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Deer Study Yields Interesting, Puzzling Results

It simply defies logic. An ongoing study by the Pennsylvania Game Commission to gauge the impact of the split buck and doe rifle season has yielded some interesting, and puzzling, data. Jim Stickles, the PGC’s

Time to Praise Wildlife Officials

Here’s a novel approach: In an age where it’s the norm to criticize our state wildlife agencies for everything under the sun (sometimes deserved, sometimes not), one of those agencies would actually like us to

Poachers in broad daylight

Now that the two-week rifle deer season has ended, it would be easy for me to write my first blog about how many deer I did, or didn’t, see. It’s something everyone talks about at

Bear Season Questions

The 2010 bear season is history. The results, with a much lower than expected kill, beg more questions than answers. Did the altered format, with a Saturday opening day, increase or decrease hunter participation? Were

Squirrels abound in state’s forests and woodlots, PGC says

Harrisburg — If there’s one game animal that could use some additional attention in Pennsylvania, it’s squirrels. Pennsylvania Game Commission field officers report squirrel populations are strong in most areas of the state. Gray squirrels

Squirrels abound in state’s forests and woodlots, PGC says

Harrisburg — If there’s one game animal that could use some additional attention in Pennsylvania, it’s squirrels. Pennsylvania Game Commission field officers report squirrel populations are strong in most areas of the state. Gray squirrels

PGC director stresses agency supports law limiting searches

Harrisburg — Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl Roe wanted to make it very clear – his agency supports the recent enactment of House Bill 181, which reduces search and seizure powers of wildlife conservation

Bait may be allowed on ‘Red Tag’ farms in the southeast

Harrisburg- To further the Game Commission’s efforts to find effective tools to manage the deer populations on agriculture lands in the southeast corner of the state, commissioners took action at their recent quarterly meeting. They

PGC expects average grouse hunting overall

Harrisburg — With favorable late spring/early summer weather conditions across much of the state, Pennsylvania Game Commission biologists expect ruffed grouse hunting to be average to slightly above average – where good habitat exists –

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