Hunting

Greensburg, Pa. – Some deer, like fish, are prone to shrinkage. See them while small-game hunting, out the truck window or in the glow of a spotlight, and they can look huge, like record-book quality

Harrisburg – Since he retired as head of policy for the state’s largest landowner four years ago, Rick Carlson has been spending more time in Penn’s Woods. After 20 years with the Pennsylvania Department of

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania’s black bear season is world-renowned, and with good reason. The state has 16,000 or more bears, according to the most recent Pennsylvania Game Commission estimates, and they do get big, sometimes topping

Harrisburg – Searching for that elusive “balance” between whitetail numbers high enough to keep hunters happy and yet not damage the state’s forests, game commissioners are contemplating more changes in their deer-management program. Several commissioners

Pittsburgh – Independent wildlife biologist John Eveland likens what he calls the decimation of Pennsylvania’s white-tailed deer herd to the elimination of bison from the Great Plains and elephants from Africa’s Savannah. Described by some

Johnstown, Pa. – At 6-foot-3, 230 pounds, and wearing a fluorescent orange hat, David Bruzda still wonders how he was mistaken for a turkey on state game lands near Conemaugh Dam last spring. Bruzda, 19,