As always, August has flown by and archery season is just around the corner. This year, my friends and I have been busy making preparations and gearing up for the opener. A new task we took on this year was planting a couple small food plots to experiment with seed mixes before we plant larger areas next year. I’m not blessed with a green thumb, so I was happy when my neighbor, Jody Ion, who has some experience with establishing plots, offered to help us get started.

It seems like I have been preparing for the opening day of goose season for months. My training with Drake is a daily ritual. Preseason scouting started months ago at newly hatched goslings, practicing my new River Bottom calls, etc.

The past couple of weeks really kicked up the preparation though. It started with ordering our shells. Once they arrived Jimmy quickly loaded up all our shell belts with anticipation.

8/29/08 – HARRISBURG – Joining a nationwide trend among conservation agencies to provide quality hunter education on-line, the Pennsylvania Game Commission announced that it is lowering the minimum age required for its “independent study” Hunter-Trapper Education Class to 14 years of age.  When first initiated in 2006, the course was open to any interested first-time [...]

8/29/08 – HARRISBURG – Wildlife Management Units (WMU) 2C and 2D have exhausted their entire antlerless deer license allocations, announced Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. As previously announced, antlerless deer license allocations for WMUs 1B, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C and 4D have been sold out.
WMU 2C covers all [...]

Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has announced that $113,900 is available through a grant program for stream restoration, habitat enhancement, and recreational enhancement activities on streams located in the Tulpehocken Creek and Quittapahilla Creek watersheds.
The Tulpehocken Creek watershed encompasses 219 square miles in Lebanon and Berks counties and includes Blue [...]

8/27/08 – HARRISBURG – Wildlife Management Units (WMU) 3A, 4A and 4C have exhausted their entire antlerless deer license allocations, announced Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe.  As previously announced, antlerless deer license allocations for WMUs 1B, 2E, 2F, 2G 3C, 4B and 4D have been sold out.
WMU 3A covers portions of Bradford, [...]

8/26/08 – HARRISBURG – Wildlife Management Units (WMU) 3C and 4D have exhausted their entire antlerless deer license allocations, announced Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe.  As previously announced, antlerless deer license allocations for WMUs 1B, 2E, 2F, 2G and 4B have been sold out.
WMU 3C covers all of Susquehanna County and portions [...]

8/25/08 – HARRISBURG – Wildlife Management Units (WMU) 2E and 4B have exhausted their entire antlerless deer license allocations, announced Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. As previously announced, antlerless deer license allocations for WMUs 1B, 2F and 2G have been exhausted.
WMU 2E covers portions of Cambria, Clearfield, Indiana and Jefferson counties. WMU [...]

8/22/08 – HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that the agency has made its selections for the 2008-09 migratory game bird hunting seasons and bag limits.
“Waterfowl and migratory game bird hunters will see some changes, including modifications to the Canada goose zone boundaries and expanded opportunities for wood ducks, [...]

BOBCAT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHES
ELK APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHES

BOBCAT APPLICATION DEADLINE APPROACHES
HARRISBURG – Hunters and trappers seeking to participate in Pennsylvania’s upcoming bobcat seasons have until Sept. 2, to submit an application via the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), to be included in the public drawing for one of the 1,435 permits to be awarded. Click [...]