The Pennsylvania Game Commission has hired a new wildlife biologist to serve as its elk project leader. Jeremy Banfield began his work for the commission this week. A native of the Rochester, N.Y.-area, Banfield comes to the Game Commission after working most recently as a… More »
A bill that would expand the popular Mentored Youth Hunting program in Pennsylvania to allow adult participation recently passed the legislature and is awaiting approval of Gov. Tom Corbett. The bill, Senate Bill 623, introduced by Sens. Jake Corman (R-Bellefonte) and Wayne Fontana (D-Pittsburgh), allows…
Hunting is safe and getting safer. That’s the conclusion of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s newly released report on hunting-related shooting incidents (HRSIs) in 2012. For the first time since the commission began tracking such incidents in 1915, a year came and went without a single…
Pennsylvania turkey hunters are permitted to hunt from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset, beginning Monday, May 13. The expanded hunting hours continue through the last day of the season, Friday, May 31. All-day hunting during the second half of the spring…
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is seeking public input on its draft peregrine falcon management plan, which can be reviewed on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) by clicking on the “Peregrine Falcon Management Plan” icon on the homepage. Public comments on the peregrine management plan will be…
The National Rifle Association will introduce many new features at its new Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, PA to attract a larger, national audience. Held February 1-9, 2014, the Great American Outdoor Show won’t end when the exhibit hall closes each day. NRA Country…
