Pennsylvania Game News - April 2014 - 1

Volume 85
PE N N SYLVAN IA

No. 4

APRIL 2014
(USPS 426180)

Tom Corbett
Governor

COMMISSION MEMBERS
Robert W. Schlemmer, President
Export

FEATURES
2

Two Afternoon Gobblers

Advertising in Trapping

By Bob Steiner
By Joe Kosack

David J. Putnam, Vice President

2014 Spring Gobbler Outlook

Brian H. Hoover, Secretary

Susquehanna County's SGL 236

Scoring in Schuylkill

Nobody's Perfect

One for the Record Books

Centre Hall
Glenolden

James J. Delaney Jr.
Wilkes-Barre

Ralph A. Martone
New Castle

Ronald Weaner
Biglerville

Charles E. Fox
Troy

Timothy S. Layton

By Joe Kosack

By William Williams
By Tom Tatum

By Chris Rosenberry, Jeannine Fleegle &
Bret Wallingford
Travis Lau

Windber

EXECUTIVE OFFICE
R. Matthew Hough

DEPARTMENTS
25

The Campfire

30
32

Research Briefs
From the Field

34
40

Field Notes
Conservation News

Executive Director

BUREAU DIRECTORS
Dorothy R. Derr

Administrative Services

Paul Mahon

By Joe Kosack

By Hal Korber

Joseph Neville

♦ 2014-15 seasons & bags proposed
♦ Commissioners reappointed to Board

William A. Capouillez

♦ R. Matthew Hough named Executive

Automated Technology Services

positions

Information & Education

Director

Wildlife Habitat Management

Richard Palmer

Wildlife Protection

♦ Final 2013 bear harvest
♦ Tests confirm new CWD case

The Naturalist's Eye

Straight from the Bowstring

GAME NEWS
Robert D. D'Angelo

Lock, Stock & Barrel

Joe Kosack

Crossings

Calvin W. DuBrock

Wildlife Management

Senior Associate Editor
Associate Editor

By Marcia Bonta

By Mike Raykovicz
By Jim Romanelli
By Ben Moyer

Patricia E. Monk

Administrative Assistant

Carol A. Petrina
Circulation

Cover Painting by StePhen Leed
(Cover story on p. 55)

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