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Another great handicapped hunt for deer at Muddy Run

By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Lancaster, Pa. — Darryl Yost doesn’t get around as well as he used to. Muscular dystrophy has severely reduced the 61-year-old Hatboro, Montgomery County, resident’s ability to control his legs.

Gypsy moths again a threat to game lands

By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – In the late 1980s, when huge numbers of gypsy moths infested state game lands in central Pennsylvania, Game Commis-sion officials chose to do nothing as the caterpillars ate their

Bowhunter shot by small game hunter

By Deborah Weisberg Southwest Correspondent Pittsburgh – Two hunting seasons collided tragically in southwestern Pennsylvania recently when a small game hunter, presumably targeting squirrels, shot another man in the face, as he waited with his

Despite low water, fishing decent during hot, dry fall

Much of the state has suffered low or no rainfall in recent weeks, causing low water levels in fisheries, especially streams. Fall trout stockings by the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commis-sion are under way. Check

PGC enters debate over new dog regs

By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – There was some disagreement about exactly what Pennsylvania Game Commissioners did at their two-day meeting in early October to influence the debate about new dog regulations proposed by the

Pa. wind energy: Real or hot air?

By Ad Crable Contributing Writer Lancaster, Pa. – Wind power may still be the darling of many alternative-energy advocates. But concerns that wind farms kill migratory birds and fragment the last of Pennsylvania’s unbroken forest

No-kill bass regs pondered by PF&BC for Susquehanna

By Marcus Schneck Contributing Writer Harrisburg – The summer of 2007 was another disappointing one for young-of-the-year smallmouth bass and bass anglers in much of the Susquehanna River, and the future is not currently looking

USP lawsuit may not see quick end

By Jeff Mulhollem Editor Harrisburg – Although the lawsuit recently filed by the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsyl-vania against the state Game Commission asks for an immediate halt to the taking of antlerless deer on public

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