Wildlife officers free deer of plastic feeder stuck around neck in O'Hara June 8, 2023 Pennsylvania, TribLIVE.com

... A whitetail deer, seen for weeks by Fox Chapel area residents sporting a large, white, plastic feeder around its neck, was freed Thursday morning, thanks to the persistent efforts of Pennsylvania Game Commission officials...

Game Commission Updates Public on CWD Surveillance June 2, 2023 Pennsylvania, PGC News

... Since July 1, 2022, the Game Commission collected nearly 11,000 CWD samples from deer. Hunter-harvested samples made up the bulk of those, with more than 7,000.

To date, a total of more than 400 wild deer tested positive for CWD, 243 of them harvested by hunters. Both numbers are up from the year before when 261 deer overall, 174 of them harvested by hunters, tested positive.  The public can view the results of this ongoing surveillance effort on the CWD Surveillance Dashboard available at https://pgcdatacollection.pa.gov/CWDResultsLookup...

Six persons charged with out-of-season slaughter of dozens of deer in Franklin County May 26, 2023 Penn Live

... the total case count possibly involved more than 100 deer, most of which were left to rot at the location of kill.  “It’s not unusual to have this ‘thrill-kill’,” said Lt. Richard Danley, law enforcement supervisor for the Game Commission ... “It is unusual to have this many...

Dogs trained to sniff out chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania May 22, 2023 abc27

... “ ...we’re training these dogs to detect chronic wasting disease in deer feces. We’re in the kind of research phase,” said Brenna Babiy, a Conservation K9 Supervisor/Handler...

Pennsylvania's Estimated Deer Kill May 18, 2023 Morrisons Cove Herald

... the “claimed harvest of 422,960 whitetails is so far beyond the realm of scientific possibility that it’s not even worthy of a debate with the agency.” ,,, this harvest figure would require a population of more than two million deer... this means “there would have to be 48-59 deer per square mile on every square mile of agricultural and forest lands or 38-47 deer per square mile of land area in the state, including the city streets of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia…"

Upper Makefield Police Relocate Fawn From Busy Township Roadway May 16, 2023 Pennsylvania, Patch

... "The traffic was zooming past this baby only inches away from her adorable face ... We were able to move the deer to a safer place, near where she was left, where she bedded down again, and where Mom will be able to find her upon her return."

Afield: New elk research in PA shows lower calf survival rate than previously thought May 14, 2023 Pennsylvania, AOL

... “We had spontaneous abortions, five calves dead at birth — one of those appeared to be accidental trauma, and in two additional cases, the cow died while giving birth. These types of calf deaths are relatively undocumented in free ranging elk.”.. Quite different from the results of the previous study, only 63% of the calves survived through their first year, and predation was the leading cause of mortality ..,

Deer farmer grows rare piebalds on his Pennsylvania property May 11, 2023 USA Today

... four deer, including three piebald deer at their home... a rare genetic abnormality that includes patches of white fur on different parts of their bodies... It’s not a profitable position. You have to be really big, have big herds, be able to sell the semen or be able to sell the deer. ...

Pennsylvania deer hunters will have 147,000 more antlerless deer licenses, 34 fewer elk April 18, 2023 YAHOO!News

... The agency plans to issue 1,095,000 antlerless deer licenses across the state for the 2023-24 hunting seasons, which is up from the 948,000 licenses issued for 2022-23. The antlerless deer and elk allocations are based on scientific data and tailored to meet population objectives within each WMU and elk hunt zone..,

Commissions provide 2022 reports April 14, 2023 Pennsylvania, The Sentinel

... Pennsylvania is home to about 1,400 elk. Almost 200 hunters each year get a chance to pursue elk that for decades were absent from the state...

Changes coming to Pennsylvania deer licenses April 13, 2023 abc27

... The proposed purchasing process would allow hunters to buy antlerless licenses for 2023-24 online at huntfish.pa.gov or in-store at any hunting license issuing agency...

Pennsylvania Game Commission Releases Deer Harvest Estimates March 30 2023 PGC News

...  Game Commission Deer and Elk Section Supervisor David Stainbrook said that’s noteworthy because the buck harvest is considered a good indicator of the overall deer population trend. If the buck harvest is climbing, the deer population likely is, too. If it’s dropping, the population probably mirrors that. If it’s stable, the population likely is as well, though, if hunter numbers are declining, a stable antlered harvest trend may actually indicate an increasing population trend.

     “The long-term buck harvest trend indicates Pennsylvania’s deer population is in a pretty good place right now,” Stainbrook said. “We see generally stable population trends in most of the state, near goal levels, and we are seeing more older bucks available for harvest.  “For five years running, about one of every four Pennsylvania hunters has tagged a buck ... reported results ...

Deer harvest in 2022-23 season up 12% from previous year, Game Commission says March 30, 2023 Pennsylvania, Penn Live

... Hunters harvested an estimated 422,960 white-tailed deer - 164,190 buck and 258,770 antlerless.  In 2021-22 the harvest was estimated at 376,810 deer...  [see the report, PDF]

Pennsylvania deer hunting numbers down in 2021-22; larger deer reported March 28, 2023 ABC27

... According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s annual report, the estimated total of white-tailed deer harvested during the 2021-22 season was 376,810. That estimate was down from the more than 435,000 harvested in 2020-21 and more than 389,000 harvested the season prior...

Lancaster County man's trophy buck YouTube video leads to charges, fines for illegal hunting March 27, 2023 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Online

... A Gordonville man has pleaded guilty to illegally killing a large buck over bait in Chester County last fall.  And you can watch the whole hunt for the deer on YouTube...

About 600 wild deer to get GPS collars in southcentral Pennsylvania February 15, 2023 Erie Times-News

...  part of a research project involving Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) ...  “It will give us insight into the effects of CWD on Pennsylvania’s deer population.” ...

Projects Explore CWD in Pennsylvania February 7, 2023 Pennsylvania Game Commission

... . Several research initiatives launching this year aim to increase understanding of CWD and develop tools to confront it.  The first project will look at the impact of CWD on deer in Bedford and Fulton counties, which have produced about 90% of known CWD-positive deer since the disease’s discovery in Pennsylvania in 2012...

