Beaver County Sportsmen's Conservation League

To promote and foster, the protection and conservation of our wildlife resources

2018 Youth Conservation Camp June 17 to June 23, 2018

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A co-ed outdoor education camp for children ages 13-15, held at the Raccoon Creek State Park.

Seven days and nights packed with outdoor learning, adventure, fun!

Tuition is based on date application is received  and includes all learning materials and room and board at the Park. (Please see application for camp tuition.)

Space is limited—please apply early!

For more information or for an application, please call Breanna Edmiston, Camp Director, at 412-849-6849, visit www.bcscl.org or check us out on Facebook!

Sponsored by the  Beaver County Sportsmen’s Conservation League

With assistance from the Beaver County Youth Foundation Beaver County Conservation District

Camp Tuition is based on postmarked date of application and payment

Full payment is required with each application to reserve a spot at camp. 

Spots are first come first serve and are limited, so please return application and payment ASAP!

PRIOR TO APRIL 15TH       $150

APRIL 15 TH – MAY 31 TH $200

ANY APPLICATION RECEIVED AFTER MAY 31 ST $300

CLICK BUTTON FOR APPLICATION  2018 YOUTH CONSERVATION CAMP APPLICATION

Make all checks payable to: BCSCL

OPTIONAL CAMPER & PARENT INFORMATIONAL MEETING

MAY 20, 2018 AT 7:00 PM

2018 Fishing Derbys At Hopewell Community Park April 28th and 29th

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2018 Youth & Adult Fishing Derby Flyer

Youth Fishing Derby

Saturday April 28, 2018
ages 15 and Under Free
Registration at 6:30 am
Over 50 prizes to be given out.
Trophies will be awarded in different categories for boys and girls
Additional prizes for tagged fish during the derby.
Bait will be sold at the park
One rod per angler
No minnows permitted as bait
Concession stand will be open

For More information Call 724-683-5880

Adult Fishing Derby

Sunday, April 29, 2018
7am to 11am
6am registration
$3 per rod…..2 rod limit
Prizes for top anglers
50/50 raffle
Bait and concessions are available
No minnows permitted as bait

CWD MANAGEMENT AREA TO BE ANNOUNCED

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Captive-raised CWD-positive deer to result in new requirements for those who live and hunt nearby.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has scheduled a press conference to announce the new Disease Management Area that will be established in response to chronic wasting disease being detected at a Lancaster County deer farm.

The press conference is scheduled to be held Wednesday, Feb. 28 at 1 p.m. at the Game Commission’s headquarters, 2001 Elmerton Ave., Harrisburg.

The Game Commission plans to livestream the press conference on its YouTube channel, where it also will remain posted to view at later times.

Following the press conference, Executive Director Bryan Burhans also will be participating in a Facebook Live video to discuss chronic wasting disease (CWD).

CWD, which is always fatal to deer, elk and other cervids, first was detected in Pennsylvania in 2012 at a captive deer farm in Adams County. It has been detected among free-ranging deer in two areas of the state.

In areas where CWD is detected in captive-raised or free-ranging deer, the Game Commission establishes Disease Management Areas (DMAs), within which special rules apply regarding the hunting, feeding and transport of deer.

Hunters within DMAs are prohibited from using urine-based deer attractants, or possessing them while afield. Deer harvested within a DMA may not be transported whole outside the DMA. Their high-risk parts – including the head and backbone – must be removed and disposed of before meat, antlers and other low-risk parts are transported from the DMA. The feeding of deer is prohibited within DMAs, as is the transport of live cervids.

The Lancaster County CWD-positive deer will result in DMA 4, the boundary of which is being finalized.

Courtesy PA Game Commission 

 

Defensive Pistol Class for Beaver County Teachers

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We Are Taking Action to stop armed Active School Shooters

The Beaver Valley Rifle and Pistol Club, Master Ammo Company, and Blue Line Firearms Training, are stepping up to the plate in an effort to help with the evil madness that targets our children while in our schools.

