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At a glance: Pennsylvania Game Commission September 2025 votes — mentored hunting, regulations, and land transactions
Summary
The Game Commission approved a set of regulatory clarifications and multiple land transactions at its September meeting, including the mentored-hunting change, an agricultural deer-control regulation correction, designation of a Philadelphia tract as a special wildlife management area, and several property exchanges and purchases.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission on Wednesday took multiple formal actions during its September meeting. Key outcomes included the mentored-hunting regulatory change (approved 6–3) and a series of housekeeping and land-management votes. Below are the motions and outcomes recorded during the meeting.
Votes at a glance
- Approval of minutes, July 2025 meeting — Motion carried (voice vote).
- Mentored-hunting regulatory amendment (section 147.804) — Motion to allow mentored youths under 7 to acquire big-game harvest tags with their mentored permit; passed by roll call, 6 yes, 3 no. (Roll-call names recorded in meeting transcript.)
- Amendment to agricultural deer-control regulation (section 147.559) — Motion to amend section 147.559 to remove a redundant prohibition on possession of more than four agricultural deer-control…
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