
Commentary: Pennsylvania needs to merge agencies or at least simplify regulations
It’s time! In fact the time is long overdue.
That fact was driven home to me a few weeks ago when I went to sight in an old friend’s rifle for him at the
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It’s time! In fact the time is long overdue.
That fact was driven home to me a few weeks ago when I went to sight in an old friend’s rifle for him at the

Now that the firearms deer hunting season is over and the holidays are upon us, it’s an appropriate time to point out that Pennsylvania is the only state that still offers a primitive flintlock season,

Somewhere between mosses and ferns lies an interesting group of plants known as clubmosses. They are evergreen, so during the winter you might see them popping up above the snow.
If you spend much

A 26-year-old Amish man died after being shot by a member of his hunting party in Pennsylvania’s Juniata County Dec. 2 in terrain and weather that made emergency response difficult.
Floyd S. Wengerd, of

Ice fishing enthusiasts hoping for early start to season. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report from across the state on Dec. 11, 2025.

Although some big bears were taken in the 2025 hunting seasons in Pennsylvania, none showed up at the check station in Quehanna.
On the evening of the opening day of the statewide firearms season,

In Pennsylvania the traditional start of trout season is in mid-April – that’s for all the open-water anglers across the state.
But for thousands of anglers who brave cold winter temperatures and stand on

There’s a certain level of discomfort, even pain, involved in deer hunting, and there’s really no way of avoiding it if you spend any serious time in pursuit of a whitetail.
You essentially have

For something that is the norm across the country, the idea of merging Pennsylvania’s game and fish agencies wouldn’t seem like a hard thing to do.
But Pennsylvania isn’t like other states. The Pennsylvania
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