The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, July 21 that the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) must have a warrant based on probable cause before entering private property.
https://www.goerie.com/story/sports/outdoors/2026/07/21/game-wardens-need-warrants-for-private-land-access/90999013007/
The ruling changes who may walk onto private ground. It does not change what gets checked when a contact happens somewhere else — a public access point, a boat ramp, a roadside stop. That list stays short: license and tags on your person, the right blaze orange for the state you are standing in, and a legal firearm or bow. Orange is the one hunters get wrong most often, because the square-inch requirement moves by state and by season, and a plain blaze vest kept in the truck ends that argument before it starts. Hunting a new state this fall? The gear half of that checklist sits in out-of-state hunt essentials.