We are offering for free to Beaver County Teachers, our Defensive Pistol Class, which is geared to teach an individual everything they need to know about concealed carry of a firearm for personal defense.

The class is taught by current Law Enforcement with a combined Law Enforcement experience of over half a century. The majority of the class will be held on the heated indoor range and Approx. 60-90 Mins on the outdoor Range of the Beaver Valley Rifle and Pistol Club, 505 Constitution Blvd. Beaver Falls PA. (Route 51 Brady’s Run Park Chippewa Twp.)

Participants will be responsible to provide their own eye and ear protection. It will be available for purchase on site for $5.00
If you do not have a handgun you can rent one for $15.00 for the day.

Class size is limited to 18 participants based on the first 18 registrations that our received.

Ammunition will be available on site at a competitive price at the expense of the participant. Each participant will need Approx. 250 rounds of ammunition. This class is normally $175.00 per participant for two, six-hour days. We are offering the class to local teachers to give them knowledge, insight, and some training that can be taken back to other staff and administrators to explain that the best defense to an armed intruder at a school determined to hurt children is to have an established last line of defense inside the school, that can stand between the actor and the children. We welcome questions from School Board Directors and Administrative Staff.

We would like to limit the attendance to no more than two teachers from each district.
We cannot promise you that this is the end all answer, but we can tell you that this is better than being defenseless against an armed intruder committed to killing innocent people at random. The Police are Minutes away when precious seconds count.

Please contact Master-Ammo Company at 724-405-7468 with any questions or to register.

Pine Run Sportsman’s Club NRA Basic Pistol Course

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COURSE PROVIDES HANDS ON LEARNING IN THE FOLLOWING AREA
  safe firearms handling
 firearm parts and operation
 ammunition and its function
 shooting fundamentals and an opportunity to develop them on the range
 how to select, clean and store a firearm
AN ATTRACTIVE CERTIFICATE IS AWARDED TO STUDENTS UPON COMPLETION
EVERYTHING IS FURNISHED-(pistols, ammo, targets, eye and ear protection)
OUR STUDENTS
Some have never fired a firearm before and  many husbands and wives take the course together
Ages range from teens to seniors
Learn in a safe, secure, easygoing, and comfortable surrounding with people just like yourself.
NEXT CLASS DATES: June 3 & 10 and Sept 30 & Oct 7
Classes run from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. for 2 weeks. ( total 10 hours )
PLACE: Pine Run Sportsmen’s Club, Blacks Woods Road, Freedom, Pa.
( New Sewickley Township — just off Route 228 )
COST: $80.00 each or 2 for $150.00 FEES ARE NON-REFUNDABLE
TO REGISTER: CALL 724-494-3349 – Space is limited so register today!
Note: Your place is not reserved until we have received payment.
Make checks payable to: PINE RUN SPORTSMANS CLUB
c/o 351 Dravo Ave
BEAVER, PA 15009

Coyote Hunt Seminar Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 7PM

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BY TOM BECHTEL 
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 17, 2018  AT 7PM  

     $5.00 ENTRY FEE

KITCHEN WILL BE OPEN
 
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC  –  COME JOIN US!
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT MARK BENZIO  412-585-4936

Midland Sportsmen’s Club

142 Eastwood Road,  Midland, PA 15059

Midland Sportsman’s Club

Club is located on Eastwood Drive in Ohioville Borough off of State Route 168 north of Midland, PA.

Coyote Hunt Seminar Flyer

Trout Stocking Starts Soon

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Trout Stocking Starts Soon
To find out when your favorite fishing spot will be stocked with trout from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, stocking schedules are now available in print, online and on the commission’s FishBoatPA mobile app.

The commission plans to stock 3.2 million adult trout in more than 720 streams and 126 lakes open to public angling each year. These figures include approximately 2 million rainbow trout; 640,000 brown trout; and 500,000 brook trout. The average size of the trout produced for stocking is 11 inches in length.

