Pennsylvania eyes historic Sunday hunting opportunities
The first-ever day of regulated Sunday big-game hunting will take place on Sunday, Nov. 15, for archery deer hunting only.
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Fall turkeys worth hunters’ attention in Pennsylvania
They can be a lot of fun to hunt, and they’re out there for the taking.
Night vision, infrared approved for hunting furbearers in Pennsylvania
Furbearing species that can be hunted in Pennsylvania are raccoons, foxes, coyotes, opossums, striped skunks, weasels, bobcats and porcupines.
Time again to examine chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania
CWD remains a highly serious threat to white-tailed deer and elk populations in Pennsylvania.
The 1950s called, and they want their doe tag sales system back in Pennsylvania
Time to get the county treasurers out of antlerless sales in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania hunting seasons – please hurry
To be hunting once again in Pennsylvania will lower stress of COVID-19.
Saving Pennsylvania’s ruffed grouse
Declining numbers of state bird beyond worrisome in Pennsylvania.
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.
Hunting-related shooting fatalities increase in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. — The number of hunting-related shooting fatalities in Pennsylvania went up in the past year, according to the state game commission. There were 26 hunting-related shooting injuries in Pennsylvania in 2019, four of which were fatal. The number of fatalities is up from the previous year when only one of the 27 hunting-related shootings were fatal. A little…
Coronavirus shutdown lures many to the outdoors
While most fun things are off-limits, for the most part, the outdoors is not.
Coronavirus alters Pennsylvania state park use, trout stocking, trout fishing, shooting ranges
The coronavirus is impacting outdoor use and will likely impact it more as the pandemic progresses.
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.
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.
Too bad elk can’t be counted with drones in Pennsylvania
Flying aircraft low to count elk in Pennsylvania is risky.
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.
Pennsylvania hunters set bear harvest record
The overall bear harvest increased by a third from 2018 to 2019.
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.
A game-changer in grouse restoration?
Grouse priority area sitting tool launches.
Finally, a woman is on a Pennsylvania board serving sportsmen again
Game Commission and Fish & Boat Commission boards have been good old boys’ clubs.
It’s official: Sunday hunting coming to Pennsylvania
Expanded opportunities coming in 2020.
Pennsylvania General Assembly passes Sunday hunting bill, awaits governor
Senate Bill 147 authorizes the Pennsylvania Game Commission to add three Sundays to hunting 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.
Century-old elk transplant project proves a boon to hunters
All descendants of the original transplants from the early-1900s, they live in Elk, Cameron, Clinton, Clearfield and Potter counties, although, on occasion some stray from that region, including a bull that ventured into Cambria County in 2010.
New CWD detection means southward expansion of disease management area
Hunters harvesting deer in Lancaster County are encouraged to have them tested for CWD.
Pennsylvania Outdoor News Cuffs & Collars – Aug. 30, 2019
SOUTH-CENTRAL REGION From the Game Commission Cumberland County Game Warden John Fetchkan reports that an investigation is ongoing involving trash and other items that were dumped on game lands. Several items that were found have names and addresses on them. Fulton County Game Warden Justin Klugh reports that even though there were multiple attempts to let the public know about…
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