Contact the Game Commission- If you witness a crime against wildlife, click to report your sighting. You can also reach out to your Game Commission region office to ask questions about hunting and wildlife or report a road-killed animal. ...
The Game Commission began testing cervids forCWDin 1998, 14 years before it was first detected in the Commonwealth. In 2003, aCWDInteragency Task Force was established and the firstCWDResponse Plan was developed for the Commonwealth. The plan was subsequently updated in 2005 and 2011. One compl...
The run is a tributary of theLehigh Riverthat flows about five miles through the state park. It’s a Class-A stream with a huge number of brown and brook trout. The location also offers other activities like hunting, hiking, and ice skating. It’s easy to access through clearly marked ...
PENNSYLVANIA GAME COMMISSION POLICY MANUAL Natural Resource Conservation WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT 2.30 Actions 2.31 Management 2.30 Actions E. Fertility Control Agents Where safe and appropriate, hunting always is the primary method used to manage wildlife populations in all environments. The Game Commission ...
On October 1st, next Tuesday, the PA House Game and Fisheries Committee is holding a hearing on a Sunday hunting bill that will allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission to set game seasons any day of the week, including Sundays, if that makes the most sense to our professional game managers....
While the right to bear arms went unquestioned, clauses in the Pennsylvania Constitution concerning the militia and hunting were criticized. One of the initial sections of the constitution provided: "The freemen of this commonwealth and their sons shall be trained and armed for its defense, under...
"Fall seasons were lengthened in several units this year, and the 2024 summer sighting survey results showed above-average poult recruitment in general, with all WMUs [Wildlife Management Units] showing good numbers," said Game Commission wild turkey biologist Mary Jo Casalena. "The fall 20...
Pennsylvania Game Commission officials estimate the state has about 15,000 black bears. Hunters killed 2,363 bears in 2007 and a record 4,653 in 2019. Hunters killed 3,170 bears in 2022 and 3,621 the year before. Wildlife officials require hunters to report bear kills at check stations....
The Game Commission has estimated in recent years that there are about 20,000 black bears in Pennsylvania. Upwards of 3,000 are killed in hunting seasons annually. Blood and tissue samples from bears will be analyzed by Suresh Kuchipudi, clinical associate professor of veterinary and biomedical sc...
Portable hunting tree stands and blinds are allowed on state game lands, starting two weeks before opening day of archery season, but must be removed no later than two weeks after the close of the flintlock and late archery deer seasons in the WMU being hunted. ...