Deer browsing is just one of many factors shaping North American forests January 31, 2023 Pennsylvania, Phys.org

... estimated deer density of about 18–31 deer per square mile ... "In this study, deer had no discernible influence on height growth or survival of either sugar maple or ash seedlings," he said. "The truth is that seedlings in Northern hardwood forests respond to a complex of environmental factors in addition to deer herbivory, such as light availability, soil quality and competition from understory vegetation like blackberry." [ Marc McDill, Penn State associate professor of forest management,  recently published in Forest Ecology and Management]

Pennsylvania Game Commission Begins Testing Deer in Bucks County for Dangerous Chemicals January 24, 2023 BUCKSCO.Today

...  testing the local deer population for PFSAs and PFSOs ... Also known as “forever chemicals” ...

Doe tags, antlerless deer licenses in Pennsylvania go on sale in June January 22, 2023 GoErie.com

... For more than four decades, county treasurers offices were the only place hunters could purchase a doe tag... Starting in June, hunters can purchase antlerless deer licenses at all locations that sell licenses, including county treasurers, sport shops and online...

Growths on deer spotted in North Huntingdon are likely papillomavirus, Game Commission says January 13, 2023 Pennsylvania, TribLIVE.com

...  deer covered in fibromas... growths on the skin caused by viruses ... not contagious between deer or to humans. Fibromas can become dangerous if they grow too close to a deer’s eyes or mouth. If the animal can’t see and becomes too disoriented, it could unknowingly wander onto a road...

Afield: Pennsylvania’s bear population is down, fewer harvested this season December 24, 2022  Centre Daily Times

... Pennsylvania’s black bear population peaked about four years ago, estimated at over 20,000 bears, and stayed that way until 2020, when it began dropping. This year, the Pennsylvania Game Commission projected fewer than 16,000 bears in the state..,

Pennsylvania ranks sixth in the nation for most animal collisions December 13, 2022 Fox43.com

... According to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT), there were more than 5,700 deer-related crashes in 2021, up from almost 5,600 in 2020...

Pennsylvania's deer season shift a tradeoff in boosting licenses and preserving tradition December 12, 2022 The Center Square

...  While general hunting licenses have dropped from 644,000 in 2011 to 550,000 in 2021 and have trended downward, resident antlerless deer licenses have gone up to 897,000 in 2021 from 843,000 in 2011, and increased overall since 2015... The addition of a weekend start to deer hunting season has given hunters more opportunities ...

Venison butchers dwindling in region December 11, 2022 Pennsylvania, Altoona Mirror

... Venison processing is a central part of deer harvesting, and area butchers are looking for new ways to keep the business afloat while the hunting tradition dwindles...

Community outraged over albino deer killed in Fayette County December 7, 2022 Pennsylvania, CBS News

... a Perryopolis man is facing state game violations after he allegedly killed the deer out of season... A community in Fayette County is mourning a beloved animal ...

Pennsylvania Poacher Found with Remains of 37 Bucks on His Property November 29, 2022 Field & Stream

... Frantz is prohibited from possessing firearms due to a 2000 burglary conviction and already had a history of game violations ... Pennsylvania is home to approximately 1.5 million deer...

PHOTOS: Several deer rescued from frozen lake in Cambria County November 28, 2022 Pennsylvania, WTAJ Altoona

... First responders successfully saved the lives of three deer that were trapped in the icy water of Duman Lake in Barr Township ...

Pennsylvania's firearms deer season underway November 27, 2022 YAHOO!News

... David Stainbrook, Deer and Elk Management Section Supervisor for the Game Commission, said one way to measure trends is to look at the buck harvest per square mile. That's a good general barometer of deer population abundance... Buck harvests over the decade averaged 3.2 per square mile, right in keeping with last year's take...

Rifle season for deer begins Saturday in Pennsylvania  November 26, 2022 The Sentinel

... hard mast, specifically acorns, that are favored by deer is very sporadic this year. He said multiple regions of the state report poor acorn crops this fall, which could be blamed on consecutive years of heavy, spongy moth defoliation coupled with drought.

.. Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season draws more than 600,000 hunters ...

Pitt study recommends lead-content advisories on venison donated to food banks November 26, 2022 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

... A University of Pittsburgh report on lead fragmentation in hunted deer, published in September in the American Journal of Public Health, was billed as the first study specifically focused on the presence of lead particles in venison donated by hunters to organizations that provide food to low income families... There is no safe level of lead in the human body...

Deer firearms season begins Saturday November 25, 2022 Pennsylvania, Yahoo

... "The acorn crop is kind of sparse," ... foresters blame several consecutive years of heavy spongy moth defoliation as well as drought-like conditions this year for the lack of acorn production, regardless of elevation...

Deer Rescue Interrupts Annual Lower Southampton Turkey Bowl: Video November 25, 2022 Pennsylvania, Patch

... a deer stuck in a fence. Members left the game and R6 responded to assist the officer with getting the uninjured doe free. WATCH THE RESCUE...

Pennsylvania's Firearms Deer Season to Kick Off Saturday November 22, 2022 Pennsylvania Pressroom - PA.GOV

... “Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season draws more than 600,000 hunters to Penn’s Woods every year and it’s not hard to see why,” said Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans. “A productive deer herd that, thanks to antler point restrictions, includes a high proportion of adult bucks, spread out across the Commonwealth ..."

Antlerless deer licenses face a major makeover November 17, 2022 Pennsylvania, Bradford Era

...  Senate Bill 431, which would allow hunters to buy antlerless licenses through the HuntFishPA automated licensing service, was signed into law last week. When it takes effect in the 2023-24 license year, antlerless licenses will be available for purchase online or in person at any license issuing agent...

Wildlife expert Gary Alt paid a price for healthier Pa. deer herd, but he says it was worth it October 31, 2022 Pennsylvania, Bradford Era

... The change Alt and his team would push for was a better overall balance in deer numbers for the habitat that was there to sustain them. What that meant was harvesting more antlerless deer than ever before — almost a blasphemy to many in the hunting culture of Pennsylvania ...

Pennsylvania elk hunting season starts next week October 28, 2022  ABC27

... Pennsylvania’s annual elk-license drawing which included more than 56,000 people this year...  This year 101 of the 178 Pennsylvania elk licenses are valid for the general season...

Bill to sell antlerless deer licenses online passes October 27, 2022 Pennsylvania, WNEP

... A bill allowing hunters to apply for doe licenses online passed the Pennsylvania House on Wednesday.  Currently, antlerless licenses are only sold through mail-in applications...

