Calendar
Sunday, Oct. 1, 2006 Turkey, ham and bacon shoot, Amend Gun Club, 1 p.m. Public welcome. For more information call 724-569-0610 from 9 a.m.
International trap, Fayette Gun Club, 11 a.m. All shooters welcome.
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.
Oct. 2 – Open trap shooting, Nixon Gun Club Brownsville, 6-10 p.m. Public invited.
Oct. 3 – Sporting clays, Fairbank Rod and Gun Club, 5 p.m. All shooters welcome
Oct. 4 – 3-D bowhunter shoot at Charleroi Archery Club, 6 p.m. until dark. For more information call 724-489-4777.
Oct. 22 – nov. dec. fourth Sunday – Muzzleloader shoot, Nixon Gun Club, 1 p.m. A, B and C classes. Scoped in-line rifles OK. For more info call 785-2311.
Nov. 11 – Early archery deer season closes.
Dec. 26 – Jan. 13 – Late archery deer season
YOUTH HUNTING SEASONS
SQUIRRELS, Red, Gray, Black and Fox (Combined):
Special season for eligible junior hunters, with or without required license – Oct. 7-13 (6 daily, 12 in possession limit after first day).
PHEASANT: Special season for eligible junior hunters, with or without required license – Oct. 7-13 (2 daily, 4 in possession). Male pheasants only in WMUs 2A, 2B, 2C, 4C, 4E, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D. Male and female pheasants may be taken in all other WMUs.
CABLE RESTRAINT CLASS
Saturday, Oct. 22 (1-5 p.m.) – Elizabeth Sportsmen’s Club, Washington County. Class limit 30. Preregistration required. Fee $15. Make check payable to Pennsylvania Game Commission. To register or obtain more information contact Regis Denne at 412-751-1213 or Doug Bergman at 724-872-2084.
TROUT STOCKINGS
Regular weekly and bi-weekly inseason stockings have been completed.
Following is the list of area stockings for the remainder of the year, plus the winter stockings for 2007.
FAYETTE COUNTY
Dunbar Creek – Section 2 – Oct. 5
Dunlap Creek Lake – Oct. 6, Feb. 6, 2007
Meadow Run -Oct. 5
Virgin Run Dam – Oct. 6, Feb. 6, 2007
Youghiogheny River – Oct. 4, Feb. 1, 2007
GREENE COUNTY
2006 stockings completed
SOMERSET COUNTY
Laurel Hill Creek – Section 2 – Oct. 4; Section 6 – Oct. 4
Laurel Hill Lake -Oct. 24, Feb. 1, 2007
Youghiogheny River – Oct. 4, Feb. 1, 2007
WASHINGTON COUNTY
Canonsburg Lake – Oct. 6, Feb. 6, 2007
Little Chartiers Creek -Week of Oct. 2
Dutch Fork Creek – Oct. 3
Pike Run – Oct. 4
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Donegal Lake -Oct. 17, Feb. 13, 20007
Indian Creek -Oct. 4
Indian Lake -Oct. 17
Keystone Lake – Oct. 24, Feb. 13, 2007
Loyalhanna Creek – Section 3 – Oct. 3
Mammoth Dam – Oct. 17, Feb. 13, 2007
Northmoreland Lake – Oct. 24, Feb. 13, 2007
Lower Twin Lake – Oct. 17, Feb. 13, 2007
Upper Twin Lake – Oct. 17, Feb. 20, 2007
HUNTING SEASONS
DEER, ANTLERLESS MUZZLELOADER (Statewide): Oct. 14-21. An antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
ANTLERLESS DEER (Statewide): Oct. 19-21. Junior and Senior License Holders, Disabled Person Permit (to use a vehicle) Holders, and Pennsylvania residents serving on active duty in the U.S. Armed Services or in the U.S. Coast Guard only, with required antlerless license. Also included are persons who have reached or will reach their 65th birthday in the year of the application for a license and hold a valid adult license, or qualify for license and fee exemptions under section 2706.
SQUIRRELS, Red, Gray, Black and Fox (Combined): Fall Season – Oct. 14-Nov. 25; Late Seasons – Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Feb. 3 (6 daily, 12 in possession limit after first day).
RUFFED GROUSE: Oct. 14-Nov. 25, Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Jan. 27 (2 daily, 4 possession). There is no open season for taking ruffed grouse in that portion of State Game Lands No. 176 in Centre County which is posted “RESEARCH AREA – NO GROUSE HUNTING.”
RABBIT (Cottontail): Oct. 21-Nov. 25, Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Feb. 3 (4 daily, 8 possession).
