(File Photo of Deer Approaching Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will now discuss potentially moving the start of firearms deer season at their first meeting of 2026. There will be meetings on January 23rd and January 24th and they include two proposals on the start of the season for hunters. The first proposal would move the start of the season to the Saturday before Thanksgiving and the second proposal is to keep it on that date. If that decision holds, firearms bear season would also be moved to a week earlier, as well as early bear muzzleloader, archery and special firearms season would be shortened to a weekend.