Pa Senate approves easier access to antlerless deer hunting license October 27, 2022 Pennsylvania, WTAJ Altoona

... The state House of Representatives approved Senator Dan Laughlin’s legislation which removes county treasures as the sole provider of antlerless tags. This change will then include all sellers authorized by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) through the Pennsylvania Automated Licensing System, including online sales, to provide antlerless tags...

White Township wisely halted deer management issue for the current hunting season October 21, 2022 Pennsylvania, Indianagazette.com

... Residents raised a number of concerns regarding the bow hunting plan, from its lack of public input (false) and unclear objectives and goals (somewhat true) to unresolved property and safety considerations (true)...

20 years of antler restrictions have changed deer harvest October 20, 2022 Pennsylvania, Centre County Gazette

... From 1985 through 2001, an average of only 19% of the bucks harvested were two-and-a-half years old or older... During the first year of the stricter antler regulations, that percentage of older bucks in the harvest jumped to 32%, 44% the following year and then 50% in 2004... Another significant jump occurred in 2018, when the percentage of older bucks in the harvest hit 64%, and the percentage has stayed in the 60s through last season...

Hunters reminded of CWD regulations October 20, 2022 Pennsylvania, Courier Express

... Pennsylvania first detected CWD in 2012 at a captive deer facility in Adams County. The Game Commission has since tested more than 118,000 wild, free-ranging whitetails and more than 1,700 elk for CWD.  To date, CWD has been found in about 1,000 deer. It has not been detected in Pennsylvania’s elk herd..,

Park service plans deer management through March October 16, 2022, Pennsylvania, Gettysburg Times

...  lethal removal of white-tailed deer ... In June of 2017 the Pennsylvania Game Commission designated a new Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Area which includes a portion of Gettysburg National Military Park ...

Deer management season under way in Franklin Park, McCandless and Ross October 15, 2022 Pennsylvania, TribLIVE.com

... “We always have a waiting list of hunters. The real problem is having enough landowners open up their property to access for hunting,” ... The company has been conducting hunts in McCandless since 2021, in Ross Township since 2020 and Franklin Park since 2019 ...

It's peak time of year for deer collisions October 14, 2022 Pennsylvania, Indiana Gazette

... In 2020, there were more than 5,581 deer related crashes in Pennsylvania, according to data from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Moreover, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, there are about 1 million car accidents with deer each year ...

Deer Urine Ban Fails, Pennsylvania Game Commission Board Split on Issue October 6, 2022 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Farming

... Debate over the use of deer attractants and the risk of spreading chronic wasting disease continues to linger with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, but the board isn’t ready to implement a statewide ban on the products... The board voted 4-4 on the proposal... 

Crews rescue deer that had fallen into large construction hole September 25, 2022 Pennylvania, 

WTAE-TV

... Rescue crews estimated the deer fell 40 feet...  it's broken off an antler ... The process included sedating the deer, before strapping it up and loading it onto a deer rack...

Statewide Ban on Urine-based Deer Attractant Fails to Advance September 24, 2022 Pennylvania, PGC News

     The proposed statewide ban on the use and field possession of urine-based deer attractants and other cervid excretions failed to gain majority support from the Board of Commissioners, meaning it will advance no further toward adoption at this time.  The Board of Commissioners was split 4-4 on whether to move the proposal toward final adoption...

Whitehall, Some Whitehall residents fighting against deer management program  September 16, 2022 Pennsylvania, CBS News

... Kenezevich and neighbors have been selling and delivering signs to other concerned residents. About 50 have been sold so far. She hopes to gain enough support to convince the borough to consider other methods such as contraceptives, but leaders say this is the least effective and economic option...

Dead deer at Middle Creek suspected victims of hemorrhagic disease September 8, 2022 Pennsylvania, Penn Live

... At least four dead deer have been found, leading to the cancellation of this year’s archery hunt ... EHD and bluetongue are both transmitted through bites from tiny insects called biting midges...

Movement of white‐tailed deer in contrasting landscapes influences management of chronic wasting disease The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2022

...  We observed 21% of female and 58% of male yearlings disperse from their apparent natal home range in Minnesota, while in Pennsylvania 4% of female and 68% of male yearlings dispersed. We also documented 20% of females and 6% of males migrated between seasonal home ranges in Minnesota, while in Pennsylvania no females and 5% of males migrated. The average distance deer dispersed or migrated in Minnesota was 20 km and 11 km, respectively, while in Pennsylvania male deer dispersed only about 4 km. Both sexes in Minnesota tended to disperse in a consistent, westerly direction ...

Alleghany National Forest extends wildlife feeding restriction due to Chronic Waste Disease August 30, 2022 Pennsylvania, WTAJ

... The order prohibits feeding wildlife or laying or placing any food, fruit, hay, grain, chemical, salt, or other minerals in the Forest... On May 26, 2021, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture confirmed that a captive white-tailed deer on a Warren County hunting preserve tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)...

Elk cam back for another season August 25, 2022 Pennsylvania, PGC News

... The Game Commission again has installed a camera on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County, in a field that typically is a hub of elk activity as the bugling season heats up. Video and sound from the camera are being livestreamed at www.pgc.pa.gov, and viewers can expect not only to see elk, but turkeys, deer and other wildlife, as well...

New CWD-positive leads to DMA 2 expansion August 22, 2022  Pennsylvania, PGC News

... The deer, an adult female, was found in Upper Mifflin Township in Cumberland County. As a result, DMA 2 is expanding east into more of Cumberland, Adams and York counties..,

Pa. reported an increase in deer-related wrecks last year August 22, 2022 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer

... The state Department of Transportation reported 5,726 such crashes in 2021, compared to 5,586 in 2020 ... Allegheny County saw the most crashes last year with 321. ...

National Park Service hires sharpshooters to reduce deer herds; animal activists upset  August 18, 2022 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Online

... The hard truth, many wildlife officials and game managers say, is that humans have only themselves to blame for needing these unpopular lethal control methods. That’s because residential areas, farms and fields are vastly better habitat for deer than wilderness.  “Deer are attracted to suburbs for the same reason as people,” notes the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s A Guide to Community ...

Deadline approaches for antlerless deer and elk licenses in PA. July 28, 2022 Pennsylvania,  GoErie.com

... The Pennsylvania Game Commission has 178 elk licenses ... The state has about 1,400 wild elk ... In 2021, about 53,000 sportsmen paid for about 99,000 applications at $11.97 each for the 187 tags...

