HARRISBURG, PA – Jim Shockey, one of the biggest names in hunting will appear at the Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show Sat. Feb. 6 and Sun. Feb 7 in the Thompson/Center Arms Booth (#5029) at the Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show (Feb. 6-14) at the PA State Farm Show Complex.

Now Available – the complete schedule of events for the 2010 Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show, February 6-14, State Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg, PA. See the schedule >

HARRISBURG, PA—The Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show (Feb. 6-14) invites all outdoorsmen to come to the State Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg, PA to see one of the best line-ups of hunting and fishing experts ever assembled in one place. These outdoor celebrities will be offering expert advice on how to improve your hunting and fishing skills, and will be available for autographs and pictures.

HARRISBURG, PA– Chuck Adams, the world’s best-known and most widely published bowhunter, is returning to the 2010 Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show (Feb. 6-14) to give one-on-one bowhunting clinics, to the lucky contest winners of an online drawing, during his seminars February 6-12. Adams is part of an All Star line-up of outdoor celebrities that includes Michael Waddell, Lee & Tiffany Lakosky, Mark Menendez, Bob Clouser, Larry Weishuhn, Aaron Martin and many more.

First time experience hunting monster whitetail in Pike County Illinois through the eyes of a cameraman.

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced that hunters started the 2009 black bear season by taking a preliminary harvest of 1,897 black bears in 50 counties on the first day of the three-day statewide bear season.

HARRISBURG, Pa. The Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show, the largest consumer event of its kind in North America, will be bigger and better when it comes to the State Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg February 6-14, 2010.

Scouting Matters: Pre-season and in-season scouting are critically important to any trapline. Furbearer activity centers sometimes shift, based on the availability of food and den sites. Scouting helps a trapper determine where it’s best to put traps. After all, traps set in areas where targeted furbearers aren’t available will only waste your time and fuel. Be efficient. Don’t guess. In the process, you’ll squeeze plenty of excitement into your morning trap-checks and become a better trapper.

Each year, Pennsylvania Game Commission field officers and foresters develop game and furbearer forecasts for the areas they work to share with interested hunters and trappers. Observations on local furbearer populations are always a part of this annual offering. The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s “Field Officer Forecasts” can be found centered on the homepage of the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us). Developed to share field officer perspectives and observations on game and furbearer trends in their respective districts and to help hunters and trappers get closer to the action afield, this information helped many sportsmen and sportswomen have more enjoyable days afield last year.

HARRISBURG – Many of the state’s furbearer trapping and hunting seasons are underway and, based on comments from Pennsylvania Game Commission field officers, hunters and trappers should have a good year. The general trapping season – for coyotes, foxes, raccoons, opossums, skunks and weasels – opened Oct. 25 and runs through Feb. 21. The season for mink and muskrats is Nov. 21 to Jan. 10; beavers, Dec. 26 to March 31.