Pennsylvania Senate bill SB67, and House bill HB851 were introduced recently and referred to each chamber’s Game & Fisheries Committee. Both SB67 and HB851 would permit the Pennsylvania Game Commission to set all seasons and bag limits including Sundays. Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting prohibition has been a barrier to access for generations. By allowing hunters to go afield only half of every weekend, the state is effectively cutting in half the amount of time most hunters have to set aside ...

The Pennsylvania Chapter welcomed four new board members to its roster of leaders in 2022. We welcome our new leaders and are excited to see what they bring to our efforts in the Keystone State.   Mike Strollo A New England native, Mike grew up camping, hiking, canoeing, and climbing both within the Boy Scouts and with his friends and family.  It was not until he moved to Pennsylvania that he found the next path in outdoorsmanship, hunting, which blended his passions of food and adventure. ...

The Pennsylvania Chapter of Backcountry Hunters and Anglers applauds the passage today of SB431. Now approved by the full legislature, the bill goes to Governor Tom Wolf, who has said he will sign it into law. This legislation will bring our antlerless license system into the modern age by allowing doe tags to be purchased online and at licensing agents and not exclusively via a confusing mail in system using the dreaded pink envelopes.   At least 500 BHA members and supporters have used ...

Quality public hunting and fishing access consistently tops the list of issues outdoorsmen and women expect Backcountry Hunters & Anglers to help tackle.  The need for recreational access only continues to escalate as the supply of open lands is strained by changing land use patterns and growing development pressures for undeveloped lands and waters.  Limits on supply are being coupled with exploding demand as the pandemic-induced participation increases in hunting, fishing, shooting and ...

Story and Photos by Aaron Hepler We’re currently in “the dog days” of summer. I never quite understood what that meant as a kid. Yeah, it was hot, humid, and buggy, but we got to go to the pool and there was no school. What’s so bad about all that? When I was twelve, my dad took me on the first of many September hunts. I went through countless boxes of #7 ½ shotgun shells unloading my 20-gauge shotgun on speedy doves. Finally, my first coveted archery hunt arrived. The morning was fun, but ...