Hunting, Trapping & Shooting

Web Sites

• Field & Stream Magazine
  Field & Stream's website contains the table of contents of the current issue, selected articles and columns.
• Fish & Game Finder Magazine
  Includes fishing & hunting reports, by state/county, from area bait shops, guides, resorts and fish & game finder field editors.
• Midwest Outdoors
  Hunting and fishing information west of the Appalachians
• National Hunting and Fishing Day
  September 22 in 2001
• The National Rifle Association of America (NRA)
  Publishes a magazine called American Hunter
• National Wild Turkey Federation
  The NWTF is a 450,000-member grassroots, nonprofit organization with members in 50 states, Canada and 11 other foreign countries. It supports scientific wildlife management on public, private and corporate lands as well as wild turkey hunting as a traditional North American sport. On their website you can learn about the wild turkey and about conservation.
• Pheasants Forever
  Pheasants Forever is a nonprofit conservation organization founded in 1982 in response to the decline of the ringneck pheasant population. Pheasants Forever is dedicated to the protection and enhancement of pheasant and other wildlife populations in North America through habitat improvement, land management, public awareness, and education. There are 10 local chapters in Pennsylvania including the Tri-County (Washington, Fayette and Greene counties), Somerset County, and Laurel Highland.
• Woods and Waters USA
  An outdoor adventure publication offering first person experience for hunting, fishing, archery, upland game trapping, deer, bear and wild turkey adventures

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Pittsburgh Resources

• Allegheny County Health Department: Deer Processors
  The Allegheny County Health Department has a list of local deer processors, all of whom are inspected and permitted by Allegheny County Health Department or PA Department of Agriculture. You may contact them to be added to the list.
• Allegheny Sport Show
  An annual show at the Monroeville Expo-Mart.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Outdoors
  Each Sunday the Post-Gazette lists area shoots and has columns on hunting and fishing.
  • Fishers are making a comeback
    This January 10, 2010, article tells the story of the reintroduction of a native species of weasel. "Although native to Pennsylvania, fishers disappeared along with 90 percent of the commonwealth's forests by 1900 after excessive logging destroyed their habitat."
• Tribune Review Sports: Outdoors
  Articles from the Sunday edition of the Tribune Review on hunting and fishing.

Pennsylvania

• PAHuntandFish.com
  This website from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania offers general information about hunting, fishing, and nature watching in the 6 regions of Pennsylvania.
• Penn State Cooperative Extension Publications
  Free publications in PDF format.
  • Proper Care and Handling of Venison from Field to Table
  • Proper Care and Handling of Game Birds from Field to Table
• The Pennsylvania Elk Herd
  Information from Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs
  The mission of The Pennsylvania Federation Of Sportsmen’s Clubs Inc. is to provide a statewide, united voice for the concerns of all sportsmen and conservationists; to insure their rights and interests are protected, and to protect and enhance the environment and our natural resources. It currently has 67,000 members.
• Pennsylvania Game Commission
  Includes information by county, regulations and fees, publications, and maps of the Pennsylvania Game Lands.
• Pennsylvania Game News
  Available online to school and public libraries via broadband access.
• Pennsylvania Taxidermist Association
  Members include taxidermists, novices and aspiring taxidermists.
• Pennsylvania Trappers' Association
  The Pennsylvania Trappers Association grew from just a handful of trappers in 1936 to become the largest state trappers' organization in the United States. The Pennsylvania Trappers' Association gathers information from its membership and makes recommendations to the PA Game Commission for trapping seasons and bag limits.
• United Bowhunters of Pennsylvania
  The United Bowhunters of Pennsylvania is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, promotion and protection of bowhunting opportunities in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Their website contains information of interest to nonhunters as well.
• Wild Turkey Federation, Pennsylvania Chapter
  Working for the conservation of the wild turkey and the preservation of the turkey hunting tradition.

Nearby States

• Ohio Department of Natural Resources: Division of Wildlife
  Check here for information on Hunting in Ohio, including licenses and seasons.
• West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
  Includes hunting, fishing, wildlife resources, parks & forests, and environmental resources.