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HARRISBURG, Pa., March 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Game Commission today reported that hunters harvested an estimated 316,240 deer in the state's 2010-11 seasons, which is an increase of two percent from the previous seasons' harvest of 308,920. Hunters took 122,930 antlered deer in the 2010-11 seasons, an increase of 13 percent from the previous license year's harvest of 108,330. Also, hunters harvested 193,310 antlerless deer in 2010- 11, which is a decrease of four percent from the 200,590 antlerless deer taken in 2009-10.
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Webcast planned for public drawing of elk licenses HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hunters looking to participate in this year's Pennsylvania elk season have until Aug. 26 to submit an application through the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Pennsylvania Automated License System (PALS). This can be done at any issuing agent or through the "Buy Your Elk License" icon in the center of the agency's homepage (www.pgc.state.pa.us).
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Rocco Ali is a dinosaur with a furry sidekick. Not age-wise. He's an active 62-year-old who hunts and fishes, lobbies for conservation causes and works with his Brittany Spaniel, Chance.
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New Fish and Boat Commission regulations require some hunters to use PFD HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission Hunter-Trapper Education Division Chief Keith A. Snyder is reminding hunters, trappers and other outdoors enthusiasts to plan well to avoid hypothermia.
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Agency offers mobile device versions of popular information HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Recognizing the benefit of new communications tools available to reach a broader audience, the Pennsylvania Game Commission today joined social media in a big way by unveiling a Facebook page, as well as destinations on Twitter and YouTube. The Game Commission's Facebook page is at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaGameCommission, and the Twitter account is www.twitter.com/PAGameComm or @PAGameComm.
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Wet spring rough on many wild birds and mammals HARRISBURG, Pa., May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In an unfortunate turn of events, the first nesting attempt for bluebirds behind the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Harrisburg headquarters appears to have lost out to nature. What made this loss different from most is that it all played out in full view of those who tuned into the Game Commission's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us).
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HARRISBURG, Pa., March 5, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following 50 weeks of intensive training, the 28th Class of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's Ross Leffler School of Conservation today graduated and was commissioned as Wildlife Conservation Officers (WCO) during ceremonies at Susquehanna Township Middle School. Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas President Judge Todd A. Hoover delivered the keynote address and administered the oath of office. The 21 new officers reported to the RLSC training facility at the agency's Harrisburg headquarters on March 21, 2010. Included in their 50 weeks of classroom instruction and field training were wildlife management; law enforcement; wildlife laws and regulations; land management practices; conservation education; public relations; firearm...
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Pennsylvania Game Commission officials are urging wildlife enthusiasts to join the tens of thousands of volunteers throughout the United States in the Audubon Society's 112th Annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC), which will take place Dec. 14 through Jan. 5. Bird enthusiasts, armed with binoculars, bird guides and checklists, will head out on an annual mission - often before dawn - to make a difference and to see nature firsthand," said Dan Brauning, Game Commission Wildlife Diversity Division chief. "Each year, volunteers brave snow, wind, or rain, to take part in the Christmas Bird Count, and they have made enormous contributions to bird conservation continent-wide while doing so.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Game Commission has slated 108,000 ring-necked pheasants for release on public lands throughout the Commonwealth for the upcoming small game hunting seasons, including 16,800 birds for the junior only season (Oct. 9-16). Based on agency's budget cuts first implemented in the 2004-05 fiscal year and carried forward since, we reduced our pheasant propagation program by 50 percent," said Carl G. Roe, Game Commission executive director. "Reducing the pheasant propagation program has saved the agency more than one million dollars. Without a hunting license fee increase, we expect to continue producing at the 100,000-bird level.
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HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With summer quickly slipping by, many Pennsylvanians may have forgotten about problems caused by black bears in the spring, when nuisance bear activity typically peaks. However, black bear activity also tends to increase during the fall, and Pennsylvania Game Commission officials remind homeowners that steps taken now can minimize problems with bears during the next few weeks and months. Mark Ternent, Pennsylvania Game Commission black bear biologist, noted that, as fall progresses, bears will begin to increase their food intake to prepare for the upcoming denning season, which begins in mid- to late-November. For some bears, the search for food may lead them closer to people or homes.
