Pennsylvania’s abundant deer population is one of its most striking natural features. According to Penn State University, the state averages about 30 deer per square mile of land. However, an ...

Hunters in Pennsylvania will see changes this coming season in how they can handle deer harvested in chronic wasting disease management areas, along with a streamlined elk-hunting application process.

Saturday’s quarterly meeting of the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners set the seasons and bag limits for the 2026-27 license year and revealed a record-high number of antlerless licenses ...

Chronic wasting disease used to be something that was far away for most Western Pennsylvania deer hunters, centered in the south-central region of the state. No longer. In 2024, parts of southern ...

This Pennsylvania Game Commission deer head collection bin has sat in the Salisbury Township Office parking lot off Route 340 for the past few years. Pennsylvania hunters worried about deer they’ve ...

Hunters statewide must now dispose of high-risk deer parts, like the head and spine, in the trash. The Game Commission may establish new "no deer feeding" boundaries to help prevent the disease's ...