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Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports

Some of continent’s largest black bears come from Pennsylvania

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No other Pennsylvania hunting season offers such a potentially big payoff as this one.
Last year, hunters harvested 2,920 black bears across Pennsylvania, getting at least one in 58 of the state’s 67 counties and 20 of its 22 wildlife management units. They took seven in the early season, 695 in archery season, 541 in the muzzleloader and special firearms seasons, 1,086 in the regular firearms season, and 591 in the extended seasons. Some were massive, too.

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Charges filed against three Chester County, Pa., men in huge deer poaching case

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A nearly two-year investigation by the Pennsylvania Game Commission has led to the filing of 71 charges against three Chester County residents – a father and his two adult sons – who are accused of poaching dozens upon dozens of trophy bucks in Chester and Delaware counties.

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Archery season gets started across Pennsylvania

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More than 350,000 bowhunters will pursue whitetails across Pennsylvania this fall. Archery season began in Wildlife Management Units 2B, 5C and 5D – those are the ones surrounding Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, respectively – on Sept. 21 and runs through Nov. 29, including two Sundays, Nov. 17 and 24, then comes back in from Dec. 26-Jan. 25.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission’s popular elk cam is now available online

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The action is heating up on northcentral Pennsylvania’s elk range, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission once again is inviting people everywhere to view it in real time online.
The Game Commission’s Elk Cam, a 24-7 livestream that can be accessed here, launched the end of August. And if history is an indicator, the best is yet to come, with elk continually becoming more active in coming weeks and putting on a show for the camera.

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Groundhog gets in claw machine game in Blair County, Pa.

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Who doesn’t love the claw machine game? Those arcade favorites have the best prizes. From a cute stuffed animal to a football, or maybe rubber duckies, or a groundhog … wait, a WHAT?
Employees at the Meadows Family Fun Mini Golf in Duncansville, Blair County, Pa., were startled by an unusual “prize” inside one of their claw machine games Aug. 6.

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