No fewer than six bills are in play in the Pennsylvania General Assembly that, if passed, will affect hunting, trapping, hunters and trappers in the state.
A rundown of the legislation follows: House Bill
Imagine you are hunting from a deer stand when suddenly you notice a man through the woods, just standing and looking your way, dressed in ragged clothes and sporting a long gray beard.
As
In May, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the final Recreation Management Plan (RMP) for the Speculator Tree Farm, Perkins Clearing and also the Burnham Mountain Conservation Easement Tracts in Hamilton County.
More than a few lawmakers want to initiate actions that affect hunting, trapping and fishing. Mostly they mean well; sometimes they don’t. And it’s not just in Pennsylvania.
After the March Fur Harvesters Auction (FHA) sale brought sharply higher pelt prices for several North America’s furbearers, its final sale of the season on June 2-4 was eagerly awaited.
Record prices were paid
Harrisburg — A state lawmaker said a recently passed mentored youth trapping bill contains a loophole that circumvents the requirement to pass a Hunter-Trapper Education course before obtaining a hunting license.
The General Assembly packed up and scattered from Springfield after a spring session that gave Illinois sportsmen plenty to dissect, digest, and debate.
Put it this way: Shrugging is close to becoming the equivalent
The Natural Resource Board (NRB) has heard numerous presentations so far this year during board meetings seeking to eliminate social and fundraising events arranged by hunting and trapping groups.
One thing we learn in
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has opened three more wildlife management units to otter trapping for 2027. According to Pennsylvania Game Commission furbearer biologist Tom Keller, this reflects the river otter’s continued expansion.
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