“Deer & Tater Tots” : Union Township entrepreneur going viral with pet deer  July 5, 2022, Pennsylvania, WFMZ-TV

... "I posted a couple videos they went viral. I kept doing it, they kept going viral and now I'm sitting at 1.8 million followers,” ... Pip says his pet deer and the viral TikTok videos help to promote his food truck ...

Pennsylvania's annual doe-tag lottery starts July 11 July 3, 2022 Lancaster Online

... There are 948,000 antlerless licenses up for grabs this year – up from the 925,000 allocated last year... Hunters last year shot an estimated 231,490 antlerless deer. There were 925,000 antlerless licenses issued, but there also were tens of thousands of Deer Management Assistance Permits sold ...

Southcentral Pennsylvania area continues as No. 1 chronic wasting disease area June 6, 2022 Pennsylvania, PennLive.com

... most of the deer that tested positive for CWD in the 2021-22 hunting season came from DMA 2 in southcentral Pennsylvania.  That area, where CWD is considered to be established within the deer population, has produced nearly 90 percent of Pennsylvania’s CWD-positives since the disease first was detected in the state in 2012...

PA Game Commission Updates Public on CWD Surveillance June 3, 2022 Pennsylvania, PGC News

... Since July 1, 2021, the Game Commission has collected more than 11,000 CWD samples from deer. Hunters across five Disease Management Areas (DMAs) submitted more than 5,000 of those samples. More than 2,900 samples were collected from processors as part of the Game Commission’s statewide surveillance efforts.  Of the number sampled, CWD was detected in a total of 253 deer ...

Containing CWD poses unique challenges May 21, 2022 Pennsylvania, The Courier 

...  There’s also a voluntary herd certification program. Most of the state’s 723 captive shooting facilities participate, but a total of 35 herds have been found CWD-positive, and the numbers are climbing... Eighteen of those areas still house live deer ..,

Group Seeks Transfer of Deer Farm Oversight Away from Ag Department May 12, 2022 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Farming

... “The Game Commission has the biological and law enforcement staff necessary for captive deer shooting facility oversight, and full authority over these facilities would help protect the state’s wild deer resource and the $1.6 billion that hunting contributes to Pennsylvania’s economy annually,” ... Kip Adams, NDA’s chief conservation officer ...

Video Below:  PA Deer Farmers Association- Education on Regulatory overview through the Department of Ag.  May 4, 2022 Pennsylvania.

Should the Game Commission regulate captive deer shoots? April 29, 2022 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

... The National Deer Association is urging the Pennsylvania legislature to strip the Department of Agriculture of its oversight of the state’s captive deer shooting facilities and transfer control to the Game Commission... new CWD management area was created when the fatal deer disease was detected at a fenced deer farm ...

CWD Has Been Detected in 35 Captive Shooting Facilities in Pennsylvania, But More Than Half Still Have Deer. What Gives?  April 29, 2022 Outdoor Life

...“Of the seven disease management areas we have in the state, five of those have been started because of CWD being found in a captive facility,” ... The state of Pennsylvania has 723 captive shooting facilities. Of those facilities, 10 in the voluntary program and 25 in the mandatory program are now CWD-positive. Of those 35 captive facilities with instances of CWD, 18 still have deer on them..,

Monroe butcher shop charged with buying and selling game April 23, 2022 Pennsylvania, Times News

... An undercover agent made several purchases of meat products from the business, which tested positive for whitetail deer.  Many of these products were mixed, ground and blended with other meats and spices to form a final sale product...

Deer Appear to be in the Clear for Forever Chemicals April 23, 2022 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Farming

... The Pennsylvania Game Commission sampled 27 deer from Tyler State Park in the southeastern part of the state...  no forever chemicals were detected beyond the reporting limit...

Lower Merion reports over 150 deer taken out in latest round of deer culling April 22, 2022 Pennsylvania, Main Line

... Since the program began in 2009, 1,565 deer have been removed from the township after a total of 82 days of culling...

Highlights from Today's Pennsylvania Commissioners' Meeting April 21, 2022 The Sentinel

...The board voted to allocate 948,000 antlerless deer licenses statewide, which is up from the 925,000 licenses allocated for 2021-21... The board also voted to issue 178 elk licenses (60 antlered, 118 antlerless) across three 2022-23 seasons...

Deer farmers work to breed deer less susceptible to CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) April 20, 2022 Pennsylvania, Erie Times-News

... With the aid of CWD genomic susceptibility testing ... deer farms across Pennsylvania and the country are working at breakneck speeds to sample their herds, remove the high susceptibility animals and keep and breed the low susceptibility animals ...

Newly Detected CWD-Positives Lead to New DMA Expansions April 11, 2022 Pennsylvania, PGC News 

... CWD recently was detected at a captive facility in Lycoming County. The newly established DMA includes portions of Lycoming, Northumberland, Montour, Columbia and Sullivan counties, and will be about 460 square miles in size. This DMA represents the fifth DMA to be created due to a captive facility...

Deer farms bristle at claims that they spread CWD April 1, 2022 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

... In March, Kip Adams, the Pennsylvania-based chief conservation officer for the nonprofit National Deer Alliance, told the Governor’s Advisory Council on Hunting, Fishing and Conservation that transporting captive white-tailed deer among the farms is one of the root causes for the spread of CWD among wild herds...

Game Commission Releases Deer Harvest Estimates March 24, 2022 Pennsylvania, PGC News

... Hunters harvested an estimated 376,810 white-tailed deer. The statewide buck harvest was estimated at 145,320 and the antlerless harvest at 231,490.  That take, overall, is down about 13 percent compared to 2020-21, when hunters recorded the largest deer harvest in 16 years, harvesting an estimated 435,180 deer. It is, however, similar to the estimated statewide deer harvests during the 2018-19 and 2019-20 seasons..,

Pennsylvania Deer Keep Jumping to Death From Bridge in 'disturbing' Scenes March 23,  Newsweek

... Pennsylvania has a population of about 1.5 million white-tailed deer... A total of 25 deer have jumped from the U.S. 219 bypass in Johnsonburg ..,

Game warden frees trapped deer by shooting antler off in PA March 22, 2022 Pennsylvania, Charlotte Observer

...  game warden Ryan Zawada arrived to find a buck stuck in a net by an antler ... given the fear and stress it was already under, Zawada worried the chemical option might induce a heart attack...

