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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Pennsylvania Game Commission seeks help for habitat projects
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is looking for able-bodied volunteers interested in making a difference. In the coming months, the agency has planned several habitat workdays on State Game Land 36 in Franklin Township and State Game Land 123 in South Creek Township, both in Bradford County.
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Pennsylvania game agency monitoring avian influenza in wild birds in state
This winter, avian influenza viruses have continued to circulate in wild birds across Pennsylvania, and more birds will be migrating to and through the state in the coming weeks. Strains of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus have been present in Pennsylvania’s wild birds since early 2022.
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New game wardens join Pennsylvania Game Commission ranks
Adam Beinhauer, of Pittsburgh (Lancaster County); Wade Clark III, of Apollo (Bedford County); Benjamin Conklin, of Effort (Carbon County); Joseph D’Andrea, of Congers, N.Y. (Carbon County); Joshua Elchin, of Windber (Blair County); Peter Havens, of Willing, N.
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Pennsylvania’s schedule for doe tag sales to change
Antlerless license sales presently follow a set schedule determined by the calendar.
First-round sales for residents begin on the fourth Monday in June; non-residents can first purchase licenses on the second Monday in July. Rounds two, three and four sales for all hunters begin the fourth Monday in July, the second Monday in August and the fourth Monday in August, respectively.
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Pennsylvania’s certified hunter program may expand
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners voted to preliminarily approve regulations that will guide the agency’s Certified Hunter Program, which connects hunters and landowners as a means of addressing crop-damage concerns.
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Pennsylvania NE Office is offering four wildlife education programs
The Pennsylvania Game Commissions Northeast Region will host a four-part wildlife educational series that’s open to the public and designed to provide engaging informational programs on wildlife and conservation.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission deals add more than 1,000 acres to game lands
Pennsylvania game commissioners at their Jan. 24 meeting, approved 13 real estate transactions – eight land acquisitions and five land exchanges – that would add more than 1,125 acres to state game lands.
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