Hunting

By Jeff MulhollemEditor Wilkes-Barre, Pa. — Everyone who cares knows Pennsylvania game commissioners will be grappling with deer issues at their meeting April 17-18. With an evenly divided board and so many angry hunters, it’s

By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Lancaster, Pa. — Smallmouth bass, walleyes, perch, and other fish that live in the lower Susquehanna River soon will breathe a little easier. PPL Corp. on March 27 announced it

By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — We’ve been down this road before. In 1998, after four years of debate, discussion and disagreement, the state Legislature was set to approve a license fee increase for

By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg, Pa. — Is Pennsyl-vania’s deer hunting glass half empty or half full? That depends on who you talk to. The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently released its estimated deer harvest

Harrisburg — A black bear killed by a Pennsylvania hunter last November ties for the record of largest ever taken legally in the world, according to preliminary measurements announced by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. If

By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Altoona, Pa. — Pennsylvania was not the only state in the Northeast to see its 2005-06 deer harvest fall. In fact, the deer kills in most neighboring states dropped by similar

By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Harrisburg — The Pennsyl-vania Game Commission has thousands of acres of private lands enrolled in public-access programs. But the only way to locate them in recent years has been to

By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — Is Pennsylvania’s deer-management program – designed ostensibly to balance deer numbers with the amount of available habitat – achieving any success? Some researchers and land managers say it