Raining deer? Residents want action as deer keep falling to their deaths in Pennsylvania March 17, 2022 KGAN

..."As you can see in the background, there's a deer that have jumped off this bypass,” explained resident Bill Boylan, referring to the US-219 bypass that runs through the town. “Recently, since we lived on the other side of the bypass, we've had 25 deer jump to their death in a populated area...

Pa. Game Commission in Somerset files charges in 'thrill killing' of over a dozen deer March 11, 2022 Pennsylania, YAHOO!News

... An investigation found that the three had killed 19 deer in Addison, Lower Turkeyfoot and Somerset townships, including one incident where a deer was dragged behind a vehicle in late 2020 ...

Game Commission Delivers Annual Report to Legislature February 23, 2022 Pennsylvania,  PGC News

... The resurgence of our elk population is a conservation success story that has also created some amazing hunting opportunities. Today, the Commonwealth is home to approximately 1,400 elk...

read the annual report ..,

Red Tag deer program starts soon in PA, regulations may soon change January 27, 2022 Pennsylvania, Erie Times-New

... most of the hunting is done in February... allows hunters to help farmers address their crop damage ...  If approved, hunters would be allowed to have four permits and be able to keep all the deer they harvested. Current regulations involve just one deer per person...

Pennsylvania testing deer in Bucks County for PFAS January 18, 2022 Philadelphia Tribune

...  looking for evidence of what are known as PFAS, a group of manufacturing chemicals typically found in nonstick cookware, firefighting foam, and fast-food wrappers ...  may issue a “do not eat” advisory for deer in Tyler State Park ...

Rare 'piebald' deer known for unusual markings find home with Pennsylvania family as pets January 6, 2022 YAHOO!News

... a family in northeastern Pennsylvania discovered deer can be great pets, too...a young deer was made available about 11 years ago through a petting zoo ... receiving the proper permitting through Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture ...

Peters Township, Approvals granted for deer sharpshooting program in Peters Township December 29, 2021 Pennsylvania,  Observer-Reporter

... “The township has engaged in an archery program to cull deer since 2008, and that program, alone, has not effectively controlled the deer population. To me, the logical next step is the sharpshooter program,” ... Archery kills generally have numbered between 50 and 60 annually ...

Rain puts damper on firearms finale December 14, 2021 Pennsylvania,  indianagazette.com

... Much of my experience this fall indicated an unhealthy buck-to-doe ratio, which is detrimental to the herd’s health. With so many doe, some are not bred during the initial rut and come into estrus a second time. These late-bred doe then have fawns later in the spring when conditions are less-than-ideal and the fawns will be inferior...

Pennsylvania hunting calendar changes have increased license sales November 29, 2021 Pennsylvania News Today

... Hunting license sales in Pennsylvania have been declining each year since 2014, but have increased from 855,486 in the 2018-19 season to 887,221 in 2020-21 ... For hunters over the age of 49, 48% said the addition of Sunday was very important or important, and 12% said it was rather important...

Abundant whitetails, increased flexibility this season  November 23, 2021 Pennsylvania, Williamsport Sun-Gazette

...  deer populations remain stable across most of the state’s 23 Wildlife Management Units (WMUs)... The number of antlerless tags available this season was reduced in many WMUs compared to last to account for the additional days of antlerless hunting..,

Thompson Introduces Bill to Aid With Chronic Wasting Costs October 29, 2021 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Farming

... The Chronic Wasting Disease Research and Management Act would authorize $35 million annually for USDA to work with state wildlife and agriculture departments to manage chronic wasting.  Another $35 million would be allotted for research on the disease ...

Newly Detected CWD-Positive Leads to DMA3 Expansion and a New DMA October 22, 2021 Pennsylvania, Game Commission News

      A CWD-positive deer recently detected in Jefferson County has led to new regulations to reduce the risk of the disease spreading... Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a road-killed deer on the northern boundary of DMA3 prompted these changes. The adult male was collected as part of ongoing CWD surveillance efforts..,

Newly Detected CWD-Positive Leads to DMA3 Expansion and a New DMA October 22, 2021 Pennsylvania, Game Commission News

      A CWD-positive deer recently detected in Jefferson County has led to new regulations to reduce the risk of the disease spreading... Detection of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a road-killed deer on the northern boundary of DMA3 prompted these changes. The adult male was collected as part of ongoing CWD surveillance efforts..,

Deer management program to run at Gettysburg National Military Park, Eisenhower National Historic Site October 5, 2021 Pennsylvania, WGAL Lancaster-Harrisburg

... Hunting is not allowed inside the two parks; only qualified federal employees will take part. United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services will be doing the work ... 

 Deer season set to open; archers first into the woods Oct. 2 September 25, 2021 Pennsylvania, Yahoo News

... Although just 1.3% of deer tested last year by the PGC were positive for CWD, hunters are warned to not take their chances in what they have labeled the Established Area (EA) in the core of DMA 2. One of seven hunter-harvested deer there tested positive...

Pennsylvania Game Commission warns public about chronic wasting disease September 22, 2021  YourErie.com

... Since 2012, chronic wasting disease has been detected in 730 white-tailed deer in Pennsylvania... There are four disease management areas across the state. The newest was created this year and covers 212 square miles within Warren County ..,

Pennsylvania creates 35 secret sanctuaries to protect rare plants  September 20, 2021 The Chesapeake Bay Journal

... Plants such as glade spurge, white monkshood and mountain pimpernel have wire cages placed over them to keep deer from munching them ... To guard against poaching, the agency isn’t revealing the locations ...

Peters Township considering adding sharpshooting to deer culling effort September 17, 2021 Pennsylvania, Post-Gazette

... “The archery program has been pretty steady from the inception as to its impact on the deer population,” ... the archers in the program have dwindled from about 50 at the start to about 30 and said some of the archers only kill one or two deer per season...

Reading to consider thinning white-tailed deer population September 13, 2021 WFMZ-TV

... the U.S. Department of Agriculture will be conducting a controlled, nonpublic hunt for the deer in the mountain areas around Antietam Lake Park...

 Doe licenses remain in several parts of the state; hunters can hold six tags August 31, 2021  GoErie.com

... The Pennsylvania Game Commission made a total of 925,000 antlerless deer licenses available, which is slightly down from 932,000 in 2020...