PHEASANT: Male only in WMUs 2A, 2B, 2C, 4C, 4E, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D – Oct. 21-Nov. 25. Male and female in WMUs 1A, 1B, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4B and 4D – Oct. 21- Nov. 25, Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Feb. 3 (2 daily, 4 in possession).
BOBWHITE QUAIL: Oct. 21-Nov. 25 (4 daily, 8 possession). (Closed in WMUs 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D.)
HARES (SNOWSHOE RABBITS) OR VARYING HARES: Dec. 26-Jan. 1 (1 daily, 2 possession).
WOODCHUCKS (GROUNDHOGS): No closed season, except: Sundays; during the antlered and antlerless deer seasons; and until noon daily during the spring gobbler turkey season.
CROWS: July 1-Nov. 25 and Dec. 29-April 1, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday only. No limit.
WILD TURKEY (Male or Female): Wildlife Management Units 1A and 1B (Shotgun and bow and arrow) – Oct. 28-Nov. 11; WMU 2A and 2B (Shotgun and bow and arrow) – Oct. 28-Nov. 18; WMUs 2C, 2E, 4A, 4B, and 4D – Oct. 28-Nov. 11; WMUs 2D, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4C and 4E – Oct. 28-Nov. 18; WMUs 5A and 5B – CLOSED TO FALL TURKEY HUNTING; and WMUs 5C and 5D (Shotgun and bow and arrow) – Oct. 28-Nov. 3. (1 bird limit, either sex).
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 4A, 4B and 4D) Bow and Arrow only: Nov. 15-16. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year.
BLACK BEAR (Statewide): Nov. 20-22. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year.
ELK (Antlered or Antlerless): Nov. 6-11. Only one elk may be taken during the license year.
ELK (Antlered or Antlerless): Sept. 17-22, 2007. Only one elk may be taken during the license year.
DEER (Antlered and Antlerless) Statewide: Nov. 27-Dec. 9. One antlered deer per hunting license year. An antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER, ANTLERED OR ANTLERLESS FLINTLOCK (Statewide): Dec. 26-Jan. 13. One antlered per hunting license year, or one antlerless deer and an additional antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER, Antlerless (WMUs 2B): Dec. 26-Jan. 13. An antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER, Antlerless (WMUs 5C and 5D): Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Jan. 27. An antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
SPRING GOBBLER (Bearded bird only): Special season for eligible junior hunters, with required license – April 21, 2007. Only 1 spring gobbler may be taken during this hunt.
SPRING GOBBLER (Bearded bird only): April 28-May 26, 2007. Daily limit 1, season limit 2. (Second spring gobbler may only be taken by persons who possess a valid special wild turkey license.)
FURBEARER HUNTING SEASONS
COYOTES: No closed season. Unlimited. Outside of any deer or bear season, coyotes may be taken with a hunting license or a furtakers license, and without wearing orange. During any archery deer season, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting deer or with a furtaker’s license. During the regular firearms deer and any bear seasons, coyotes may be taken while lawfully hunting deer or bear, or with a furtaker’s license while wearing 250 square inches of fluorescent orange. During the spring gobbler season, may be taken by persons who have valid tag and meet fluorescent orange and shot size requirements.
RACCOON & FOXES: Oct. 21-Feb. 17, unlimited.
OPOSSUM, SKUNKS & WEASELS: No closed season, except for prior to noon during the spring gobbler season. No limits.
BOBCAT (WMUs 2C, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D): Oct. 21-Feb. 17. One per permit. (Bobcats may only be taken by furtakers in possession of a Bobcat Hunting-Trapping permit.)
TRAPPING SEASONS
MINK & MUSKRAT: Nov. 18-Jan. 6. Unlimited.
COYOTE, FOXES, OPOSSUM, RACCOON, SKUNKS, WEASELS: Oct. 22-Feb. 17. No limit.
COYOTE & FOXES (Statewide) Cable Restraints: Jan. 1-Feb. 17. No limit. Participants must pass cable restraint certification course.
BEAVER (Statewide): Dec. 26-March 31 (Limits vary depending on WMU).
BOBCAT (WMUs 2C, 2E, 2F, 2G, 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D): Oct. 22-Feb. 17. One per permit. (Bobcats may only be taken by furtakers in possession of a Bobcat Hunting-Trapping permit.)
No open season on other wild birds or mammals. Waterfowl and Migratory Game Bird seasons will be established in accordance with Federal Regulations.
