The Pennsylvania Game Commission today said that a Lancaster County hunter is being treated with post-exposure rabies shots after he killed and field-dressed a deer Jan. 20 in Valley Township, Chester County, that later tested positive. “The hunter contacted us about his concerns that the deer was unfit for human consumption,” said John Veylupek, a [...]

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The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today set the preliminary seasons and bag limits for the 2012-13 hunting and trapping seasons. Final approval will be made in April after hearing public comment. The two-week concurrent antlered and antlerless deer season is scheduled for Nov. 26-Dec. 8 in most wildlife management units including those in northwestern [...]

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Paul Friend, of East Springfield, killed a 200-pound black bear in Warren County this week. After three days of the season, hunters had killed 109 bears in Warren County, most in the Northwest Region, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission. There were 3,023 bears checked at official check stations during the first three days of [...]

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From the Associated Press: The requirement that Pennsylvania hunters wear back tags will soon be a thing of the past. The state Senate today passed the repeal by a vote of 46 to 3. The sponsor, York Republican Rep. Keith Gillespie, said 48 other states have done away with the mandate. He calls it an [...]

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Carhartt Carl has been caught! The man suspected of robbing 12 banks in Pennsylvania and Ohio, including a recent hold-up of a Cleveland branch National City Bank this past Monday, has been arrested. The FBI report that 33-year-old Kenneth Gibson of Cleveland was charged in Monday’s holdup and is suspected to be the same robber [...]

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Well, I think at this point we can call the Christmas holiday over – bad news for the local economy is flying left and right. Troyer Farms recently sold to Bickel’s Snack Foods (Hanover Foods) and promised the sale would not result in layoffs. Someone had their fingers crossed behind their back because yesterday the [...]

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