Deer Disfigured by Facial Warts, Shown in Viral Video, Could Be Put Down August 27, 2021 Pennsylvania, Newsweek

...  as the deer turns to face her, revealing its features almost completely obscured by the fleshy lumps. It's eyes are no longer visible amid the growths, while its nose and mouth have also been engulfed by warts... The disease is typically referred to as deer warts ...

Lyme disease, vehicle crashes bring deer management program back to West Hills August 23, 2021 Pennsylvania, The Tribune-Democrat

... There’s no study of how many deer may be in the West Hills, but the program presumes overpopulation... For lethal control to be effective, however, 40% of antlerless deer in the area would have to be killed, Norman said. ...

Forget binoculars, Pa. Game Commission’s ‘Elk Cam’ goes live August 12, 2021 Pennsylvania, abc27.com

... The camera itself is located on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County... 

Pa. Game Commission receives record number of elk applications August 5, 2021 Pennsylvania, GoErie.com

... The wild elk population is estimated at 1,400 to 1,500 animals in northcentral Pennsylvania... “Elk license applications are up by more than 25% this year – 99,448 compared to 79,412,” ..,

Two men sentenced after video shows a deer being tortured in Bradford County July 30, 2021 Pennsylvania, WETM - MyTwinTiers.com

... hit a deer while driving his employer’s truck ... a video showed one of them cutting off the leg of a live deer ...

Highlights from Today's Commisioner's Meeting July 24, 2021 Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf

...  a host of changes that will improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Agricultural Deer Control Program ... An individual hunter no longer would be limited to obtaining one permit ... “The Agricultural Deer Control Program is designed to allow farmers to manage the deer populations on their property,” ...

Ban on feeding animals proposed in Allegheny National Forest July 19, 2021 Pennsylvania, Erie Times-News

...  a captive white-tailed deer on a Warren County hunting preserve tested positive for CWD... Agencies believe the feeding of deer can amplify the transmission of diseases like CWD... [see proposal, public comment until August 13]

Changes proposed to Game Commission's red tag deer program  July 19, 2021 Pennsylvania, Erie Times-News

... The red tag program allows antlerless deer to be harvested during late winter and summer... Remove public access requirement and signage requirements... limit to four permits per person ...

When the fawns feel the constant danger, they seem almost relaxed July 15, 2021 Pennsylvania, Florida News Times

... “Less than half of the white-tailed deer fawns live to see their first birthday, and many are killed by predators such as coyotes. Asiatic black bear And Bobcat. The fawn instinctively “knows that they are in constant danger.” ... In areas with many predators and people, the fawn seems to be relaxing instead of hypervigilance, ... “They burn out like constant stress,”  ...

What Hunters Should Know about 2020-21 Antlerless Licenses July 6, 2021 Pennsylvania, PGC News

... The total number of antlerless licenses has been reduced from 932,000 to 925,000 for 2021-22, meaning licenses could sell out at a faster pace this year. But where licenses remain, hunters in many cases can apply for more of them than they did in years past.  Hunters now can hold up to six unfilled antlerless licenses at a time, and can apply for additional licenses as they harvest deer and report them...

Pa. Game Commission Increases Transaction Fees, Raising Cost of Antlerless Deer License July 2, 2021 Pennsylvania, Erie News Now

... The Pennsylvania Game Commission has increased transaction fees, raising the cost of an antlerless deer license, Erie County announced Friday.  t's now $6.97 for Pennsylvania residents, and $26.97 for a non-resident...

Mt. Lebanon ready to renew deer hunting program June 25, 2021 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

... Mt. Lebanon’s deer management program has been in existence since 2015-16 and since then, a total of 598 deer have been removed ... has spent $279,000 on the deer management program ...

Chronic wasting disease takes hold in Bay states' deer June 21, 2021 Pennsylvania, The Chesapeake Bay Journal

... Pennsylvania ...has been particularly aggressive in thinning out deer populations to stop the spread in four affected areas in the state since CWD was first found there in 2012.  Yet, during hunting seasons last fall, the incidence of reported CWD rose in one disease management area to 14% of all deer shot, up from 8% the previous year..,

CWD has been detected in Warren County May 26, 2021 Pennsylvania, Erie Times-News

... a confirmed positive for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a white-tailed deer on a Warren County hunting preserve. Remaining deer were euthanized and all tested negative for the disease...

More deer hunting opportunities will lower spread of CWD in Pennsylvania May 6, 2021 Pennsylvania, Erie Times-News 

... What has proved successful is reducing the deer herd through increased hunting opportunities and banning feeding and baiting deer and using attractants that lead to deer congregating together...

Deer disease meetings set to begin Wednesday May 3, 2021 Pennsylvania, pennlive.com

... CWD first was detected in Pennsylvania in 2012, and nearly 700 CWD-positive deer have been documented in the state since.  Chronic wasting disease rate in hunters’ deer climbs to 14 percent in Pennsylvania’s hardest hit area ..,

PA 2020 buck kill and license sales; 2021 elk license breakdown; deer hunting firearms changes April 26, 2021 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Online

...  deer harvest of 435,180 was up 12 percent over the 2019-20 kill ...the license categories that spurred the increase was a jump in the sale of resident adult licenses, which climbed from 558,916 in 2019 to 572,680 this past year..,

Killing white deer rejected in DNR Spring Hearings April 19, 2021 Pennsylvania, WQOW

... in the DNR Spring Hearings ... participants voted against allowing hunters to harvest white deer, which have dark eyes, hooves, and noses...

Rare species of deer born at Keystone Safari April 19, 2021 Pennsylvania, WFMJ

... Grove City, PA is home to two of the newest Pere David's Deer in the world, which add to a growing population of this species that was once extinct in the wild for over 100 years...

Pennsylvania Deer Management Update Spring 2021 April 15, 2021 DEC Video

...  deer populations are stable in most of our management units ... green in the map below indicates rising population, red indicates declining ..,

Chronic wasting disease rate in hunters’ deer climbs to 14 percent in Pennsylvania’s hardest hit area  April 13, 2021 MSN

... The part of CWD Management Area 2 known as the Established Area – Bedford, Blair and Fulton counties – that exhibited that increase has produced nearly 90 percent of Pennsylvania’s CWD positives since the disease was first detected there in 2012..,

Highlights from Today's Commissioners Meeting April 10, 2021 Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Wolf

... In adopting a statewide concurrent season, the board noted allowing antlerless deer hunting throughout the season is not intended to increase the antlerless harvest. Deer populations are managed through the allocation of antlerless licenses. On average, one antlerless deer is harvested for every four antlerless deer licenses allocated...

