-breaking effort to protect northern goshawks from West Nile virus is also enabling wildlife biologists to learn more about the secretive, forest-dwelling raptor that was state-listed as endangered in October. In what is believed to be a first, state game officials captured a nesting female goshawk in June to vaccinate her against
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Deer processors dwindle; demand rises across Pennsylvania
Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Despite representing the peak time for their businesses, some deer processors across the state anticipate having to close their doors at some point during the rifle deer season. With little break between the seven-week archery season, followed by the statewide bear season leaving just three days before the Nov. 26 start of
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Daily Update: Endangered bat
Because of white-nose syndrome, this bat now faces extinction.
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Pennsylvania bear harvest is down in 2022
State College, Pa. — If you had arrived at the Centre County bear check station on the second day of the season in hopes of seeing hunter-shot bears, you would have been disappointed. Early Sunday morning, biologists there checked one Saturday-killed bear – and then no other bears all day. The Huntingdon check station tallied
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