9/29/08 – HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has slated 100,170 ring-necked pheasants for release on public lands throughout the Commonwealth for the upcoming small game hunting seasons, including 17,980 birds for the youth only season (Oct. 11-18).
“Based on agency’s budget cuts first implemented in the 2004-05 fiscal year and carried forward since, we reduced [...]

You won’t hear many guys out there say that they actually look forward to an argument with their wife. Well, maybe I am a little different, but every year at this time I can count on a good one with my significant other, and the bad thing is, I look forward to it.

9/29/08 – HARRISBURG, PA – Hunter’s Specialties, one the world’s largest manufacturers of hunting accessories with over 900 products, is sending five members of its pro staff to present seminars at the Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show (Feb. 7-15, 2009), State Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg, PA.

I crouched low, tracking the approaching Canadas between rustling shocks of corn. With a few more double-clucks on my call, the birds set their wings. The lead goose was now only a few feet off the ground, gliding steadily toward our spread. My heart thumped loudly in my ears as I anticipated the first shots of the season. Wings beat rapidly as the flock slowed its decent, and then I finally heard someone yell, “Take em!”

9/26/08 – HARRISBURG – Expressing cautious optimism, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that a pilot electronic license sale system, commonly referred to as “point-of-sale,” was launched at 15 sites on Sept. 22.
Roe said that Automated Licensing Systems (ALS), the company hired to produce the new license sale system, has provided [...]

So far this archery season has been uneventful with few deer seen. I have been in areas with the some of the best buck sign I’ve ever hunted. I’ve seen some unbelievable rubs, and many scrapes have been popping up in some of my hunting areas within the last couple of weeks.

9/25/08 – HARRISBURG – Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) 3B and 5C have exhausted their entire antlerless deer license allocations today, announced Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe.
WMU 3B covers portions of Bradford, Columbia, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Lycoming, Sullivan, Tioga and Wyoming counties. WMU 5C covers portions of Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Northampton [...]

9/24/08 – HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today offered testimony before the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee about the powers and duties of Deputy Wildlife Conservation Officers.
Following is the prepared statement delivered by Director Roe.
“The Pennsylvania Game Commission was created in 1895 by the Legislature at the urging of the [...]

GAME COMMISSION AWARDS ELK LICENSES TO 45 HUNTERS
ELK GUIDE PERMIT APPLICATION DEADLINE IS OCT. 10

9/22/08 – GAME COMMISSION AWARDS ELK LICENSES TO 45 HUNTERS
KERSEY, Elk County – On Saturday, Sept. 20, visitors to the Pennsylvania Outdoor Elk Expo witnessed the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s public drawing to award elk licenses to 45 hunters for [...]

Harrisburg, PA–The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission announced today a new state record for golden rainbow trout caught, by Eli Borger of Palmerton, PA.

The 12-year-old Borger caught the 13-pound, 8-ounce golden rainbow trout in Mahoning Creek, Schuylkill County, on the opening day of trout season in 2008.
Borger said he spotted the large rainbow trout a [...]