New York unveils finalized CWD plan
Staff and News Reports
May 16, 2018
The plan proposes regulatory changes and new actions to minimize the risk of CWD entering or spreading in New York state, the DEC says.
Pennsylvania Game Commission
Learning to live with coyotes in urban Pennsylvania
Associated Press
May 15, 2018
Although the Game Commission does not formally survey coyote population, it does gauge complaints and calls from the public, which have been on the rise.
New migratory bird regs feature expanded opportunities for doves, woodcock
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
May 11, 2018
The 2018-19 waterfowl seasons are very similar to those selected in 2017-18. However, hunters will enjoy longer seasons for doves, woodcock, and other “webless” migratory game bird species this year.
Pennsylvania eliminates one of its four Wild Pheasant Recovery Areas
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
April 27, 2018
Somerset WPRA will be reopened to either-sex pheasant hunting and will be eligible for game-farm pheasant releases.
Semiautomatic shotguns approved for hunters across Pennsylvania, and for elk hunt, too
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
April 27, 2018
Permitted for years for deer and bear in special regulations areas, semiautomatic slug guns get statewide approval.
Optimism surrounds 50th anniversary of spring gobbler hunt
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
April 10, 2018
Turkeys are coming through a relatively mild winter, and they again had a tremendous acorn crop last fall to help them with winter survival. And a light fall harvest sparked by greater supplies of fall
Another top-10 all-time bear harvest in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
April 2, 2018
Hunters harvested 3,438 bears in the 2017 seasons, with the archery harvest of 493 bears and the extended season harvest of 1,083 bears setting records for those seasons. Overall, 48 weighed 500 pounds or more,
Wildlife rehabilitators save one animal at a time in Pennsylvania
Mark Nale
March 27, 2018
Eagle releases highlight rehabilitators’ mission.
Pennsylvania buck harvest up 10 percent, most in 15 years
Associated Press
March 26, 2018
The overall deer harvest was also up 10 percent, to nearly 370,000, with bowhunters accounting for about a third of the harvest.
