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Hunting license hike may be on

Harrisburg – There are some who labeled last year’s decision by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to shorten doe season in four wildlife management units a blatant attempt to trade deer for dollars. If that’s what

Replacement-value poaching fees OK’d

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania game commissioners covered a long list of business items at their January quarterly meeting – and some of them made headlines – but for Commissioner Jay Delaney, of Wilkes- Barre, one item

‘Yes’ on crossbows doesn’t end issue

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania’s crossbow controversy? It ain’t over yet. A battle that has seen commissioners pitted against commissioners and hunters against hunters can now add state legislators to the list of people involved in the

PF&BC to lawmakers: Need annual licenses

Harrisburg – In the year or so after the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission last raised fishing license fees in 2005, the agency watched the number of its customers plummet by nearly 10 percent. The

Stocked trout report delayed by PF&BC

Harrisburg – There’s probably no single image so closely associated with the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission – among serious and casual anglers alike – than its trout-stocking program. But is that program cost-effective? We’re

Warning is sounded on gas-drilling impacts

University Park – With the unprecedented wave of deep-well, natural-gas drilling occurring across much of Pennsylvania, care must be taken to minimize impacts on wildlife and forests so critical to the state’s economy and heritage,

Organized hunting of coyotes is burgeoning

Port Matilda, Pa. – Organized predator hunts are becoming more popular as increasing numbers of hunters find the contests a good way to fight cabin fever. Long-established hunts hope to continue their string of successes

Crossbow issue is coming to a head

Harrisburg – A proposal to allow crossbows to be used statewide in the archery season is looking a little less like a sure bet these days. When Pennsylvania Game Commissioners met in Washington County in

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