Ducks fall flight could falter in ’16
Anticipation for duck season is building. Will we see a strong fall flight of ducks winging south?
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Legislation aiming to reverse deer debate
Is it an end run-style attempt to replace the Pennsylvania Game Commission with another entity more attentive to one particular group of hunters? Or a legitimate attempt to better serve sportsmen and rural economies?
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Court rejects appeal of New York assault weapons ban
Staff and AP Report Washington (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected challenges to assault weapons bans in Connecticut and New York, in the aftermath of the shooting attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., that left 50 people dead. The justices last month left in place a lower court ruling that upheld laws
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Session ends with lack of action
State lawmakers were poised to leave town last week at the close of a session that could only be called unproductive.
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Bill to allow use of airbows introduced
Harrisburg — A bill that would add a new tool to Pennsylvania’s hunting woods has been introduced, even while two others with similar goals have stalled. Rep. Marc Gergely is prime sponsor of House Bill 2081. It would legalize tools like the Crosman Airbow for use in firearms deer seasons. Right now, all air-powered weapons
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Prickly problem: PGC may reclassify porcupines as furbearer
Harrisburg — In theory, Pennsylvania could have a porcupine trapping season sooner rather than later. That doesn’t mean it will, though, apparently. Pennsylvania Game Commis-sioners have given preliminary approval to a proposal to reclassify the prickly species as a furbearer. Final approval of the measure could come when the board next gets together in Harrisburg
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Turkey Federation funds $150,000 worth of habitat work
Pittsburgh — The National Wild Turkey Federation approved nearly $150,000 in improvements across Pennsylvania in 2016. With Pennsylvania’s spring gobbler season in progress, the state’s turkeys are benefiting – now and in the future – from habitat work performed in partnership with NWTF. More than 70 habitat-enhancement projects impacting more than 2,600 acres, mostly on
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For the birds: Pheasant farm getting $1M in budget money
Upgrades planned at Reynolds facility Ithaca, N.Y. — Eight years ago, the state’s lone remaining pheasant-rearing facility – the Richard E. Reynolds Game Farm – was targeted for closure amid a state budget crisis. This year, the aging facility near Cornell University is poised to receive $1 million in NY Works funding for major repairs and
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Judges dismisses charges in Lac qui Parle County poaching case
Dawson, Minn., man had faced 13 counts; case turned on use of tracking device
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