Key bills likely to die on vine
With just a few days left in the legislative session as this issue went to press, it looked like none of the nine bills affecting hunters and fishermen had a strong chance of being approved and becoming law.
Jeff Mulhollem
Farmers report more crop damage by deer
State game commissioners got an earful about increased crop damage by deer at their recent meeting.
Audit of Pennsylvania Game Commission will likely look at vehicle costs
Pennsylvania auditor general expected to review size of Game Commission’s SUV fleet
Again, Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission asks for Susquehanna River to be declared ‘impaired’
State agencies still sparring over fate of polluted, once-great Pennsylvania smallmouth bass fishery
Pennsylvania Game Commission on the verge of upgrading status of osprey
After 30-year reintroduction and recovery program, Pennsylvania agency ready to call population “secure”
Drought threatening wild trout survival
If this year seems to you to be extremely hot and dry, it’s because it has been. If you are worried about how the parched conditions are affecting wild trout waters, you are justified.
Whitetail taste test: Most invasive plants rejected
University Park, Pa. — Selective browsing by white-tailed deer likely is promoting the spread of some invasive plant species in northeastern U.S. forests, as deer avoid eating vegetation they find unpalatable. That’s the conclusion of researchers who conducted a study of deer dietary choices at the Penn State Deer Research Center, during which captive deer were simultaneously offered a selection…
Pennsylvania game commissioners reply to Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania on predators questions
High predator numbers continue to be an issue in Pennsylvania
More CWD detected in southwestern Pennsylvania
Management area
will be enlarged
PGC plan to ban drones is grounded
Turns out, it was the Game Commission’s drone-control plan – and not drones – that didn’t fly.
Can carp ‘remember’ cicadas? Can trout distinguish faces?
Fish intelligence in question in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission’s just graduated K-9s should be welcomed by hunters
Game Commission’s dogs bad medicine for poachers in Pennsylvania; good news for hunters
Decision time nears for CWD outbreak in wild Pennsylvania deer
Pennsylvania officials pondering deer culls to slow disease spread.
Pennsylvania hunters should heed Samuel L. Jackson’s warning
New regulation requires they remove old licenses and tags from their wallets
Pennsylvania communities must try hunting before getting deer-cull permits
PA Game Commission decides communities must allow hunting before getting deer-cull permit
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission is marking its 150th anniversary
State agency celebrating watermark protecting water quality, fisheries
Bear population – at 20,000 – may be at a limit for state of Pennsylvania
Bears are at social carrying capacity for state of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission discusses archery season for both deer and bears in early November
Allowing archers in Pennsylvania to take both deer and bears for a week in November discussed
A prickly problem in Pennsylvania – how to curtail damage done by porcupines
Pennsylvania game commissioners grapple with how to limit destruction caused by rodent.
Harrisburg, Pa., mayor, NRA butt heads over funding for outdoor show security
Mayor demands big increase for city police officers to provide NRA-sponsored outdoor show security
Cal DuBrock is Goddard Chair at Penn State
Retired Game Commission wildlife management director lands at university
Wondering if there is going to be ice fishing in Pennsylvania this winter
Strangely warm December days, long-term weather forecast point to little hard water.
Does pheasant program’s ‘marketing’ value negate need for Pennsylvania pheasant-hunting stamp?
Game commissioner explains his opposition to a Pennsylvania pheasant stamp
It seems like most agree, Pennsylvania needs a pheasant hunting stamp
Steep cost of raising and stocking ringnecks demands a user fee — time to pay to play
Antlers from escaped trophy buck, shot by hunter, go back to deer farm owner
Deer farm owner, archer settle out of court; bowhunter gives up antlers, venison
Steep hunting, fishing license fee increases proposed in Pennsylvania
Cost of hunting, fishing in Pennsylvania likely to increase sharply in next few years.