WATERFOWL SEASONS
DUCKS:
Lake Erie Zone: All ducks, sea ducks, coots and mergansers, Oct. 23-Nov. 25 and Nov. 29-Jan. 2.
North Zone: All ducks, sea ducks, coots and mergansers, Oct. 14-28 and Nov. 8-Jan. 1.
Northwest Zone: All ducks, sea ducks, coots and mergansers, Oct. 14-Nov. 25 and Dec. 11-Jan. 5.
South Zone: All ducks, sea ducks, coots and mergansers, Oct. 14-21 and Nov. 15-Jan. 15.
REGULAR CANADA GOOSE SEASON & BAG LIMITS (including WHITE-FRONTED GEESE): All of Pennsylvania will have a regular Canada goose season. However, season lengths and bag limits will vary by area as follows:
Resident Canada Goose Zone (RP)
All of Pennsylvania except for Crawford, Erie, and Mercer counties and the area east of SR 97 from Maryland state line to the intersection of SR 194, east of SR 194 to intersection of US Route 30, south of US Route 30 to SR 441, east of SR 441 to SR 743, east of SR 743 to intersection of I-81, east of I-81 to intersection of I-80, south of I-80 to New Jersey state line. The season is Nov. 15-25, and Dec. 8-Feb. 15, with a 5 goose daily bag limit.
Southern James Bay Population Zone (SJBP)
Erie, Mercer and Crawford counties except for the Pymatuning Zone (the area south of SR 198 from the Ohio state line to intersection of SR 18, SR 18 south to SR 618, SR 618 south to US Route 6, US Route 6 east to US Route 322/SR 18, US Route 322/SR 18 west to intersection of SR 3013, SR 3013 south to the Crawford/Mercer County line). The season is Nov. 13-Dec 30, with a 2 goose daily bag limit, and Jan. 15-Feb 15, with a 5 goose daily bag limit.
Pymatuning Zone
The area south of SR 198 from the Ohio state line to intersection of SR 18, SR 18 south to SR 618, SR 618 south to US Route 6, US Route 6 east to US Route 322/SR 18, US Route 322/SR 18 west to intersection of SR 3013, SR 3013 south to the Crawford/Mercer County line. The season is Oct. 28-Nov. 25 & Dec 11-Jan. 8, with a 2 goose daily bag limit.
Atlantic Population Zone (AP)
The area east of SR 97 from Maryland state line to the intersection of SR 194, east of SR 194 to intersection of US Route 30, south of US Route 30 to SR 441, east of SR 441 to SR 743, east of SR 743 to intersection of I-81, east of I-81 to intersection of I-80, south of I-80 to New Jersey state line. The season is Nov. 15-25 and Dec. 12- Jan. 20, with a 3 goose daily limit.
ATLANTIC BRANT (All Zones): Oct. 14-Nov. 17, 2 daily, 4 in possession.
SNOW GEESE (All Zones): Nov. 7-March 10, 15 daily, no possession limit.
SPECIES OTHER THAN CANADA GEESE
Ducks: 6 daily, 12 in possession; daily limit may not include more than 4 mallards including 2 hen mallards, 1 black duck, 1 pintail, 1 mottled duck, 1 fulvous tree duck, 2 wood ducks, 2 redheads, 1 canvasback, 4 scoters and 2 scaup. Possession limit may not include more than 8 mallards including 4 hens, 2 black ducks, 2 pintails, 2 mottled ducks, 2 fulvous tree ducks, 4 wood ducks, 4 redheads, 2 canvasbacks, 8 scoters and 4 scaup.
Mergansers: 5 daily, 10 in possession (not more than 2 hooded merganser daily, 4 hooded in possession).
Coots: 15 daily, 30 in possession.
HARLEQUIN DUCKS, and TUNDRA and TRUMPETER SWANS: No open season.
Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area: shooting days are Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, one-half hour before sunrise to 12:30 p.m. Ducks: Oct. 14-Nov. 25, Dec. 11-Jan. 5 (except for Dec. 25 and Jan. 1). Geese: Oct. 28-Nov. 25, Dec. 11-Jan. 8 (except for Dec. 25 and Jan. 1). Youth-only day: Nov. 25.
Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area: shooting days are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Shooting hours are one-half hour before sunrise to 1:30 p.m. Geese and ducks: Nov. 16, 18 (youth-only day), 21, 23 and 25; and Dec. 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28 and 30; Jan. 2, 4, 6, 9, 11 and 13. Geese only: Jan. 16, 18 and 20.
YOUTH-ONLY DAY AT CONTROLLED HUNTING AREAS: Middle Creek is Nov. 18, and Pymatuning is Nov. 25.