Pennsylvania Game Commission approves real estate deals
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their July 10 quarterly meeting, approved the following land acquisitions:
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Resurgence of the piping plover hits decade milestone in Pennsylvania
Absent from Pennsylvania for over 60 years, the federal and state endangered piping plover, a small shorebird, has made a comeback at Presque Isle State Park here.
Federal, state and local officials came together at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center in Erie July 18-19 for “Pennsylvania Piping Plover Fest,” a celebration of the shorebird’s 10 consecutive years of nesting in the commonwealth.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission lists recent oil, gas and mineral deals
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their July 10 quarterly meeting, approved the following oil, gas and mineral agreements:
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Pennsylvania House approves a bill to move Hunter-Trapper Education into the schools
In an effort to make Hunter-Trapper Education more accessible to students across the state, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives resoundingly approved House Bill 2460 (180-22) to provide opportunities for the course to be taught in schools.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission asks for wild turkey sightings to be reported
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is again asking the public to report sightings of all wild turkeys they see this summer. The annual Wild Turkey Summer Sighting Survey runs July 1 through Aug. 31.
Public participation is important for wild turkey population management. These reports allow the agency to estimate how good the wild turkey “hatch” was and compare long-term reproductive success within Pennsylvania and across states, as this is a standard methodology used across the country.
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Pennsylvania sets migratory game bird seasons for this fall
Pennsylvania’s 2026-27 migratory game bird seasons have been set.
Annual migratory game bird seasons are selected by states from frameworks established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Game Commission selections were made after reviewing last year’s hunter harvests, population survey data and public input.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission says spring gobbler season outlook very good
History provides context on just how good Pennsylvania spring turkey hunters have had it lately.
During the state’s first spring turkey season in 1968, the total take was 1,636. Compare that to last year, when hunters harvested an estimated 42,543 birds. Not only was that the largest spring turkey harvest in the last five years, it wasn’t far off the all-time record of 44,639, set in 2009.
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Highlights from meeting of the Pennsylvania game commissioners
Harrisburg — Pennsylvania game commissioners at their April 11 meeting
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Pennsylvania’s estimated deer harvest up 6% in ’25-26; archers lead buck take
Pennsylvania hunters harvested about 6% more deer in the 2025-26 hunting seasons than they did the year before, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates.
The statewide 2025-26 deer harvest was estimated at 505,600 deer, 185,310 of them antlered and 320,290 antlerless. By comparison, the statewide 2024-25 harvest was estimated at 476,880 deer.
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