HARRISBURG, PA - The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will meet Friday, April 8 and Saturday, April 9 at the Game Commission’s Harrisburg headquarters.
The meeting on Friday, April 8 begins at 1 p.m. and will include staff reports and award presentations. Public comment will not be accepted at this meeting.
Public comment will be taken at the Saturday, April 9 meeting, which starts at 8:30 a.m. Those wishing to deliver public comment – limited to five minutes – may register beginning at 7:45 a.m. Comments are accepted on a first-to-register, first-to-speak basis. PowerPoint presentations are not permitted during public comment periods.
Following the conclusion of public comment, the board – which once again has a quorum of commissioners – will take up its regular agenda, then will discuss new business.
The Game Commission’s headquarters is located at 2001 Elmerton Ave., just off the Progress Avenue exit off Interstate 81 in Harrisburg, Dauphin County.
Those who can’t attend the meetings can watch from home on the Game Commission’s YouTube channel. The Friday meeting will be livestreamed in its entirety. The livestream of Saturday’s meeting will begin after public comment concludes.
Since the board was unable to conduct official business at its January meeting due to the lack of a quorum, commissioners opted to reactivate the framework from last year’s hunting seasons and bag limits, as permitted by law. That means the statewide firearms deer season will start the Saturday after Thanksgiving, the statewide regular bear season will begin the Saturday before that, and so on. Consequently, there will be no vote at the April meeting to adopt 2022-23 seasons and bag limits, however, the board will set allocations for 2022-23 antlerless deer licenses and elk licenses at this meeting.
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