Since the early 1970s, the medical community has cautioned hunters that fragments from lead bullets are spread through wild meat, and more recently the alerts were upgraded to an unofficial consumption advisory: There is no safe level of lead consumption in hunter-killed meat.   READ MORE

CLEARFIELD COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The 2022 Pennsylvania rifle hunting season begins Saturday, November 27 and in Woodland, a butcher is taking deer and donating the meat to those in need. According to Hunters Sharing The Harvest one deer can provide up to 200 meals. READ MORE

If you’re a Keystone State hunter, it’s hard not to get excited about Thanksgiving weekend. That’s because not only do you have the opportunity to spend time with family and friends for the holiday, it also marks the kickoff to the state’s most popular hunting season, the firearms deer season. And this year, hunters have […]

The state Department of Agriculture and Pennsylvania Game Commission are again encouraging hunters to consider sharing their deer harvest to provide thousands of pounds of venison to people in need.   READ MORE

For decades, Pennsylvania celebrated “hunting Monday” on the first Monday after Thanksgiving as the statewide firearms deer season opened. Hunters from across the state migrated north to deer camps. Businesses shut down. Schools closed. I guess now we have “hunting weekend?”   READ MORE

Donald Bobeck knows how busy his butcher shop will be when Pennsylvania’s statewide rifle deer season opens Nov. 26, and he’s preparing for the physical toll. “I’m already geared up, that I won’t be sleeping much for a couple of weeks,” said Bobeck, who owns Bobeck’s Deer Processing in Monongahela, Washington County. There are several […]