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HARRISBURG, Pa., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Early Canada goose and dove hunters will be able to take to the fields of Penn's Woods on Sept. 1, as part of Pennsylvania's 2011-12 migratory bird seasons announced today by Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. Dove hunters will have the opportunity to participate in a triple-split season, which will see some shifts due to the way the calendar falls this year. During the first season (Sept. 1 - Oct. 1),...
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As County Treasurers process 2011-12 antlerless deer license applications, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today reminded license buyers they now can check the status of their applications on the Pennsylvania Automated License System (PALS). To access the information, go to the Game Commission website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), and click on the blue box (Buy Your License) in the upper right-hand corner of the...
HARRISBURG, Pa., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With general hunting license sales underway, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe reminded hunters that county treasurers will begin accepting antlerless deer license applications from resident hunters starting Monday, July 11 and from nonresidents beginning Monday, July 25. For the 2011-12 license year, antlerless deer license fees are the same as they have been since 1999, except for the 70-cent transaction...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today urged motorists to stay alert and slow down when driving after dusk and before dawn to reduce their risk of colliding with a white-tailed deer. "Each spring, deer congregate on the grassy areas along the state's busy highways, and cover greater distances in search of food," Roe said. "This activity makes vehicle collisions with deer all but inevitable. "For the sake...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 10, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today reminded spring gobbler hunters they can take advantage of full-day hunting -- from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset -- beginning Monday, May 16. The full-day spring gobbler hours were approved by the Board of Game Commissioners last year, as part of the 2010-11 seasons and bag limits package. Under the change, legal hunting hours from the...
Pheasant propagation to return to 200,000 for 2012-13 season HARRISBURG, Pa., May 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following recent approval of $18 million in gas lease agreements involving State Game Lands, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced the agency will direct nearly $7 million into third-party, interest-bearing escrow accounts to be used exclusively to purchase replacement acreage for the State Game Lands system. This initial, one-time...
Toll-free phone number for harvest reports available beginning April 25 HARRISBURG, Pa., April 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that, just in time for the 2011 spring gobbler season, hunters can add toll-free telephone reporting to the list of methods of submitting harvest reports to the agency beginning Monday, April 25. The Interactive Voice Response (IVR) harvest reporting system telephone number is...
July 22 deadline established for those applying for pheasants HARRISBURG, Pa., March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While Pennsylvania's junior pheasant hunt seems like a long way off, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe noted that now is the time for hunting clubs to make plans to host an organized junior pheasant hunt or other special hunts that have been established for squirrels, rabbits, waterfowl or spring gobbler. "The future of hunting is directly...
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 23, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced he has lifted protection on feral swine in Bedford County and has issued an updated executive order to allow for the incidental taking of feral swine statewide by licensed hunters. "This decision to lift protection in Bedford County is based on the need to continue to take feral swine in this area, and we have not identified opportunities for trapping in...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Feb. 22, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently released for public comment its draft Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program (VPA-HIP) Programmatic Environmental Assessment document. This is the first step in implementing an enhanced Hunter Access Program with the goals of improving wildlife habitat on private land and increasing the number of acres of private land open to hunting and trapping over the next three years. To...
