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Sunday, Sept. 24, 2006 Muzzleloader shoot, Nixon Gun Club, 1 p.m. A, B and C classes. Scoped in-line rifles OK. For more info call 785-2311.
Bowhunter shoot, Mountain Lodge Rod and Gun Club. Roving start 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information call 724-564-1650.
Prize 3-D archery shoot, TNT shooting grounds, Waltersburg, 8 a.m. until dark. For more information call 724-677-0554.
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.
Sept. 25 – Open trap shooting, Nixon Gun Club Brownsville, 6-10 p.m. Public invited.
Sept. 25 – Early Canada goose season closes.
Sept. 26 – Sporting clays, Fairbank Rod and Gun Club, 5 p.m. All shooters welcome
Sept. 27 – 3-D bowhunter shoot at Charleroi Archery Club, 6 p.m. until dark. For more information call 724-489-4777.
Sept. 30 – Fayette County Conservation District free fishing derby (9 a.m.-noon) – Fairchance Community Park for youngsters 15 and under. Free prizes. Picnic to follow. Parents are asked to contact Heather Knupsky at 724-438-4497 to register their youngsters prior to the event.
Sept 30 – Dog training seminar with Rick Smith, California Hill Gun Club. Sponsored by Purina and Five-Town Chapter of The Ruffed Grouse Society. Cost $100 per person. For more information contact Bill Klein at 724-938-3705.
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 and female pheasants may be taken in all other WMUs.
HUNT-ED CLASSES
FAYETTE COUNTY
Friday, Sept. 29 (5-10 p.m.) and Saturday, Sept. 30 (8 a.m.-1 p.m.) – Indian Creek Valley Sportsmen’s Club. Preregistration required. Lunch provided. To register or obtain more information contact Tim Coffman at 724-455-4589 or Ed Bukovac at 724-455-3897.
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, ARCHERY (Antlered and Antlerless) Statewide: Sept. 30-Nov. 11 and Dec. 26-Jan. 13. One antlered deer per hunting license year. One antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
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. One antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
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).
RABBIT (Cottontail): Oct. 21-Nov. 25, Dec. 11-23 and Dec. 26-Feb. 3 (4 daily, 8 possession).
PHEASANT: Male only – 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.
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 3C and 3D and Portions of WMUs 3B, 4E and 2G): Nov. 27-Dec. 2. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year. All of WMUs 3C and 3D. Also, in that portion of 3B, East of Rt. 14 from Troy to Canton, East of Rt. 154 from Canton to Rt. 220 at Laporte and East of Rt. 42 from Laporte to Rt. 118 and that portion of 4E, East of Rt. 42. Also, in that portion of WMUs 2G and 3B in Lycoming County that lie North of the West branch of the Susquehanna River from the Rt. 405 bridge, West to the Rt. 220 bridge, East of Rt. 220 to Rt. 44 and East of Rt. 44 to Rt. 973, South of Rt. 973 to Rt. 87, West of Rt. 87 to Rt. 864, South of Rt. 864 to Rt. 220 and West of Rt. 220 to Rt. 405 and West of Rt. 405 to the West branch of the Susquehanna River.
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.
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.)