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Tragic death of Pennsylvania hunter in tree-stand fire is a lesson for others

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

The sad news that a Pennsylvania deer hunter burned to death in his treestand recently was carried by media outlets across the country.
The sad story “had legs” as news professionals sometimes say, because the terrible tragedy resonated with so many deer hunters across colder climates who have used propane heaters to warm shooting huts. The hunter died Nov. 25 in Fulton County after his treestand caught fire and he couldn’t escape the flames, on the opening morning of deer season.

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NASA gives Pennsylvania researchers $1 million grant for forest study

Featured, Home Page News, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Pennsylvania /

A research team led by a Penn State ecologist has received a $1 million grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to integrate satellite data into predictive modeling to anticipate change in recruitment – the process by which new trees emerge – within forests across the eastern United States.

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Notes off a soiled cuff: High-profile opponents coming out against reintroduction of pine marten in Pennsylvania

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

Interesting how the controversy over the Game Commission’s proposed reintroduction of the pine marten is playing out. High-profile opponents to the plan are coming forward, and we predict more will follow. Look for the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation to follow.

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Opposition to reintroducing the American marten in Pennsylvania is growing

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Opposition to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s proposal to reintroduce the American marten to Pennsylvania forests is growing. 
Shortly after the Nov. 15 end to the agency’s public comment period on the plan to bring back the little predator, Ben Jones, president of the Ruffed Grouse Society and American Woodcock Society, weighed in against the proposal.

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Notes off a soiled cuff: Plenty of similarities between Pennsylvania and Wisconsin when it comes to deer hunting

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

When it comes to deer hunting, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin are a lot alike. Both states have long, rich traditions, huge deer herds and hundreds of thousands of avid, dedicated hunters.
And, unfortunately, both states have chronic wasting disease spreading in their deer herds as well as rapidly aging and shrinking hunter numbers.

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Western Pennsylvania friends go on 2-year wild-trout quest

Featured, Features, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, Pennsylvania /

When his buddy Mike Munson took up Tenkara fly-fishing in wild-trout streams around his hometown of Jones Mills in Westmoreland County last winter, TJ Platt looked on with interest.
Tenkara is a method of fly- fishing that originated in the mountains of Japan and has now developed into a modern pastime. It uses quite long rods, fixed lengths of casting line attached to the rod-tip and simple, impressionistic wet fly patterns.

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Notes off a soiled cuff: 71-year old Pennsylvania hunter grateful for opportunities with a crossbow

Hunting, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

The once bitter debate about whether crossbow use should be allowed in the fall archery deer season has cooled a lot in recent years because so many hunters use them to enjoy the autumn woods. 
Longtime reader Dave Lewis, of Chicora, Pa., is grateful to the Game Commission for making the decision more than a decade ago to allow crossbows in bow season. 
“There has been so much angry discussion on the topic of crossbows over the years – and say what you want – but on Saturday, Sept. 30, this 71-year-old man got his third very worthy buck with a crossbow in the last 12 years,” he said. “Without crossbows, that would not be physically possible for me – and many like me.”

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Notes off a soiled cuff: Fishing leads to better mental health

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A new study shows that men who enjoy fishing as a hobby have better mental health.
The study, conducted by researchers at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, Ulster University and Queen’s University, Belfast, found that fishing on a regular basis contributed to a lower risk of depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts and other mental health conditions.

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Notes off a soiled cuff: Thoughts on proposed raid on Pennsylvania’s Game Fund

Hunting, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

Ironically, the idea to raid the Game Fund to help resolve the state’s budget impasse may have been given to state senators by the leader of the Game Commission.
A few months ago, when the commission’s Executive Director Bryan Burhans was giving the commission’s annual report to the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee, he stressed the great fiscal position the agency enjoys. That caught the attention of the panel’s chairman, Sen. Greg Rothman, R-Cumberland, Dauphin and Perry.

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