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Bear season yields 1,330 in 2 days

After two days, 1,330 black bears have been harvested as part of Pennsylvania’s statewide four-day general bear season, according to preliminary totals released Tuesday by the Pennsylvania Game Commission. This year’s two-day preliminary bear harvest compares to 1,622 bears taken during the statewide season’s first two days in 2018. In 2017, hunters took 1,310 bears over the same period. Through Monday, bears have been harvested in 51 counties during the statewide season. Although the 2019 general season is off to a slightly slower start than last year’s, bears taken in the ...

Healing Garden project down but not out, yet

Warren City Council earlier this month pumped the brakes on a project that would install infrastructure at Crescent Park. An additional component that was set to come along with those infrastructure repairs? A healing garden. The Street Landscape Committee has been a staunch advocate of ...

NWTF Biologist of Warren appointed District 1 Game Commissioner

Kristen Schnepp-Giger, of Warren, was recently confirmed to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Board of Commissioners after being nominated by Gov. Tom Wolf. Schnepp-Giger fills a vacant District 1 spot on the Game Commission’s board. The district includes Butler, Clarion, Crawford, ...

Sunday hunting measure advances

Legislation that would permit limited Sunday hunting is on the governor’s desk for enactment. The Pa. Senate Republican Communications Office announced that Senate Bill 147 “provides for hunting on three Sundays: One during rifle deer season, one during the statewide archery deer season and one on a Sunday determined by the Game Commission.” Final legislative approval occurred on Monday. “I expect there will be a slight increase in participation in license sales,” Treasurer Dennis Munksgard said. “To define slight, I would say less than 12 percent.” While there were ...

Military licenses

Active duty military who are looking to deer hunt this season will have an additional opportunity to pick up a license. “Due to the opening of deer rifle season on Saturday, November 30, the Warren County Treasurer’s office will be open from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, November 29, to accommodate any active duty military personnel that want to purchase their hunting licenses,” Treasurer Dennis Munksgard said. Munksgard has held these limited hours for active duty personnel since he began serving as treasurer. “If any members of our military or their family members have ...

PGC to stock nearly 4,000 pheasants in habitats for 2019

In 2019, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will stock almost 4,000 pheasants in Warren County. The last two stockings have yet to take place. Like trout stocked in local waterways, those pheasants are stocked to be taken by sportsmen. “Pheasants are stocked for hunters as a ‘put and take’ program,” Pennsylvania Game Commission Land Manager George Miller said. Those that survive the hunting season are viable and can reproduce. The timing and locations are not secret. The Game Commission publishes the locations to be stocked and an estimation of when they will be ...