Outdoor Calendar
SUNDAY, JAN. 26 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. Fifty- and 100-target rounds available. Breakfast served from 9-11 a.m.
Jan. 29 – Wing-shooting practice, Fayette Gun Club, 5-7 p.m. (under the lights). Public invited. All shooters welcome.
Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23 – Youth shotgun clinic and sporting clays instruction for children 10 & older, The Shooting Academy, Nemacolin Woodlands, 8:30-10:30 a.m. For more information call 724-329-6770.
HUNTING SEASONS
Feb. 8 – Late squirrel, rabbit seasons close.
Feb. 22 – Raccoon and fox and bobcat hunting seasons close.
April 26-May 24 – Spring gobbler season.
TRAPPING SEASONS
Feb. 22 – Coyote, fox, opossum, raccoon, skunk, weasel and bobcat (with special permit only) seasons close.
March 31 – Beaver season closes.
FISHING SEASONS
April 12 – Trout season opens.
May 3 – Walleye/pike seasons open.
May 24 – Fish For Free Day.
June 7 – Fish For Free Day.
June 14 – Bass season opens.
June 15 – Trout delayed harvest begins.
Sept. 1 – Trout delayed harvest ends.
LATE WINTER TROUT STOCKINGS
Week of Feb. 3 – Dunlap Creek Lake , Virgin Run Dam Youghiogheny River (Fayette County); Laurel Hill Lake (Somerset County).
Week of Feb. 17 – Duke Lake (Greene County).
Week of Feb. 24 – Canonsburg Lake and Dutch Fork Lake (Washington County); Donegal Lake, Mammoth Lake, Keystone Lake, Northmoreland Lake and Lower Twin Lake (Westmoreland County).
HUNT-ED CLASSES
GREENE COUNTY
Saturday, Feb. 8 (8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) and Sunday, Feb. 9 (1-4 p.m.) – Bobtown Rod & Gun Club. – No limit on class size. Lunch provided on Saturday. For more information call 724-839-7460.
Friday, Feb. 28 (6:30-9:30 p.m.) and Saturday, March 1 (8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.) – New Freeport Volunteer Fire Department – Class limit 75. Preregistration required. Lunch provided on Saturday. To register or obtain more information call Ed Smith at 724-451-8263.
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Saturday, March 8 (8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.) and Sunday, March 9 (8:30 a.m.-1 p.m.) – Rostraver Sportsmen’s Club – Class limit 35. Preregistration required. Lunch provided on Saturday. To register or obtain more information call 724-684-4219.
Friday, April 18 (6-10 p.m.) and Saturday, April 19 (9 a.m.-3:30 p.m.) – Youngwood Sportsmen’s Club – Class limit 40. Preregistration required. Lunch provided. To register or obtain more information contact Lawrence Hill at 724-547-4679.