Product Review By Mike Bell, Sportsmen Portal Field Staff
Spring turkey hunting is one of my favorite outdoor pursuits. Through many years turkey hunting, I’ve tried several different calls. Even though I own several different kinds/brands of calls, I consistently find myself grabbing my Bear Hollow Slate, Walnut Box, and 2 favorite mouth calls (The Batwing and Ghost Cut) before heading into the woods.

Ahh…the sights and sounds of spring! To me that is driving down the road and seeing a flock of turkeys in a field pecking at corn morsels or whatever they can scavenge this time of year. Seeing big gobblers, jakes, hens.

Product Review By Teresa Patterson, Sportsmen Portal Field Staff
Product Features:
• Dress up your existing decoys
• Made of real turkey feathers
• Attaches in seconds
• Weather-resistant
• Fits on most decoy types

Cost: Approximately $40.00

The Sportsmen Portal is proud to announce that we raised our goal of $6000.00 to send two very special kids on their Hunt of A Lifetime. This past weekend we presented a check to the founder of Hunt Of A Lifetime, Tina Pattison.

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners will be meeting on Monday and Tuesday, April 20-21, at the agency’s Harrisburg headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Ave., just off the Progress Avenue exit of Interstate 81. The meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m. on both days.

Harrisburg, PA – Spring stocking on the lower section (Section 2) of Chappel Fork in McKean County has been cancelled due to lingering problems associated with an oil spill that occurred during the 2008 season, according to the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC). A February survey of the stream showed that oil still remains in the water.

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Game Commission today reported that hunters harvested an estimated 335,850 deer in the state’s 2008-09 seasons. That’s up four percent from the previous seasons’ harvest of 323,070.

HARRISBURG – While news about the housing market can be found in just about every newspaper, or seen or heard on the radio and television news, you don’t hear much about the concerns in the wildlife housing market. However, the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Howard Nursery has a way that wildlife enthusiasts can help without applying for a mortgage.

JERSEY SHORE, Lycoming County – Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced that 12 individuals recently were found guilty or pled guilty to illegally killing or possessing eight deer in Elk County. The charges were heard by District Judge George A. King, of Johnsonburg, Elk County.

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania hunters interested in applying for a second spring gobbler tag have until April 1, according to Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. Applications are available on page 38 of the 2008-09 Pennsylvania Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations, which is provided to each license buyer, or by going to the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), and clicking on “Spring Turkey Tag Application” in center of the homepage.