Pennsylvania lawmakers push to change rifle deer season opening date

Several Pennsylvania legislators are looking to take away the decision of when rifle deer season opens from the state’s wildlife agency. Two senators are proposing legislation and there are two House Bills that would require the hunting season to open on the Monday after Thanksgiving. One bill actually creates two openings day for different parts of the Commonwealth. Since 2019, the Pennsylvania Game Commission has had the two-week rifle deer season open on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, which gives hunters two additional days to hunt. Before then, the season opened for about five decades on the Monday after...