Contact: Brent Miller, Northeastern States Senior Director and States Program Administrator On March 19, a report distributed by the Pennsylvania Game Commission highlighted the State’s annual deer harvest results, but what was announced was astounding. The Keystone State’s deer yield for the 2019-2020 season came in at 389,431 – a 4% increase since the previous year and …
Contact: Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Administrator Brent Miller The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will hold its first quarterly meeting of 2020 on Friday, January 24 and Saturday, January 25 at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Harrisburg headquarters, and Sunday hunting is on the agenda. As authorized through recently enacted legislation (S. 147), the Board …
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States and States Program Director On December 17, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, Co-Chair of the bipartisan Governors Sportsmen’s Caucus, held a ceremonial bill signing for S. 147 in Harrisburg, PA. As previously reported by the Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation (CSF), S. 147 is landmark legislation in the Keystone State, which …
On Wednesday, November 27, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf, the Democratic Co-Chair of the Governor’s Sportsmen’s Caucus, signed into law S. 147, marking the most significant progress ever realized in the effort to overturn the state’s more than three-centuries old prohibition on Sunday hunting for game species. In recognition of today’s significant victory for the Pennsylvania hunting community, Governor …
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Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator On October 30, Pennsylvania Senate Bill 147 (S 147) passed the House with a strong, bipartisan vote of 144-54. This marks the most significant progress that any effort to repeal the more than three-century-old prohibition on Sunday hunting has ever achieved. S. 147 would authorize Sunday hunting in …
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Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States On Monday, October 21, Senate Bill 147 (S 147) was reported out of the House Game and Fisheries Committee with a strong bipartisan vote of 21-4. S 147 would authorize Sunday hunting in the Commonwealth on three Sundays – one during the archery deer season, one during the firearms …
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Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States On September 10, sportsmen and women from across the Keystone State were zeroed in with what was taking place in Harrisburg – the State’s capitol. The Pennsylvania House Game and Fisheries Committee gathered to hold a public hearing on Senate Bill 147 (SB 147), legislation that would statutorily designate …
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Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States On September 12, the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) released a draft of a document aimed to direct the Commission’s management of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). CWD is a progressive, fatal, degenerative neurological disease occurring in cervids such as deer, elk, and moose. The disease was first recognized in …
Contact: Brent Miller, Senior Director, Northeastern States On July 23, the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners voted on several matters of interest to Pennsylvania’s sportsmen and women. Notably, the Board unanimously improved a measure to significantly increase their support for Pennsylvania based Hunters Sharing the Harvest (HSH), a non-profit organization that secures and processes game …
Contact: Joe Mullin, New England States Coordinator On June 26, a milestone was reached by Pennsylvania’s sportsmen and women as an important Sunday hunting bill passed the Senate with a vote of 36-14. Co-sponsored by Pennsylvania Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus Co-Chairs Senator Daniel Laughlin and Senator Jim Brewster, Senate Bill 147 would authorize the Pennsylvania Game Commission …
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