Hunting

Pennsylvania is a hunting powerhouse with unmatched whitetail traditions, thriving turkey populations, some of the best goose hunting in the Atlantic Flyway, more than 200,000 pheasants stocked statewide each Fall, world class elk hunting and some of the largest black bear in the world. Pennsylvania hunters provide a valuable service to the Commonwealth by helping to maintain healthy wildlife populations through biologically sound harvest practices. The Game Commission owns and manages nearly 1.5 million acres of state game lands throughout the Commonwealth for residents and non-residents to utilize primarily for hunting purposes.