Outdoor calendar
SUNDAY, APRIL 7 IBO qualifier bowhunter shoot, TNT Shooting Grounds, Waltersburg.
Bowhunter shoot, East Huntingdon Sportsmen’s Club. Roving start 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Open trap shooting, Nixon Gun Club, 6:30.
Wing-shooting for hunters (trap and skeet), Fayette Gun Club, 1-5 p.m. Public invited. All shooters welcome.
Sporting clays shoot, California Hill Gun Club, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Open trap shooting, Ellsworth Gun Club, 1-4 p.m.
April 8 – Trapshooting practice, East Huntingdon Sportsmen’s Association.
April 10 – Wing-shooting practice, Fayette Gun Club, 5-7 p.m. (under the lights). Public invited. All shooters welcome.
April 12 – Open trap shooting, Ellsworth Gun Club, 7-10 p.m.
April 14 – Muzzleloader shoot, East Huntingdon Sportsmen’s Association. Call 724-887-5404 for more information.
April 17 – Turkey calling seminar, Saloom Department Store, Mount Pleasant, 6:30 p.m. Seating limited. For reservations call 724-547-2207.
May 18 – Friendship Hills Chapter National Wild Turkey Federation Super Fund dinner, 6 p.m., Becker’s Shadyside Inn, Uniontown. For tickets or more information call Paul Renaldi at 724-583-0915.
HUNTING SEASONS
April 27-May 25 – Spring gobbler season.
FISHING SEASONS
April 13 – Trout season opens.
May 4 – Walleye, pike seasons open.
June 1 – Fish for Free Day
June 15 – Bass season opens.
June 15 – Trout delayed harvest begins.
Sept. 2 – Trout delayed harvest ends.
Sept. 28 – Fish for Free Day.
PRE-SEASON TROUT STOCKINGS
Following is a list of area lakes and streams that will receive pre-season shipments of trout this week.
FAYETTE COUNTY – Monday, April 8 – Youghioghney River, 300 brown, 700 rainbow; Mill Run (in town of Mill Run), 700 brook, 10:30 a.m. Meet at Mill Run post office; Friday, April 12 – Georges Creek, 400 brook, 400 brown; Mill Run (tributary to Big Sandy Creek), 400 brook; Mountain Creek, 360 brook, 240 brown; Big Sandy Creek, 840 brook, 360 brown, 10:45 a.m. Meet at Farmington post office.
GREENE COUNTY – Preseason stockings completed.
WASHINGTON COUNTY – Tuesday, April 9 – Aunt Clara Fork, 210 brown, 490 rainbow; Kings Creek, 120 brown 280 rainbow, 1:30 p.m. Meet at Florence. Canonsburg Lake, 720 brown, 2,880 rainbow, 1:30 p.m. Meet at Canonsburg Lake.
WESTMORELAND COUNTY – Tuesday, April 9 – Turtle Creek 1,280 brown, 1,920 rainbow, 12 p.m. Meet at Turnpike Exit 6 parking lot; Wednesday, April 10 – Keystone Lake, 720 brown, 2,880 rainbow, 12 p.m. Meet at Keystone Lake office; Thursday, April 11 – Indian Lake, 390 brown, 910 rainbow; Linn Run, 500 brook, 12:30 p.m. Meet at Game Commission office, Ligonier; Northmoreland Lake, 420 brown, 980 rainbow, 12:30 p.m. Meet at intersection of Routes 380 an 66; Friday, April 12 – Hendricks Creek, 560 brook, 240 brown; Tubmill Creek, 1,020 brook, 680 rainbow, 11:30 a.m. Meet at New Florence.
SOMERSET COUNTY -Wednesday, April 10 – Beaver Dam Run, 210 brook, 90 rainbow; Kimberly Run, 560 brook, 240 brown; Piney Run, 500 brook, 8:45 a.m. Meet at Ogletown; Thursday, April 11 – McClintock Run, 350 brook, 150 brown; Whites Creek, 1,470 brook, 630 rainbow, 10:30 a.m. Meet at Confluence post office; Friday, April 12 – Breastwork Run, 600 brook, Juniata River, Raystown Branch, 1,100 brown, 9:15 a.m. Meet at New Baltimore post office.