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On occasion, wardens issued citations for offenses such as having a loaded firearm in a vehicle while driving on a club trail, or hunting without a license.

Evidence turned over in a lawsuit shows that wildlife officers filmed hunters at a private club to see who may be breaking state laws.

Outdoornews April 22, 2021 From the Game Commission Allegheny County Game Warden Zeb Campbell reports a number of nuisance turkeys in the area. Some are even attacking cars and chasing people. An investigation revealed the turkeys are being fed by someone in the same neighborhood.     Allegheny County Game Warden Zeb Campbell reports more ATV and dirt-bike activity on properties controlled by the Game Commission. These machines cause damage to property that upsets the property owners. Riding ...

Outdoornews March 11, 2021 From the Game Commission Allegheny County Game Warden Zeb Campbell reports an archery hunter was hunting white-tailed deer during the closed season between the regular firearms season and late deer season. The hunter, who believed deer season was open, received over $800 in fines. “A reminder to please read your Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest,” Campbell said. Allegheny County Game Warden Zeb Campbell reports February is when coyotes start looking for mates...

From PA Game Commission Pennsylvania’s hunters took 3,608 black bears in the 2020 seasons, the state’s sixth-best bear harvest ever. While the harvest is about 20 percent lower than last year’s record harvest of 4,653 bears, it aligns with the annual average of 3,675 bears taken over the past five seasons, and it’s the second-highest harvest in that period. In the bear archery season, which benefited from a one-week-longer season, bowhunters set a new harvest record of 948, breaking the...

Bear harvest in 2020 was sixth best in Pennsylvania history Updated Feb 02, 2021; Posted Feb 02, 2021 Keith Davis shot a 610-pound male black bear in Monroe County during Pennsylvanias 2020 muzzleloader hunting season. Facebook Share Pennsylvania hunters killed 3,608 black bears during the 2020 hunting seasons, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. While the 2020 harvest was about 20 percent lower than the record harvest of 4,653 bears in 2019, it still ranks as the state’s sixth b...