Measure limits dog-training on Pennsylvania game lands
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
March 30, 2017
Action helps ensure training activities don’t chase off ringnecks released for hunters.
Hunting
Shooting-range rule changes coming in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
March 30, 2017
Amendment package includes expanded Sunday hours at Game Commission ranges.
In Pennsylvania, pheasant permit needed in 2017-18
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
March 30, 2017
Revenue to help sustain pheasant propagation and release.
PGC stats claim deer harvests went up 6 percent
Staff Report
March 30, 2017
Hunters harvested an estimated 333,254 deer in 2016-17, the commission said – an increase of about 6 percent compared to the agency’s 2015-16 harvest estimate of 315,813.
In Pennsylvania, CWD controls to be written into regulation
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
March 29, 2017
Among the restrictions now covered by regulation is the prohibition on importing into Pennsylvania any high-risk parts from deer, elk, moose or other cervids harvested within states or Canadian provinces where CWD is present.
Turns out, predator dynamics matter a lot to deer fawns in Pennsylvania
Jeff Mulhollem
March 28, 2017
How predators deal with each other in Pennsylvania may determine fawn mortality (and a lot more)
Semiautomatic rifles OK’d for small game, furbearer hunting in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
March 28, 2017
Guided by scientific survey of state’s hunters, commissioners remove proposal for big-game hunting. Still, Pennsylvania becomes the last state in the nation to approve semiautomatic rifles for hunting uses.
Semi-autos for hunting in Pennsylvania – what do hunters want?
Mark Nale
March 28, 2017
If the Pennsylvania Game Commission follows the wishes of licensed hunters, the introduction of semi-automatic rifles into Pennsylvania hunting will be slow and deliberate.
Pennsylvania hunters to see increase in antlerless licenses
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
March 28, 2017
Board of Game Commissioners gives final approval to 2017-18 hunting/trapping seasons.
