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Pennsylvania Game Commission has big plans for its new Pymatuning center

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Pymatuning is home to the largest reservoir and one of the biggest state parks in Pennsylvania, and the Game Commission is making a big investment to put its footprint back in the area.
Last month the agency broke ground for the new Pymatuning Wildlife Learning Center, an $8.8 million facility encompassing 9,000 square feet dedicated to education. A grand opening is planned for spring of 2027.

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Tom Venesky: Air rifles for big game in Pennsylvania lacks merit

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Some hunters prefer to hunt deer with traditional bows or a muzzleloader because they like the challenge of hunting with a primitive weapon.
But there’s a big difference between a challenge and ethics. I don’t begrudge anyone who chooses to hunt with a recurve, for example, or even a muzzleloader. They are effective choices when used in the corresponding season. When it comes to the ethical choice, however, I’ve always believed that you use the tool that is most capable of a quick, clean, one-shot kill.

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Pennsylvania Game Commission conducts record prescribed burn in Southwest Pa.

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The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently conducted its largest prescribed burn to date, totaling 2,271 acres in Cambria County.
The burn took place on State Game Land 108 and was completed in less than a day. According to Bryan Whitmore, fire program manager for the Game Commission, the purpose of the burn was to kill mountain laurel and create canopy gaps in the closed chestnut oak overstory.

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This year, all Pennsylvania hunters can get a doe tag

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This year, everyone can get an antlerless deer license in Pennsylvania.
Hunting licenses will go on sale June 23 and, for the first time, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is guaranteeing an antlerless license for all resident hunters in any wildlife management unit. The purchase must be made during the first round prior to July 14. The guarantee is the latest in a progression of changes since the agency first sold antlerless licenses over the counter three years ago.

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Debate continues around later opener for Pennsylvania’s spring turkey season

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Six of the seven states surrounding Pennsylvania start their spring gobbler season a week or two earlier, and the opening day has been a source of debate among hunters in the Keystone State.
On one side are hunters who feel that starting gobbler season earlier will increase the odds of calling in a vocal bird. On the flip side, some of those against tinkering with the opening day believe such a move could be damaging to the turkey population.

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Tom Venesky: Color variations add to unpredictability of nature

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Sometimes, things occur in nature that smash the norms we are accustomed to. I was reminded by this recently when a friend passed along a photo of a bear with four cubs passing through a backyard in Carbon County, Pa. Now, seeing a bear with four cubs would seem out of the ordinary, but that isn’t what was unusual about the photo.

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Economic advantages of fishing and boating in Pennsylvania detailed at hearing

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During a May 6 public hearing before the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee, sportfishing and boating industry representatives casted out some pretty hefty dollar figures to emphasize the economic impact of fishing and boating in Pennsylvania.
And the head of the state Fish & Boat Commission indicated the benefit can be even greater.

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Tom Venesky: Anecdotal signs point to good turkey numbers in Pennsylvania

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During a recent drive across Pennsylvania on Interstate 80, I noticed quite a few roadkills.
But they weren’t deer. Through a nearly 40-mile stretch of the interstate – from Danville to Loganton  – I counted five dead turkeys along the road. Further west, from Snowshoe to Clearfield, I spotted three more along the interstate, for a total of eight.

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Pennsylvania charity event combines fishing, helping sick kids

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When George Bowers started Fishing for a Cause in 2000 in northeast Pennsylvania, the purpose was simple.
An avid angler, Bowers wanted to use his love of fishing to brighten the day for children battling serious illnesses. He did so by making annual trips to the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital in Danville and the Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Wilkes-Barre, delivering gifts of fishing rods and reels to children who had to spend the Christmas holidays in the hospital.

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