The Sportsman's Corner

Sometimes the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) authorizes an agency to conduct a survey for it. The agency has usually come up with results that the PGC desires. (Imagine that.) One of its more recent surveys was conducted to gauge support for a reintroduction of pine martens, small but deadly predators. Predictably, this survey supported the commission’s goal of reintroduction with a 90% favorability rate. This did not reflect how sportsmen felt about it.

In 2023 the Unified Sportsmen of Pennsylvania (USP) conducted a survey that garnered 484 responses. Of those completing the survey, 472 w...