Pennsylvania
Pa. Game Commission posts agenda for April meeting on its Web site
Harrisburg — The agenda for the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners’ meeting, which is slated for April 19-20, was recently posted on the agency’s Web site (www.pgc.state.pa.us, and can be viewed by clicking the “Next
PGC, minor league baseball team announce ticket discount for sportsmen
Harrisburg — Coupling two of America’s favorite pastimes – baseball and hunting – the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Altoona Curve AA Baseball officials recently announced that fans who bring their current Pennsylvania hunting or furtaker
West Virginia woman guilty of poaching in Washington County, Pa.
Harrisburg — Trishelle Barish, 22, of Weirton, W. Va., recently pled guilty to 10 charges related to a poaching incident in mid-January in Hanover Township, Washington County, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Barish pled
Two charged in two-day poaching spree in Westmoreland County
Harrisburg — A two-day poaching spree in early December that resulted in at least eight dead deer has been resolved with guilty pleas by two Westmoreland County men. Ryan Simonds, 20, of Derry, and Garrett
Trout season opens in southeast to decent weather
Early-season trout-stocked program waters closed at 12:01 a.m. April 1 and will remain off-limits until opening day of trout season, which was April 3 in the southeastern counties and will be April 17 in the
2009 buck kill worst one yet
Harrisburg – Pennsylvania deer hunters last season posted the lowest deer kill on record since 1987. According to figures recently released by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, hunters during the 2009-10 deer season shot an estimated
PGC: Fawns are holding steady in harvest
Harrisburg – Rolled up in the deer-harvest figures reported by the Pennsylvania Game Commission recently were statistics agency officials said prove that predation of fawns has not increased appreciably by coyotes, bears or anything else.
Cows absolved of causing global warming with nitrous oxide
In the past environmentalists, from Lord Stern to Sir Paul McCartney, have urged people to stop eating meat because the methane produced by cattle causes global warming. However a new study found that cattle grazed
