Gary Alt, PGC recently retired deer guru, promises to become the Commission’s worse nightmare.
Check out this article in the bird lover’s July 2005 edition:
There’s only one way to protect yourself, your family, and native ecosystems from the most dangerous and destructive wild animal in North America, an animal responsible for maiming and killing hundreds of [...]

First Alt, now Ross:
Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Vernon R. Ross today announced he will retire effective Dec. 31, to spend more time with his wife and family, and in the Great Outdoors with his grandchildren.

Gary Alt took the first swing.
The Game Commission responded.
Now the PA Outdoor News summarizes each side.
Do you get the feeling that it really doesn’t matter who is right, that we hunters are going to lose either way.

The SCOTUS might not approve of posting these, but they will stay here for all to see:
Ten Commandments
1. You shall have no other gods besides Me.
2. You shall not make unto you any graven images.
3. You shall not take the name of the Lord, your God, in vain.
4. Remember to keep holy the Sabbath day.
5. [...]

The Philly Daily News is at it again….
Their motto: “Guns don’t kill people, gun dealers do.”
Gun dealers “are the main pipeline for crime guns, for criminals getting ahold of guns and for youth getting ahold of guns, and they know it.”

Well, my hunting buddy did it!
Yesterday, in the late afternoon, he shot a woodchuck at 504 yards. This, of course, put him in that elite group of hunters, and earns him a place in The Varmint Hunters Association Downrange Club.
I will avoid using his name to protect the innocent. For now. After [...]

Why is the Pennsylvania Game Commission worried about bats?
Is there a new hunting season coming in right before dove season…bat season.
Or is the new movie getting everyone excited over bats.

Pick up a copy of the Perry County Times. The June 9, 2005 edition has an article by Harry Boyer, “Silently comes the cunning coyote into central Pennsylvania.”
I couldn’t find a link to this but here is a summary:
Many claim there are no coyotes in Perry County. Harry writes this couldn’t be farther [...]

GAME COMMISSION AND ARMSTRONG COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY INVESTIGATION RESULTS IN THE LARGEST CASE IN COUNTY HISTORY
The arrests were the result of several months of investigative work involving a total of seven suspects ranging in age from 14 to 46. Six of the defendants are residents of Armstrong County, and one is from Butler County. [...]

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