The Commonwealth Beat with Laura LeBeau - Episode 93 - 10/05/2025

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Y for the tens of thousands of Pennsylvanians who hunt, with the start of the deer archery seaon on October 4th, 2025.  And this year, their time on the hunt just got longer, now that Pennsylvania has Sunday hunting, thanks to the passage of Act 36 of 2025 in July.  While hundreds of state lawmakers and many Game Commission executives championed the cause for decades, it was a second term, female State House member who got the bill over the finish line.  And no one could be happier about that than current Game Commission Executive Director, Steve Smith.  On this first weekend of archery season, he'll discuss Sunday hunting, his admiration for Representative Mandy Steele's tenacity to make it a reality, and other hunting issues