Throughout the season, Hunters Sharing the Harvest wants to hear from you! Share your stories and experiences with HSH on Facebook and Twitter and don’t forget to use the tag, #sharedeer. In 2014, hunters donated over 2,400 deer last hunting season, resulting in 97,000 pounds of ground venison burger for distribution to food banks and […]

By Danielle Fox / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A former energy industry executive is taking over as the head of Feeding Pennsylvania, a statewide network of food banks that pool their resources. Jane Clements-Smith previously was a corporate development manager for Chesapeake Energy, the second-largest U.S. producer of natural gas, before moving to the health industry as […]

Final reports filed by the 100 or so butchers participating in the Hunters Sharing the Harvest Program (HSH) show the statewide effort to provide high quality protein to needy Pennsylvanians nearly achieved its annual goal, despite a significant drop in the statewide deer harvest. Hunters donated over 2,400 deer last hunting season, resulting in 97,000 […]

James R. Daley, of Butler County, says he’ll focus on hunter recruitment, retention. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today met at a working group meeting, and the next time the board convenes, it will be at its full, eight-member complement. James R. Daley, of Cranberry Township in Butler County, has been appointed to fill […]

Harvests decreased statewide in 2014-15, report shows. The Pennsylvania Game Commission today reported that, in the state’s 2014-15 seasons, hunters harvested an estimated 303,973 deer: a decrease of about 14 percent compared to the 2013-14 harvest of 352,920. Hunters took 119,260 antlered deer in the 2014-15 seasons: a decrease of about 11 percent compared to […]

Hunters are known for putting on drives. And drivers now can make known the pride they take in being Pennsylvania hunters. Pennsylvania’s new Hunting Heritage license plate – an official plate issued by the state Department of Transportation – is available to order from the Pennsylvania Game Commission. Each plate costs $56, of which $25 […]