Crossbow bill moves to another committee
Crossbow advocates scored a minor victory last month when the Senate environmental conservation committee moved legislation that would put the decision on crossbow use in the hands of the DEC
Staff Report
DEC’s law enforcement director Fanelli retiring
Peter Fanelli, director of DEC’s Division of Law Enforcement, is retiring next month.
PGC slightly cuts back on doe tags
Your chances of getting a doe tag this fall are infinitely greater than your chances of drawing an elk tag, there’s no doubt about that.
Survey: Split seasons are not the answer
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s attempt to satisfy hunters by going to split deer seasons has largely failed.
Rockland Co. rifle bill resurfaces in Albany
Wyoming County proposal would make rifle use permanent
Commissioners signal few changes for doe licenses
According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the state’s deer harvest this past hunting season was about average, and the number of doe licenses issued for this coming hunting season probably will be, too.
Public hears bad news about CWD at meeting
The spread of chronic wasting disease to Pennsylvania’s wild deer herd is going to mean changes.
Hearings agenda is full plate in 2013
Sportsmen will have a chance to vote Monday, April 8 on 99 rule change proposals and advisory questions that range from motor trolling to using dogs to hunt wolves to allowing crossbow use during the archery deer season.
Crossbow clause left out of spending plan
A state budget amendment that would have allowed the DEC to decide whether crossbow use should be liberalized has been left out of the 2013-14 spending plan.
Special bass regulations now in effect statewide
New statewide and specific site bass fishing regulations are now in effect for the 2013-2014 license year.
Agencies merger study to proceed
It’s looking like the state Legislature is again going to press forward with the idea of merging the Pennsylvania Game and Fish & Boat commissions.
Bill would negate action by PGC banning all wild hogs
The fate of hogs may soon once again be up in the air.
Tests reveal 3 CWD deer killed in 2 counties
In recent years, Pennsylvania Game Commission officials have talked about when, not if, chronic wasting disease would show up in the state’s wild deer
Trout stocking numbers down this season
Mortality at Rome leaves production down by 300,000
Is feral hog battle winnable in New York?
Report says legislation needed in New York
Lawmaker: Merge the commissions
They looked at it in 1989. They looked at it in 2003. They may look at it again this year.
Record safe season in 2012
24 incidents, two fatalities
Albany rally still gaining momentum
Gun owners and sportsmen were poised to descend on Albany next week to protest New York’s recently enacted SAFE Act gun legislation.
PGC to divide WMU 2G in two
There was a time last summer when it looked as if Pennsylvania game commissioners might change the boundaries of several wildlife management units.
Survey: Lake Ontario fishing better than ever
Lake Ontario fishing – at least for the big lake’s salmonids – just keeps getting better.
Veto keeps youth hunt untouched
Crossbow use ‘sunsets’ effective Dec. 31, 2012
Flap: Did bear really kill a Clinton man?
One thing is known for certain about the mid-October death of Gary Lininger: He died in the forest near his rural Clinton County home while cutting firewood.
N.Y. scrambles to get info out on CWD regulations
Pa.-killed deer can’t be transported back into New York
Deer collisions top 80,000 in N.Y.
Third highest figure in U.S.
Department of Agriculture investigating possible 2nd case of chronic wasting disease
Pennsylvania may have its second case of chronic wasting disease.
CFAB planning push for license ‘restructuring’
A license “restructuring” that could be pushed by the state’s Conservation Fund Advisory Board next year would actually roll back some sporting license fees just four years after an increase.
