Calendar
Sunday, Oct. 8, 2006 Ham and turkey shoot, Dunbar Sportsmen’s Club, 1 p.m. Shoots for shotguns and .22 rifles. Refreshments available. All sportsmen welcome.
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. 9 – Open trap shooting, Nixon Gun Club Brownsville, 6-10 p.m. Public invited.
Oct. 10 – Sporting clays, Fairbank Rod and Gun Club, 5 p.m. All shooters welcome
Oct. 11 – 3-D bowhunter shoot at Charleroi Archery Club, 6 p.m. until dark. For more information call 724-489-4777.
Oct. 13 – Special Junior Hunter Pheasant and Squirrel seasons close.
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
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.
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).
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.
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)
The season is Nov. 15-25, and Dec. 8-Feb. 15, with a 5 goose daily bag limit.
Southern James Bay Population Zone (SJBP)
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 season is Oct. 28-Nov. 25 & Dec 11-Jan. 8, with a 2 goose daily bag limit.
Atlantic Population Zone (AP)
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).
YOUTH-ONLY DAY AT CONTROLLED HUNTING AREAS: Middle Creek is Nov. 18, and Pymatuning is Nov. 25.
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
Dunlap Creek Lake -Feb. 6, 2007
Virgin Run Dam – Feb. 6, 2007
Youghiogheny River – Feb. 1, 2007
SOMERSET COUNTY
Laurel Hill Lake – Feb. 1, 2007
WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Donegal Lake – Feb. 13, 20007
Keystone Lake – Feb. 13, 2007
Mammoth Dam – Feb. 13, 2007
Northmoreland Lake – Feb. 13, 2007
Lower Twin Lake – Feb. 13, 2007
Upper Twin Lake – Feb. 20, 2007