post-gazette.com - Hunting/Fishing http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/huntingfishing/ Hunting and fishing news en-us Copyright 2012, post-gazette.com. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:39:47 -0500 15 post-gazette.com http://www.post-gazette.com/includes/2007design/images/150x30pg_now_logo.gif http://www.post-gazette.com/ 144 39 Outdoors Notebook: Display of hunting licenses no longer required http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209533-358.stm?cmpid=huntfish.xml Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the Pennsylvania Game Commission began petitioning the state Legislature to license hunting as a means of funding and controlling wildlife management. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 Wildlife: Odd walleye eyes right for night vision http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209534-358.stm?cmpid=huntfish.xml According to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife Associated Recreation, approximately 143,000 Pennsylvanians considered themselves walleye anglers. That's about 19 percent of those with fishing licenses. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:01:00 -0500 GetOUT Listings: Feb. 12 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209409-358.stm?cmpid=huntfish.xml Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 New plan to get families outdoors http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209531-358.stm?cmpid=huntfish.xml The National Park Foundation and retail outfitter L.L.Bean are on a mission. The groups recently embarked on a year-long effort to increase outdoor recreation among families and introduce more children to America's national parks. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 PG outdoors editor leads discussion on antler restrictions uncovered http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209532-358.stm?cmpid=huntfish.xml Science-based wildlife management or commerce-driven population control? Post-Gazette outdoors editor John Hayes will examine the controversial antler restriction regulations in a live interview with a representative of the Pennsylvania Game Commission at 7 p.m. Saturday at Stage 3 at the Allegheny Sport, Travel and Outdoor Show, Monroeville Convention Center, near Monroeville Mall. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 At Pymatuning Lake, hearty walleyes stocked in 2009 are reaching legal size http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/12043/1209535-358.stm?cmpid=huntfish.xml A successful plan is a beautiful thing, especially when the story grows from an apparent failure. In 2001, electro-fishing surveys conducted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission charted a disturbing decline in walleye numbers on jointly managed Pymatuning Reservoir. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500