Pennsylvania might expand disease management area for deer; 212 positives found April 8, 2021 Erie Times-News 

... Bedford County had 111 of the state’s total of 212 detections of CWD during the 2020-21 hunting seasons. That’s more than half of all the positive tests discovered in the state. Last year, Bedford had 97 deer test positive for the disease..,

CWD-positive deer found on Beltrami County farm April 7, 2021 Pennsylvania, Bring Me The News

... The investigation stemmed from a Houston County farm where CWD was detected in October 2020... Through contact tracing, the board learned the farm owner in Beltrami County had purchased 11 animals from that same Winona County farm...

Pennsylvania sets new deer hunting record April 4, 2021 Fox News

... As is the case with many other states, the ongoing pandemic seemingly contributed to higher than average interest in hunting over the past few months, which resulted in the state setting a new record..,

Game Commission releases deer harvest report April 2, 2021 Pennsylvania, Observer-Reporter

... In the 2020-21 deer seasons, the Game Commission set the antlerless allocations at levels to reduce the deer population in Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been documented, as part of its ongoing effort to limit the spread of the disease, and the antlerless harvest increased in these WMUs as intended ..,

Pennsylvania Hunters Take More than 435K Deer in 2020-21 Season April 2, 2021 PGC Report

... Pennsylvania hunters took an estimated 435,180 deer in the 2020-21 hunting season ... topped the previous license year’s harvest of 389,431 by about 12 percent   ...  all-time deer harvest of 517,529 was set in 2002..,

Pennsylvania considers making doe licenses available online in addition to mail-in system April 1, 2021 Erie Times-News

... For more than four decades, hunters have been mailing envelopes to apply for antlerless (doe) licenses through county treasurers... County treasurers receive $1 for each license they process...

Young white-tailed deer that disperse survive the same as those that stay home March 8, 2021 Pennsylvania, Phys.org

...  radio-collared hundreds of Pennsylvania deer over the last 20 years,  ... about three of every four young, male white-tailed deer disperse, with yearling female dispersal rates much lower...  survival rates of dispersers—males 49.9%, females 64.0%—did not differ appreciably from those of nondispersers—males 51.6%, females 70.7%. ...

Elk, Pa.’s largest wild animal, have become a tourism boom in the northwest part of the state March 5, 2021 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer

... “I know, it’s hard to imagine, but cars were backed up for miles,” said Janice Stiffler, the new owner of the Benezett Store, Campground and Restaurant. “It was crazy nuts. But a good crazy.” ...

Chronic Wasting Disease:  Pennsylvania Annual Report  March 3, 2021, PGC Report

... We still anticipate some additional samples through the collection of road-killed deer and clinical suspects. Of the samples collected so far this year, 196 were positive for CWD. In comparison, a total of 15,822 samples were collected last year, of which 206 were positive for CWD. Working with Wildlife Futures, we launched a CWD visualization tool to allow hunters and the public to view results from our testing efforts based on location. We are confident that by working with hunters and our conservation partners on implementing these strategies we can limit the spread of this disease, and in so doing, ensure thriving deer and elk populations for future generations..,

 Adjusting antlerless allocations will maintain target goal during concurrent deer seasons February 25, 2021, Pensylvania, Wilkes-Barre Citizens Voice

... “A change to a concurrent season is not intended to increase the antlerless harvest ...” Stainbrook said at the January BOC meeting. “If the proposal for concurrent seasons is approved... the antlerless license allocation will be reduced accordingly to reflect the additional five days of hunting opportunities...

How might a new PA doe-tag system work, and would it be better? February 14, 2021 Pennsylvania, LancasterOnline

... The Luzerne County lawmaker’s House Bill 207 would remove language in the current state law that says county treasurers are the only ones authorized to distribute those licenses.  Under HB 207, only the Pennsylvania Game Commission or its licensing agents would be allowed to sell doe tags through the Pennsylvania Automated Licensing System (PALS)...

A look at the National Deer Association’s 2021 Deer Report  February 13, 2021 Pennsylvania, Lock Haven

...The new Deer Report covers data from the 2019-20 hunting season, the most recent season with complete harvest data available from all major deer states. After 12 years of preparing this report, the NDA has expanded the scope beyond whitetails to include mule and black-tailed deer as well as whitetail subspecies like Coues and Key deer [download the report from the National Deer Association] ...

Game Commission releases Chronic Wasting Disease data for most recent deer season February 1, 2021 Pennsylvania, NorthcentralPa.com

... Most of the deer that tested positive for CWD in the 2020-21 hunting seasons continue to be from DMA 2, located in southcentral Pennsylvania... This area has produced nearly 90 percent of Pennsylvania’s CWD positives since it was first detected here in 2012...

Statewide Concurrent Firearms Deer Seasons up for Approval January 21, 2021 Pennsylvania, PGC News

... The board retained the antler restrictions that have been in place for adult and senior license holders since the 2011-12 seasons... A change to a concurrent season is not intended to increase the antlerless harvest, as the antlerless allocation is the primary tool for managing deer populations. If the proposal for concurrent seasons is approved by the board at the April meeting, the antlerless license allocation will be reduced accordingly to reflect the additional five days of hunting opportunities. The antlerless allocation is based on the estimated number of tags required for hunters to harvest the number of deer necessary to meet the population objectives within a WMU...

Commissioners to Discuss 2021-22 Seasons, Changes to Regulations January 19, 2021 PGC News

... a proposal to remove the limitation on the number of antlerless deer licenses for which hunters can apply, provided a hunter holds no more than four antlerless licenses at a time and licenses still are available for sale within the Wildlife Management Unit; proposed regulations to allow eLicenses to be carried afield as an alternative to paper licenses; a change to allow landowners an additional two months to apply for enrollment in the Deer Management Assistance Program; a proposal to expand the Game Commission’s response to address all wildlife diseases through executive order; and amendments to elk license regulations to better delineate the elk management area and elk hunt zones..,

A look back at 2020 January 16, 2021 Pennsylvania, Carlisle Sentinel

... A black bear population that reached 20,000 produced a state-record kill in 2019 of 4,653 ..,

Game Commission: 5 Juveniles Facing Charges For Deer-Killing 'Crime Spree' Across Northwestern Pennsylvania January 14, 2021 Pennsylvania, CBS Pittsburgh

... the juveniles killed or attempted to kill 14 deer over the course of several months ... charges include 143 citations with fines in the case that could reach a minimum of $48,800 to a maximum of $82,000 ...

