PA Lowers “Independent Study” Age to 11
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that the agency is lowering the minimum age required for its “independent study” Hunter-Trapper Education Class to 11 years of age.
When first initiated in 2006, the Game Commission joined a nationwide trend among conservation agencies to provide quality hunter education on-line, but limited [...]
Ohio Deer Harvest Dec 20-21
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COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters killed 16,382 deer on December 20-21, during the weekend of gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
The extra weekend of gun hunting was first offered in 2006 in response to hunters’ request for additional weekend days to pursue white-tailed deer, the state’s [...]
Ohio Muzzleloader Season Dec 27th-30th
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COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio’s popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide December 27-30, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters checked 21,473 white-tailed deer during the statewide hunt.
A total of 178,838 deer have been harvested so far this season when combining the adult and [...]
Coyotes added to PA Youth Hunting Program
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Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that coyotes will become legal game under the Mentored Youth Hunting Program (MYHP) effective Saturday, Dec. 20.
The addition, which was given final approval by the Board of Game Commissioners at its Oct. 24 meeting, is slated to be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, [...]
First Day: Deer Harvest up 70%
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters were on the mark for opening day of the 2008 deer-gun
season. Hunters took 33,034 white-tailed deer on Monday, according to the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The deer-gun season remains open
through Sunday, December 7, and then reopens for two days on Saturday and Sunday,
December 20-21.
The preliminary figures [...]
PA Deer Firearm Season Begins Dec 1st
PA Game Commission’s Release writer must get paid by the word:
HARRISBURG – The state’s biggest draw for hunters is set to begin the Monday after Thanksgiving, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe, when the two-week firearms deer season opens.
“When hunters begin to mobilize for the start of our traditional firearms deer [...]