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Tom Venesky: Farming for a solution to CWD in Pennsylvania

Featured, Hunting, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

The deer farming industry has often taken much of the blame for the spread of chronic wasting disease to wild deer in Pennsylvania.
Whether the blame is accurate or the industry is unjustly being used as a scapegoat remains open for debate. But in the haste to name a culprit for the spread of CWD, maybe all of the finger pointing has caused us to overlook potential solutions. Perhaps the deer farming industry that has been accused of contributing to the spread of CWD may actually have the remedy.

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Pennsylvania deer farms face a shortage of veterinarians

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

When it comes to the health of their herds, many Pennsylvania deer farmers have to take matters into their own hands. And it’s not by choice.
A shortage of veterinarians that are either trained, or willing, to take on deer farms as clients is scarce in some parts of the state. The shortage of veterinarians has forced many of Pennsylvania’s 650 deer farms – which supply trophy bucks to hunting preserves and are a source for urine-based deer lure – to focus on prevention in the hopes of limiting their need for a veterinarian that can be difficult to find.

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Penn State University is bringing back venison-processing workshop with higher demand from hunters

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

Years ago when Penn State Extension offered a course on how to process venison, it was mainly attended by hunters who wanted to do a better job preparing their harvest for the table.
Ten years after the course was discontinued, it’s coming back this summer. This time, however, the demand is a bit different.

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Tom Venesky: Litter from the sky finds its way to wild places

Home Page News, Nature Page & Night Sky, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

There is no such thing as unspoiled wilderness in Pennsylvania.
Not anymore.
Pristine areas untouched by man no longer exist. There are places that no matter how remote and rugged they are, man’s impact can be seen and felt. And it’s not necessarily the result of the typical forms of encroachment – urban sprawl, natural gas drilling, timbering, etc. This impact originates with harmless intentions yet a high degree of naivety.

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Gary Gronkowski’s drive for cleaner streams make him Pennsylvania Outdoor News’ Person of the Year

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, National Fishing, National Hunting, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Pennsylvania /

As a hunter and angler, Gary Gronkowski cherishes the pristine outdoor landscape that surrounds his home in Luzerne County, Pa.
And he also despises the litter and illegal dumping that ruin those places. That’s why Gronkowski joined the Nanticoke Conservation Club in 1992, and later became its president in 2004 – a position he still holds today.

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New Pennsylvania Game Commission director grilled by legislators

Featured, Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

A recent legislative hearing to discuss the 2019 audit of the Pennsylvania Game Commission veered into other concerns as legislators heard from new agency Executive Director Steve Smith.
During the June 3 hearing with the House Game and Fisheries Committee, Smith did outline several recommendations from the audit that the agency addressed, but legislators had other questions dealing with the Saturday deer season opener, gas royalty payments and problems with transparency.

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Tom Venesky: Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting bill violates U.S. Constitution

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

If you’re a private landowner in Pennsylvania, watch closely to what happens when state House Bill 2106 comes up for a floor vote.
And be prepared to be upset.
The bill repeals the prohibition on Sunday hunting, and it recently passed the House Game and Fisheries Committee, paving the way for a floor vote. In committee, every Democrat member voted for the bill, while all Republicans were unified in opposition. But the issue with the bill isn’t really about Sunday hunting. The problem with the proposal is it violates the U.S. Constitution.

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Pennsylvania legislator Dave Maloney to Gov. Shapiro: Game Commission needs transparency

Featured, Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

The top Republican on the House Game and Fisheries Committee believes the recent meeting to appoint Stephen Smith as the executive director of the Pennsylvania Game Commission possibly violated the Sunshine Act, and he’s asking for the governor to get involved.
A spokesman for the Game Commission said commissioners followed the law when Smith was “appointed to the post during an executive session, followed by a special meeting when the move was finalized by a board vote.”

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Tom Venesky: CWD threat no reason to pass on venison

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

One of the main reasons we hunt for deer is food.
Sure, hunting to survive isn’t a necessity in this day and age, but for many of us venison is a delicacy, and it tastes even better when one completes the full circle – from hunt, harvest and to table. Now, that doesn’t mean an empty freezer at the end of the season equates to a wasted effort. While putting venison on the table is a motivating factor to hit the woods, the experience of the hunt is what truly drives us to pick up a rifle or bow.

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