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Firearm forfeiture is taken out of new bill

Harrisburg – A legislative effort to restore the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s authority to take away the firearms of even those most egregious wildlife violators has failed. Under pressure from some gun owners and sportsmen, the

Southeast Region

Nockamixon Lake (Bucks County) – Bruce Kulp, of Quakertown, caught a 29-inch striper and a 10-pound hybrid striper on consecutive days. Rich Rapp, of Quakertown, also caught a 10-pound hybrid striper. Delaware River – Dave

State forests to get more DMAP

Harrisburg – In years past, the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has welcomed with open arms hunters willing to shoot antlerless deer. That still remains the case, but with a twist. This fall,

PGC fires back on deputy issue

Harrisburg – The state senator who recently introduced an amendment to gut the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s deputy conservation officer program has signalled he intends to follow through with his action later this year. Even though

Bill to hike fees for hunting licenses

Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission is – according to agency insiders – either going broke or at least struggling mightily to make ends meet. Some sportsmen say it’s time to remedy that by increasing

Southcentral Region

Raystown Lake (Huntingdon County) – A high pressure system over the region slowed the striped bass bite in mid-July, although action was expected to improve with a change in the weather. Catches of 10- to

Survey: Anglers love stocked trout

Harrisburg – Although Pennsylvania anglers say they care about wild trout, a majority supports stocking even streams with high densities of wild fish. That finding is part of the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s first

Stripping of eggs banned by PF&BC

Harrisburg – Although Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners at their summer meeting here July 14-15 did not discuss opening trout season year-round or trout-stocking changes resulting from their controversial new resource-first policy – as many

State to lease 74,000 acres for gas drilling

Harrisburg – One of Appalachia’s largest landowners, Pennsylvania’s state forestry agency, wants in on any windfall from drilling a potentially lucrative natural gas formation. More than 74,000 acres, or more than 115 square miles, in

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