Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the Aug. 28, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
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Pennsylvania hunters once again demonstrated their generosity by setting another record for unmatched venison donations through Hunters Sharing the Harvest, the group announced in late July.
During the 2025-26 hunting seasons, hunters donated 294,844 pounds of venison from 8,382 deer harvested across the commonwealth, making Pennsylvania the nation’s leading venison donation state for yet another year.
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The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission and the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources on Aug. 13 announced a new, collaborative statewide public fishing and boating access strategy.
The strategy provides a clear blueprint for state agencies and their partner organizations to follow as they develop, plan, and enhance public access opportunities in their communities.
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A recently introduced bill in the state Senate would restrict the abilities of Pennsylvania Game Commission game wardens from entering private property beyond the recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling gutting the Open Fields Doctrine here.
Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie, introduced Senate Bill 1431 on Aug. 11 that would require commission officers to have a warrant to enter any property, posted or not, outside of buildings.
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission and state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources leaders joined community partners to celebrate the opening of a new river access at the French Azilum historical site in Bradford County.
The river access, which features a concrete boat launch for unpowered boats, parking lot with ADA parking spaces and walkway, and restroom, and campsites, provides accessible public access to the North Branch of the Susquehanna River.
A new Susquehanna River access open in Pennsylvania’s Bradford County Read More »
Melvin “Jimmy” Adams, of Herndon, Pa., hauled in a 29-pound, 14 ounce king salmon on July 20 to win the $16,000 Grand Prize in the Summer Lake Ontario Counties Trout and Salmon Derby.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 28, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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After decades covering public policymaking related to hunting, fishing and natural resources management in Pennsylvania, when an unpopular decision is made that makes no sense to me, I always figure there are things I don’t know. Rarely are decision-makers initially candid about their motivations. And so it is with the Game and Fish & Boat commissions’ recent decision to jointly eliminate their deputy law enforcement officers.
The Labrador retriever is as expected a sight in a duck boat as a bag of decoys would be. Their place in the waterfowl world, as well as the upland world, is pretty much unrivaled.
They generally find their way into more human-assistance roles than any other breed out there. Anyone who has owned a Labrador knows why this is. But they may not know the breed’s whole history, which is pretty incredible.
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