The statewide opening day for trout season is Saturday, April 14, but a regional opening day in 18 southcentral and southeastern counties is set for Saturday, March 31. Click here for a list of those counties.

Additionally, the commission will host Mentored Youth Trout Days on Saturday, March 24, for those same 18 counties and Saturday, April 7, statewide. Last year, more than 30,000 kids signed up to participate. Youth under the age of 16 can join a mentor (adult) angler who has a current fishing license and trout permit to fish for trout the Saturday before the regular opening days. Youth anglers must obtain a mentored youth permit or voluntary youth fishing license as well. Click here for more information about the program.

For more information about fishing licenses or regulations, or to check the online stocking schedule, click here. 

Courtesy PA Fish And Boat Commission / http://www.fishandboat.com

BCSCL 4 GUN TICKET APRIL 20, 2018

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BCSCL GUN TICKET

WINNER TAKES ALL!

Based off of PA lottery 3 digit 7PM Daily Number – 1st Drawing
500 tickets / two number per ticket
$10 DONATION
To order tickest by mail, send a stamped self-addressed envelope to:
BCSCL  PO BOX 458  BEAVER, PA 15009
Along with a $10 check for each ticket made out to BCSCL
Please include contact info:  Name, Address, Phone, Email

SORRY ! NO CREDIT CARDS

April 20, 2018 Raffle Flyer

Tickets can also be purchased at Master Ammo Company at the address below
Winner MUST be able to pass a firearm background check
Background check included – Prizes to be claimed at
MASTER AMMO COMPANY
391 DEER LANE, ROCHESTER, PA
724-405-7468
All unsold tickets or any prized NOT claimed within 30 days become property of BCSCL

 

PENNSYLVANIA HAS A NEW RECORD BUCK

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PENNSYLVANIA HAS A NEW RECORD BUCK

Giant whitetail harvested in October in Westmoreland County new leader in the typical archery category.

History was made once again this year, today at the Pennsylvania Game Commission headquarters, when a trophy whitetail rack shattered the previous record in the Typical Archery category in the state records.

Ron Shaulis, of West Newton, Pa., harvested the trophy buck on Oct. 24, 2017, with a compound bow on public land in Westmoreland County. The rack had a net score of 185-4/8, which surpasses the previous record of 178-2/8 from a buck harvested in Allegheny County in 2004.

“The 13-point rack was very symmetrical, and lost only 7 7/8-inches in side-to-side deductions, which included an inch-and-a-half abnormal point off the right-side G-2 point,” said Bob D’Angelo, Game Commission Big Game Scoring Program coordinator. “That’s not much in deductions on a set of antlers this size,” he added.

The rack had 25- and 26-inch main beams, more than 11-inch G-2 and G-3 points, a more than 20-inch inside spread and 4½-inch or better circumferences at the four locations where circumference measurements are taken on the main beams.

Shaulis put in a tremendous amount of time scouting and monitoring trail cameras, and it certainly paid off. He credits the Game Commission for sound practices with deer management in the state.

“I didn’t know what I had until I took the rack to the taxidermist,” Shaulis said. “He told me I should definitely get it scored, as it might be a new record. That’s when I knew I wanted to take it to Harrisburg to get it officially scored.”

Game Commission Executive Director Bryan Burhans congratulated Ron on his record buck.

“Ron’s enormous buck is the trophy of a lifetime and representative of the amazing quality deer hunting available in Pennsylvania today,” Burhans said. “While Ron’s buck takes the top spot for a typical taken with archery equipment, no record is safe in a state where more than 150 successful buck hunters have their names added to the state’s record book each year.”

Last year a buck taken in Clearfield County that scored 228-6/8 was a new No. 1 in the Nontypical Archery category.

2017 New Record Buck

Photo Caption: Ron Shaulis holding his record-breaking typical whitetail deer rack taken with a compound bow on Oct. 24, 2017. L to R: Official Boone and Crockett Club scorer Ray Brugler, Ron, and Game Commission Big-Game Scoring Program Coordinator and official B&C Club scorer Bob D’Angelo