Quality, quantity on display during Pennsylvania elk hunt
More than 100 elk taken for a success rate of 89 percent, with numerous trophy elk harvested.
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On the rebound: WMUs dictate Pennsylvania turkey hunting seasons
While season lengths in most WMUs remain unchanged from last year, the first season segment has been shortened from three weeks to two in WMU 4E, and from two weeks to one in WMUs 4A and 4B – to help those populations rebound from declining trends.
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Pennsylvania man sentences for assault, poaching
Rusty Stephen Garlock, 25, of Three Springs, Pa., was sentenced recently in Huntingdon County court after pleading to charges stemming from an assault on Wildlife Conservation Officer Richard Macklem II as he attempted to stop Garlock’s vehicle during a poaching incident in 2016, the Pennsylvania Game Commission said in a news release Wednesday, Oct. 18.
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Lead poisoning of bald eagles on the rise in Pennsylvania
Game Commission: Hunters can help keep eagles safe by burying entrails of harvested game.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission: Reason for optimism this pheasant season
Even though pheasant production has been trimmed, hunters heading afield this fall might not notice much difference in the number of pheasants they flush. The Game Commission still plans to release about 170,000 pheasants, a modest reduction from the goal of 200,000 pheasants in recent years. And nearly all of those birds are being released
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Air gun, semi-automatic use extended to special regs areas in Pennsylvania
Provisions vary from those implemented elsewhere statewide.
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In Pennsylvania, free CWD tests for DMA-harvested deer
Hunters encouraged to use any of 26 collection bins placed within Disease Management Areas.
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Game Commission appoints region directors
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has appointed new directors of the Southwest Region Office in Bolivar and the North-central Region Office in Jersey Shore. Thomas Fazi, of Ligonier, was named director of the Southwest Region Office on Aug. 12, while David Mitchell, of Saylorsburg, was named director of the Northcentral Region Office on July 29. Fazi,
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In Pennsylvania, trophy elk euthanized after wandering into disease management area
The 8- by 9-point bull has been submitted for disease testing, and results are pending.
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