Hunting
DNR study eyes bear movement
Dwayne Etter is looking for a few good bears – denned bears, that is. Now that it’s winter, he hopes to collar some.
USFWS releases final sportsmen survey results
An information-packed, 100-plus pages of data regarding hunting, fishing, and wildlife watching was released late last month by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and came with an upbeat message for sportsmen and women across
2012 a big year on the Michigan outdoors front
State records were shattered, wolves were delisted, Asian carp eDNA was found in the Great Lakes, and EHD returned with a vengeance.
Changes for deer season discussed
Don’t be surprised if Pennsylvania’s deer seasons change again, perhaps in time for next fall, and maybe, in even bigger ways, in the not too distant future.
Mentored hunters’ age at issue
Pennsylvania was the first state to pass Families Afield legislation, which included elimination of the minimum age for mentored youth hunters.
Commission urging ag to make CWD changes
Pennsylvania Game Commission staff came as close to publicly criticizing a fellow state agency as might ever be seen Dec. 17
Final deer kill down 5 percent from 2011
When it’s all said and done, deer hunters in 2012 will have killed about 5 percent fewer deer than they did in 2011.
Wolf hunters, trappers near quota
With two zones already closed to wolf hunting and trapping, the Northwest Zone was moving ever-closer to closure, too, as of late last week.
Deer chasers hit final stretch
With less than a month to go in the season, deer hunters appear to be closing in on last year’s harvest total.
