In Pennsylvania, public helps keep tabs on turkey population
The survey for the first time will include a mobile app to report findings.
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In Pennsylvania, a pheasant habitat success story
Youth hunt represents the first time since the WPRA program’s startup that wild pheasants will be able to be hunted in the recovery areas.
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Wildlife agency creates new position in effort to fight CWD in Pennsylvania
Wayne Laroche will lead Pennsylvania Game Commission in advancing chronic wasting disease campaign.
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Historic ‘comeback’ for piping plovers in Pennsylvania?
Absent as a breeding bird in Pennsylvania since the mid-1950s, two pairs of federally endangered piping plovers returned this year to nest in Gull Point Natural Area at Presque Isle State Park in Erie County.
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In this part of Pennsylvania, a first for CWD in the wild
Chronic wasting disease has spread to free-ranging buck in an area of the state where it previously had been detected only in captive deer.
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In Pennsylvania, semiautomatic rifles, air guns could find their way into Special Regulations Areas after all
Hunters within Special Regulations Areas must follow different guidelines than in other parts of the state, and are limited to using manually operated rimfire rifles, shotguns, muzzleloading long guns and archery equipment.
Hunting in Pennsylvania: Additional electronic devices get preliminary OK
If the measure is adopted, hunters would be able to use electronic decoys in hunting waterfowl; electronically heated scent or lure dispensers; and electronic devices that distribute ozone gas for scent-control purposes.
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A good year for hunter safety in Pennsylvania
Low number of hunting-related shooting incidents, no fatalities in 2016.
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Pennsylvania steps up fight against CWD
Disease Management Area 2 will be expanded significantly eastward, increasing its area from 2,846 square miles to 4,095 square miles, and within DMA 2, two new Deer Management Assistance Program units have been created to focus hunter effort in areas where multiple CWD-positive deer have been found.
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