Latest Game Commission Stories
Deadlines announced for certain licenses/permits; Doe license process begins July 9 HARRISBURG, Pa., May 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Beginning Monday, June 11, Pennsylvania hunting and furtaker licenses for the 2012-13 seasons will go on sale, according to Carl G. Roe, agency executive director. Licenses will be available through the Game Commission's Pennsylvania Automated License System (PALS), over-the-counter at all Game Commission region offices and the Harrisburg...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following up on his commitment to make the workings of the Board of Game Commissioners more open and transparent, Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners President Ralph A. Martone today announced that the Board will be holding a public working group meeting on Tuesday, May 29. The meeting, which will begin at 8 a.m., will be held in the auditorium of the Game Commission's Harrisburg headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Avenue, just...
No good comes from mothering nature anywhere in Pennsylvania HARRISBURG, Pa., May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- It's an annual chapter in nature that begins in May, peaks in early June and always goes largely and surprisingly unnoticed. But with time, the annual birth of hundreds of thousands of white-tailed deer has the potential to influence the lives of most Pennsylvanians and many wildlife species. Whitetails represent one of the Commonwealth's most vibrant and valuable...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officers (WCOs) Rodney P. Mee and Rob Minnich recently filed charges on two Tioga County residents for a weekend poaching spree in which a total of eight whitetail deer were found shot and left lay to rot. Beginning on Friday morning, Feb. 24, through Monday morning, Feb. 27, Zachary Ryan Zimmers, 21, and Michael Wayne Hinman, 24, both of Morris Run, were out driving around,...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 3, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Bureau of Wildlife Management Director Calvin W. DuBrock today announced an invitation for project applications to the State Wildlife Grants Program. These projects will help address conservation needs through high-priority projects for endangered, threatened and at-risk species across Pennsylvania. The federal dollars for this program are awarded through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's State...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners approved a notational vote to make a technical change to the final package of 2012-13 hunting seasons and bag limits for expanded bear seasons in Wildlife Management Units 2B, 5B, 5C and 5D. The technical amendment, which will become part of the final adopted package, specifies there will be a three-day special firearms bear season from Oct. 18-20 in WMUs 2B, 5B, 5C and 5D for...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for 2012-13, including a move to allow Mentored Youth Hunting Program participants to take part in fall turkey seasons and establishing antlerless deer license allocations. Other changes include expanded bear hunting opportunities in urban/suburban Wildlife Management Units (WMUs); the extension of the fall...
HARRISBURG, Pa., April 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to a regulatory change that makes permanent the lawful use of crossbows in archery deer and bear seasons. The specific action taken by the Board was removing the sunset date provision inserted into the regulatory changes that permitted crossbows in 2009. The sunset provision required the Board and agency staff to review the impact of expanded use of...
Agency to webcast April 23 staff reports and April 24 voting session HARRISBURG, Pa., April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The agenda for the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners' upcoming quarterly meeting, slated for April 23-24, was posted on the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) today, and can be viewed by clicking the "Commissioners' Meeting April 23-24" in the "Quick Clicks" box in the right-hand column of the homepage. The Board meeting will be held in the...
HARRISBURG, Pa., March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following up on his commitment to make the workings of the Board of Game Commissioners more open and transparent, Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners President Ralph A. Martone today announced that the Board will be holding public working group meetings on Monday, March 26. The meetings, which will begin at 8 a.m., will be held in the auditorium of the Game Commission's Harrisburg headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Avenue,...
