Dec 5th: FHFH Day
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Farmers and Hunters Feeding Hungry Day
COLUMBUS, OH – With the opening day of Ohio’s deer-gun season on November 30, hunters are reminded that donating a deer is free at meat processors participating in the Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) venison donation program.
Participating meat processors can be found by visiting the FHFH [...]
Warm Weather Venison Care
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Improperly field-dressing a deer and warm weather can impact the quality of venison warns Dr. Walter Cottrell, Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife veterinarian.
“The first step in making sure that the venison reaches the table in the best possible condition is, sighting in and practicing with your sporting arm,” Dr. Cottrell said. [...]
PA Game Commission Posts Online Field Forecasts
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officers (WCOs), Land Management Group Supervisors (LMGSs) and foresters spend a considerable amount of time gathering information about wildlife population trends in their districts. With the hunting and trapping seasons just around the corner, the Game Commission now is sharing that information – through its website [...]
PA Online Harvest Reporting
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Those participating in the state’s archery deer seasons will be the first to be able to file their harvest reports through the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s new online system.
To report a deer harvest online, go to the Game Commission’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), click on the blue box in the upper right-hand corner of the [...]
Ohio Deer Archery Season Opens Sept. 26
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COLUMBUS, OH – Approximately 300,000 bowhunters, representing more than half of all Ohioans who hunt deer, are expected to participate in the statewide archery deer hunting season that opens September 26, according to experts with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
During last year’s four-month archery season, bowhunters killed 85,856 [...]
