Pennsylvania
Supreme Court tells PGC: Deal with hogs
Harrisburg – Like the proverbial holiday fruitcake, feral hogs are the gift that no one has ever wanted to claim. Now, though, like it or not, they belong to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. That’s essentially
Southcentral Region
Yellow Breeches Creek (Cumberland County) – Tiny black stoneflies (size 20s and 22s) were reported on the creek around New Year’s. Laurel Lake (Cumberland County) – A trout stocking was slated for Jan. 4. Lake
Coyote hunts pop up across state
Port Matilda, Pa. – If you thought that attending outdoor sports shows, tying flies and ice fishing were the only things to do during the long winter, think again. Organized coyote and predator hunts are
DCNR official: Hunting always had our support
Harrisburg – After absorbing criticism in recent years for being anti-hunting – especially when it comes to its Pennsylvania Wilds initiative – state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources officials have decided to make it
Strange Clearfield canine not a wild wolf, PGC says
University Park, Pa. – A very large canine creature killed in southern Clearfield County in mid- to late November, suspected of being a wolf or wolf hybrid, was examined at the Penn State Animal Diagnostic
Northcentral Region
Spring Creek (Centre County) – This popular stream, which includes Fisherman’s Paradise, was fishable around Christmas when others in the region were not. As a limestoner, it offers relatively stable flow and temperatures most of
Bogus Tioga DCNR signs: ‘Spare does’
Wellsboro, Pa. – A clever hoax involving the posting of bogus signs just before deer season urging hunters not to kill does in state forest in Tioga County was foiled when rangers on patrol discovered
Southeast Region
Promised Land, Peck’s Pond (Pike County) Lake Minsi (Northampton County) – Nockamixon Sports Shop reports that anglers were finding nice catches of perch and pickerel on these popular ice-fishing destinations as conditions allowed. Lehigh River
