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Pennsylvania man dies when ATV crashes through the ice

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Maryland officials are investigating the death of a Pennsylvania man who fell through the ice on a side-by-side UTV at Deep Creek Lake in western Maryland Saturday, Feb. 22.
David Theodore Linsenbigler, 58, of Greensburg, Westmoreland County, was found submerged with the UTV in the 3,900-acre reservoir, according to Maryland Natural Resources police public information officer Hunter Dortenzo.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission confiscates castrated buck with antlers removed that was kept as pet

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A Fayette County, Pa., woman has been charged in connection with keeping a wild deer as a pet and resisting its removal from her property.
Tammy Shiery, 64, was arrested Feb. 25 when she tried to prevent state game wardens from seizing a two-year-old buck the Pennsylvania Game Commission alleges she illegally adopted and kept at her Bullskin Township home. The deer, which she named Baby, had been castrated and surgically altered to prevent antler growth, according to commission southwest region information and education supervisor Andy Harvey.

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Sharpshooters to cull deer at 2 Pittsburgh parks

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Despite declaring the second year of controlled bowhunting in city parks a success, officials in Pittsburgh have enlisted federal sharpshooters to cull deer through the end of March in the two largest parks.
Although 50 archers had harvested a total of 199 whitetails in Frick, Riverview, Schenley, Highland, and Emerald View parks when the season ended Jan. 25, marksmen from the U.S. Department of Agriculture were slated to begin performing night-time targeted removal in Frick and Riverview the week of Feb. 11.

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Bizarre, invasive jumping worms are infesting Pennsylvania

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Although jumping worms make for lively bait, they can spell disaster for Pennsylvania forests.
Unlike European earth worms, which provide a variety of environmental services, such as nutrient recycling and soil aeration, the jumping worm – a southeast Asian native and relative newcomer to the U.S. – has been known to strip forest floors of vital leaf litter, and disrupt the food chain, according to entomologists like Penn State University’s Michael Skvarla.

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Pennsylvania pair face charges for chasing fox with snowmobiles

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A Lebanon County man and a juvenile who admitted to harassing and trying to hit a red fox while on snowmobiles in Heidelberg Township Jan. 20 face multiple charges, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Jeffrey Horst, 20, of Myerstown, and his accomplice have been charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals and conspiracy to commit cruelty to animals, and summary game code violations, including disturbance of wildlife, using a motor vehicle to hunt, unlawful taking or attempting to take, and unlawful implement of take.

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Neighbor saves Carbon County, Pa., man in attack by rabid bear

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A Carbon County, Pa., man feels lucky to be alive, having survived an attack by a rabid black bear that was killed by a quick-acting neighbor.
Andrew Nierer, of Jim Thorpe, was making a food run to a grocery store Jan. 19 when, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, a bear “aggressively approached” and then scratched and bit him.

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Popular Pennsylvania outdoor writer starts new chapter in his life after retirement

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After penning his final story for Lancaster LNP – his 1,645th in a 37-year career – Ad Crable immediately began hearing from readers.
At last count, more than 300 fans had reached out to thank Crable for his columns and features about hunting, fishing and the great outdoors, and he plans to send each one a personal response.

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At long last, ice fishing occurring across most of Pennsylvania

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The deep freeze of recent weeks had ice anglers across Pennsylvania dusting off the tip-ups, augers, and other gear they hadn’t used in at least two years.
And with more frosty weather in the forecast, hardwater action may have been just heating up.
“It’s shaping up to be a pretty good season,” Tackle Shack’s Mike Haraschak reported Jan. 17, when Tioga County lakes offered plenty of fishable ice. “People haven’t been able to ice fish much the past couple of winters, so everyone has the itch to go out.”

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Pennsylvania Game Commission euthanizes 600 geese in HPAI action

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In an effort to stem the spread of avian influenza, the Pennsylvania Game Commission performed the massive euthanasia of snow geese at two sites in the greater Allentown area where the virus has resurged in recent weeks.
Nearly 600 migratory geese believed to have been infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza – often referred to as HPAI – were shot, and their carcasses removed, the week of Jan. 13 at two privately-owned quarries in Upper Macungie Township in Lehigh County and Lower Nazareth Township in Northampton County.

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