Colin Deppen / Spotlight PA
Traditional Monday deer opener would return to parts of Pa. under lawmaker’s compromise proposal
by Marley Parish of Spotlight PA State College
The legislation underscores a tension between hunters divided over tradition and flexibility, as well as between lawmakers and the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
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