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No charges filed after fatal hunter shootout

Punxsutawney, Pa. – A Summerville bear hunter who killed a property owner in a trespassing dispute will not be charged, according to Pennsylvania State Police, who said the shooting was determined to be justified.

Susquehanna River is tops in intersex bass

Harrisburg – If anyone needed more confirmation that the Susquehanna is in trouble, it came recently in a finding by federal scientists that the river has a higher percentage of “intersex” smallmouth bass than almost

Few facts emerge in fatal hunter shooting

Punxsutawney, Pa. – A man killed in a recent shootout with bear hunters near here in Jefferson County had lost his concealed-carry permit over a road-rage incident with a trucker in 2006, although it was

Deer-hunting reports are mixed like usual

Pittsburgh – It may be three months before the Pennsylvania Game Commission reveals a tally of hunter report cards, but early reviews of this year’s firearms deer season are mixed.

Researchers learn how invasives assault forest

University Park, Pa. – Invasive plants are advancing into Eastern forests at an alarming rate, and the rapid spread has been linked by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences to forest road maintenance

Fishing is still decent, but fewer anglers are out

NORTHWEST REGION Lake Erie and tributaries _- The steelhead streams got some much-needed rainfall in late November-early December, but the impact was marginal. Without continued runoff, flow pretty quickly returned to low and clear. Although

State still tops for deer-vehicle collisions

Harrisburg – Despite a nearly decade-long deer-herd-reduction program implemented by the Pennsylvania Game Commis-sion, the state still leads the nation in deer-vehicle collisions, according to the nation’s leading auto insurer.

Fishing gets good just before deer season starts

NORTHWEST REGION Lake Erie and tributaries – Steelhead tributaries were still rain-starved Nov. 20 but shoreline fishing was productive when wind was cooperative. William Myers Jr., of Elizabethtown, landed a 13-pound, 51/2-ounce, 313/4-inch steelhead on

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