SOUTHCENTRAL REGION From the Game Commission York County Game Warden Justin Ritter reports two York City men were charged with unlawful taking and possession of big game, hunting through the use of bait, and possessing a license they were not entitled to. The charges come after a report from an individual seeing the two stuff a large buck into a…
One of the more intriguing bears taken was a 679-pound male shot at 5 yards with a .357 handgun.
Harvest included some large elk – 13 bulls were estimated to weigh 700 pounds or more, with two more than 800 pounds and the heaviest estimated at 894 pounds – 7-by-8. An 806-pounder with a 10-by-7 rack also taken.
NORTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Crawford County Game Warden Mark Allegro recently investigated a dumping case in Union Township on State Game Land 213. The perpetrator was identified and interviewed, and, eventually admitted his guilt, saying he thought it was OK to dump garbage because he didn’t see “no littering” signs in the area. After cleaning up all trash…
With cooperative weather, particularly on opening day Nov. 17, hunters primed to overtake state’s record 4,350 bear harvest, set in 2011. And Game Commission bear biologist says Penn’s Woods hold bigger bears, too, at least 800-pounders.
There was plenty of activity at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s elk check station on Tuesday, Nov. 6, as successful hunters were required to bring their harvested elk to the Elk Country Visitor Center for aging and other testing, including a check for chronic wasting disease. Categories: Hunting, Hunting News, Pennsylvania Videos Tags: Elk, Hunting, Pennsylvania Game Commission
It seems that fewer Pennsylvania hunters chasing stocked pheasants because of stamp price.
NORTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Crawford County Game Warden Mark Allegro reports that, after a lengthy investigation, multiple persons were identified riding ATVs unlawfully on state game lands on multiple occasions. Numerous charges are pending, and restitution for damages caused by the defendants will be sought. Venango County Game Warden Jason Amory reports that charges have been successfully adjudicated…
Last year, 500 pounds of ground venison was donated to needy Somerset County families through the Hunters Sharing the Harvest program.
The legislation, sponsored by state Sen. Mario M. Scavello, provides another choice for hunters who have shot and inflicted injury on a white-tailed deer, black bear or elk, but lose the trail.
“The truth of the matter is if we don’t solve this problem the way it rose as we see in Wisconsin, Wyoming, West Virginia, Colorado, the future of deer hunting for your kids and your grandchildren will definitely be in jeopardy.”
SOUTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Allegheny County Game Warden Dan Puhala reports he’s encountered several individuals at the State Game Land 203 ranges who bought their hunting licenses without taking the required Hunter-Trapper Education. Those who do not meet the legal exemptions listed in the law are required to be certified before purchasing a license. Those who are in…
The Pennsylvania species being targeted by this fieldwork are Swainson’s thrush, wood thrush, blackpoll warblers, Canada warblers, rusty blackbirds, American woodcock and northern long-eared bats. New York among states also included in effort.
After New Jersey governor bans bear hunting on state property, Pennsylvania Game Commission expects “visitors.”
New CWD rules will affect Pennsylvania hunters who hunt in other states.
SOUTHCENTRAL REGION From the Game Commission Bedford County Game Warden Jeremy Coughenour reports that unlawful ATV trails on cooperator property continue to be monitored by camera. Perry County Game Warden Kevin P. Anderson Jr. reports an increase in the number of calls from the public regarding sick or injured wildlife during the summer months. Cumberland County Game Warden John Fetchkan…
And the big kicker is that hunters may now manipulate crops and other vegetation for the sole purpose of improving dove hunting.
SOUTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Allegheny County Game Warden Dan Puhala reports receiving many calls in recent weeks about sick or injured wildlife. Encounters with such animals should be reported to a Game Commission region office, or the local police department. Wildlife behaving abnormally may be diseased or injured. People can put themselves and their families at risk for…
Hunters who are awarded the KECA Elk Conservation Raffle tag have an opportunity to hunt elk during the peak of the rut, before the regular elk season begins, and they’ve consistently brought home bulls around the 400-inch class.
NORTHWEST REGION From the Game Commission Jefferson County Game Warden Roger Hartless reports that Disease Management Area 3, which is in Jefferson and Clearfield counties, has been expanded in response to three free-ranging CWD-positive deer detected within or near the DMA in 2017. Individuals who hunt or own camps in any of the DMA units need to be aware that…
Not easy to trust politicians’ words, but let’s hope they come through with the license-fee increases so desperately needed by agencies.
For the second consecutive year, a pair of federally endangered piping plovers are raising chicks on Presque Isle State Park’s Gull Point. Further heightening this breaking conservation news is the nesting of a pair of state-endangered common terns on the same beach, maybe the first time both species have nested there since the mid-20th century.
Hunters and wildlife enthusiasts alike had better accept the fact that CWD kills affected animals, plain and simple.
(Photo by Windigo Images)For the second year in a row, 48 junior hunters will have the chance this fall to harvest wild pheasant roosters in Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced in a news release Wednesday, June 27. Junior hunters between the ages of 12 and 16 are eligible to apply for the second annual Central Susquehanna Wild Pheasant Recovery Area…
Pennsylvania’s latest fawn survival study shows near identical fawn survival rates over the last two decades and corroborates the relatively stable fawn-to-doe ratios collected from annual deer harvests. Consequently, Pennsylvania’s predator impacts do not appear to be changing.
Researchers modeled fawn survival relative to the percentage of agricultural land cover. The estimated average survival to six months of age was about 41 percent in contiguous forest landscapes with no agriculture. For every 10 percent increase in land area in agriculture, fawn survival increased by almost 5 percent.
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