Whitetail Deer

Whitetail population appears to be thriving in Pennsylvania

Evening rides through deer country show a high number of healthy-looking deer.

Probation, community service imposed in high-profile deer abuse case

Video of the November attack circulated quickly on social media and generated outrage, along with pressure on investigators to solve the case.

We’ll soon learn lots about chronic wasting disease status in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Game Commission set to take action, reveal spread related to CWD.

In Pennsylvania, buck harvest up 10 percent, overall harvest highest in 15 years

The percentage of older bucks in the 2019-20 deer harvest remained amazingly high. About 66 percent of the bucks taken by hunters were at least 2½ years old. The remainder were 1½ years old.

Meet America’s most popular rifles for deer hunting

Which firearms are a growing number of white-tailed deer hunters taking afield these days? The answer might surprise you.

Pennsylvania Game Commission’s proposal for rifle season is controversial

Many not pleased with PGC’s proposal to reinstate statewide concurrent anterless and antlered season.

Two weeks of concurrent deer season on the horizon in Pennsylvania

Concurrent deer seasons give hunters a choice and increase the odds for success for those with limited time to hunt.

Hoping for justice in deer torture case

Wheels of justice have turned slowly in the case of 2 teens who tortured buck, but slow justice can be good justice.

Two charged in videotaped 'torture' of wounded whitetail deer

Video of the November attack circulated quickly on social media and generated outrage, along with pressure on investigators to solve the case.

'Just a small eight' makes deer hunter’s season

Pennsylvania hunters live in an exciting time when eight-point bucks are nothing to crow about, but still a trophy.

Pennsylvania Saturday rifle opener didn’t seem different from customary Monday start

It's all about the same when it comes to hunter numbers and harvested deer.

It's official: Sunday hunting coming to Pennsylvania

Expanded opportunities coming in 2020.

A most dreadful waste in Pennsylvania

The carnage of deer and other wildlife hit on Pennsylvania highways is a horrifying loss of one of the state's most important and loved resources.

Pennsylvania General Assembly passes Sunday hunting bill, awaits governor

Senate Bill 147 authorizes the Pennsylvania Game Commission to add three Sundays to hunting seasons.

Tip: Deer Hunting Over A Decoy

Melissa Bachman shares a great whitetail hunting tip with Outdoor News: hunting over a deer decoy.

State Department of Agriculture offers advice to deer hunters, processors

Best management practices to help protect hunters and their families against chronic wasting disease.

The distinctive character of archery season

Deer hunting during archery season combines challenge, work, beauty and a different animal compared to later gun seasons.

Sunday deer hunting likely coming, but it won't happen in 2019

Senate Bill 147 has not been passed in final form yet, and even if it passes the state Senate a second time and is signed into law, it will not take effect until 90 days after passage – not in time for 2019 hunts.