Game Commission: 5 Juveniles Facing Charges For Deer-Killing 'Crime Spree' Across Northwestern Pennsylvania January 14, 2021 Pennsylvania, CBS Pittsburgh

... the juveniles killed or attempted to kill 14 deer over the course of several months ... charges include 143 citations with fines in the case that could reach a minimum of $48,800 to a maximum of $82,000 ...

Big hunting changes proposed for PA include more Sunday hunting, unlimited doe tags  January 13, 2021 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Online

... Currently, an individual hunter can hold no more than three antlerless licenses ... The new proposal calls for hunters to be allowed to buy an unlimited number of tags statewide through a season, but each hunter can be in possession of no more than four tags at one time...

Levels of stress hormone in saliva of newborn deer fawns may predict mortality January 11, 2021 Pennsylvania, ScienceBlog

... Penn State researchers suggesting predation is not the only thing in the wild killing fawns... “We think the hormone offers a way to evaluate factors in the environment that affect fawns, such as disease, but are difficult to evaluate when just looking at a carcass that has been picked over by predators,” ...

Columnist speaks on antler restrictions December 17, 2020 Pennsylvania, The Wellsboro Gazette

... back in the day when we were taking 70% of the antlered bucks from the population ... within just a few short years after antler restrictions were implemented, we began to see the results ...

Combatting Chronic Wasting Disease in Pennsylvania, December 2020, Pennsylvania Chronic Wasting Disease Task Force

... Pennsylvania has the second largest captive cervid industry in the country with over 750 facilities including breeding operations, hunting preserves, urine collection facilities and hobby farms... as of October 2020, 24 deer farms have reported CWD positive cases. Of these, 15 no longer have live deer, and three have culled high-risk animals..,

Animal of legend December 8, 2020 Pennsylvania, Williamsport Sun-Gazette

 ... in Pennsylvania. It was estimated that 200 deer were killed in 1907, 95,051 in 1931, 186,575 in 1940, and 389,431 in 2019..,

Winter deer management approved in Mt. Lebanon December 1, 2020 Pennsylvania, The Almanac

... Suburban Wildlife Management Solutions Inc. will remove up to 50 deer ... at a cost not to exceed $37,000 ... sharpshooting ...

Philadelphia will close large city parks at night for annual deer kill November 27, 2020 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Inquirer

... U.S. Department of Agriculture sharpshooters who kill hundreds of deer each winter... they have every year since 1999 ... The city’s goal is to limit deer there to about 8 to 10 per square mile. Across Pennsylvania, there are about 30 deer per square mile, which state and federal wildlife managers consider sustainable ... 

Plenty of deer and Sunday hunting await sportsmen in Pa.'s firearms season November 24, 2020 Pennsylvania, lehighvalleylive.com

... Overall, the PGC reports deer herds as stable to increasing in all of its WMUs..,

Another exciting Pennsylvania Deer Season approaches November 20, 2020 Pennsylvania, Lock Haven

... Deer hunters continue to experience antlered-buck-harvest-success levels comparable to historic highs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In recent years, about 22 percent of all hunters have harvested an antlered deer, and we look for this trend to continue.  The 2019-20 antlerless deer harvest was 226,191 ..,

State agencies push for wildlife corridors to help species survive November 15, 2020 Pennsylvania, LancasterOnline

... State Rep. Mary Jo Daley, who is dismayed by the number of deer she sees struck by cars in her Montgomery County neighborhood, has introduced a bipartisan resolution calling for the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee to study and issue a report on how to better connect existing corridors in the state...

Banned for generations, Sunday big game hunting begins tomorrow in Pa. November 14, 2020 Pennsylvania, NorthcentralPa.com

... Big game hunting on Sundays has been illegal in Pennsylvania since the 19th century ... Last year's passage of Senate Bill 147 expanded big game hunting ...

CWD control efforts could include deer removal November 14, 2020 Pennslvania, Altoona Mirror

...  Chronic Wasting Disease is spreading throughout Pennsylvania’s deer ... With nearly 100,000 deer tested throughout the commonwealth, the game commission has only identified 453 cases of CWD in the white tail deer population and none in the elk population ... 

Penn State researcher defends deer antler point harvest restrictions October 29, 2020 Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

... For more than 80 years, young Pennsylvania bucks have been protected by an antler point restriction ... In Pennsylvania researchers state that since antler restrictions were imposed, antlers are bigger and bucks are growing older on average... The idea that breeding by young males is suppressed in populations with a large proportion of older bucks is not true...

EHD, Commission reports deer deaths due to disease October 21, 2020 Pennsylvania, Meadville Tribune

... Testing of deer found dead in and around state game lands east of Hartstown has confirmed that the deaths resulted from epizootic hemorrhagic disease ... The first hard frost should end the outbreak ... A previous outbreak of the disease in the same area occurred in 2012...

Controversial Deer Hunt Returns to Philly This Weekend October 20, 2020 Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Mag

...Heinz Wildlife Refuge deputy manager Mariana Bergerson explains ...the 1,000 acre refuge contains about 74 deer per square mile, while studies have concluded that somewhere between 20 and 38 deer per square mile would be ideal for maintaining a healthy ecosystem...

  Lower Merion Police Rescue Deer Stuck In Fence October 13, 2020 Pennsylvania, Patch

...  they broke out bolt cutters to snap away one of the metal fence posts.  And with one clip of the cutters the deer was free...

Fall Hunting Seasons Again Filled with Many Changes October 4, 2020 Pennsylvania, State College News

... Pennsylvania’s black bear population has been growing, and last year, stood at well over 20,000 ... the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced that the zig-zagging northern boundary of Disease Management Area 2 has been expanded north to include parts of Centre County in three areas..,

Pa.'s 1st Sunday archery hunt highlights big changes for upcoming deer season September 29, 2020 Pennsylvania, lehighvalleylive.com

...  the Lehigh Valley ... Northampton County Game Warden Brad Kreider says the deer population in Northampton County has increased in recent years, especially since the antlerless deer allocations in WMU 5C were reduced..,

Gettysburg National Military Park announces plans to cull deer population September 29, 2020 Pennsylvania, FOX43.com

... it will conduct lethal removal of white-tailed deer ... Because hunting is not permitted inside the two parks, only qualified federal employees will take part ...