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Statewide black bear population estimates range as high as 16,000. Archery black bear season in some Wildlife Management Units opens Wednesday.
In hunters' geography, Illinois is known for big bucks. If Pennsylvania is not equally acclaimed as home to big bears, it should be -- Western Pennsylvania included. (11/16/2008)
As Pennsylvania's rifle deer season approaches, warnings from North Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin about consuming hunter-donated ground venison are making news. (11/16/2008)
The economy is looking down, but fur prices for many species have been rising. (11/16/2008)
Anglers are advised of the following Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission trout-stockings on area lakes: North Park, Lower Hereford, Raccoon (today), Upper and Middle Deer, Keystone, Northmoreland, Duman, (11/14/2008)
Pennsylvania Game Commission president Roxane Palone's brothers taught her how to hunt. "I wore all their hand-me-down hunting clothes," she said.
Growing up on a farm with four brothers, Roxane Palone never gave a second thought to whether she could hunt or fish. "My brothers taught me to hunt. (11/09/2008)