Beaver County Sportsmen's Conservation League
To promote and foster, the protection and conservation of our wildlife resources
The 2017 Fishing Derby is scheduled for Saturday April 29, from 8am to 12pm at Hopewell Community Park for kids 15 and under.
Registration begins at 6:30am.
Fish will be delivered April 27, at 12pm. The lake will then be closed until the kids derby.
If you would like to lend a hand, contact Mike Zon 724-683-5880
2017 Action Day Rally Info Get On The Bus Flyer Info
COST: FREE
DATE: Monday, May 22nd, 2017
DESTINATION: Harrisburg, Capitol Building
DEPARTURE Location: Beaver County Rehabilitation Center, 131 Pleasant Drive, Aliquippa, PA 15001
Located at the I-376 Center exit just behind McDonalds.
There will be an individual there giving parking directions.
PLEASE follow his instructions.
BOARDING TIME: 3:45am – 4:15am
DEPARTURE TIME: 4:30am *VERY IMPORTANT* Buses must depart at 4:30am SHARP!
If you are not on board at that time you will not ride the bus to Harrisburg!
DEPART HARRISBURG: Approximately 2PM-3PM
RESTROOMS ON BUS: YES
BREAKFAST & DINNER: Bus will make brief stops to and from Harrisburg for a quick bite to eat & restroom breaks.
-For more information please contact: Bob Oles 412-327-2985 [email protected]
Turkey populations in Pennsylvania as well as the entire Northeast region have been declining during the past decade.
Five factors influence turkey populations and the interactions of these five factors have changed over the last 25 years. These factors are: habitat, weather, predation, disease and hunting mortality.
During the 1990s turkeys exhibited rapid population expansion facilitated by a combination of: restoration (trap & transfer), suppressed predator populations (much more trapping than today and rabies was more evident), more controlled hunting seasons, and a more diverse landscape than exists today.
5 environmental factors have changed since turkey population restoration, which likely negatively affect turkey populations.
The interaction of these factors, such as a high fall harvest rate coupled with poor poult production due to adverse spring weather with poor habitat quality, predation and minor disease, impact populations. Several consecutive years of this add up to severely limit the population.
What the new ‘normal’ turkey population level will be in the years ahead depends on how these interactions play out. However, we all can help turkey populations.
What we all can do to help turkeys:
Improve habitat quality (this helps buffer the negative effects of the other factors), help protect existing habitat, report any potentially diseased turkeys so we can monitor disease more intensely, begin trapping furbearers (selling furs can provide some income too)(this won’t eliminate predation but will help keep it in check on a local level), and during fall turkey season, if given the opportunity, harvest a young-of-the-year bird because the adult females have the highest nest success the following spring.
Mary Jo Casalena, Wild Turkey Biologist
Pennsylvania Game Commission
5 Environmental Factors Influencing Turkeys Link to Article
2900 Ridge Road Ext, Baden, PA 15005
BINGO Committee (License #2412)
PRESENTS THE ANNUAL SPRINGFEST Cash Bash
SATURDAY, MAY 20th, 2017 Noon to 5PM
$25,500 in CA$H Prizes
Food and Beverages provided
Music by “The El Dorado Band”
Winners drawn by Lottery Machine on site
(Winners need not be present)
IF 7PM PA State Lottery Number on 5/20/17 is the same as the 5pm winner $25,000
Various side raffles for CASH, Guns and 50-50 drawings all day.
MUST be 18 or older to collect ANY PRIZE.
Seller of EACH winning ticket receives $100
Donation -:- -:- -:- $50.00
Must have ticket to get in! NO GUESTS
Directions: Please visit www.adsa.club
One 6-Hour Day Class, April 8TH
Saturday, 8 AM – 2 PM
Cost $125 Per Person
Registration & Payment Must Be Made By April 3RD
Need 200-Rounds Of Ammunition
Bring Your Own Firearm(s) Or Rent One With Ammo Included For $75
No Micro Pistols Please, you will not get the full benefit from the class.
Please bring 3 magazine for autos or speedloaders for revolvers
Bring Appropriate Clothing For Weather Conditions
No Low-Cut Shirts, Sandals, Or Flip-Flops
Ball Cap, Eye & Ear Protection Required
Firearms Training Registration Form
Bring your own refreshments, lunch or snacks as needed. We will be taking a short lunch break because there is a lot of information to cover, small breaks will also be given.
Location: Beaver Valley Rifle & Pistol Club
Address: 505 Constitution Blvd, Beaver Falls, PA 15010. Entrance is next to the walking trail at Brady’s Run Park.
For Immediate Release: March 03, 2017 1315hrs
The Beaver County Sheriff’s Office will be issuing License to Carry Permits for eligible Beaver County residents at this years’ Maple Syrup Festival. The event will be Saturday, April 1st and Sunday, April 2nd between 8:30am and 4:30pm at the Lodge in Brady’s Run Park. Applications will be processed at the County’s Emergency Management Mobile Command Post which will be located near the bus drop-off at the walking bridge.
Sheriff Tony Guy stated “Our courthouse hours are generally Monday thru Friday from 8:30am til 3:30pm for obtaining permits. Many people are unable to come in to apply due to work or other obligations. This will be an opportunity for us to serve our citizens better by making our services more available. If all goes well we may look to expand this mobile service at other county events. I want to thank Executive Director Shaner and the Beaver County Conservation District Board of Directors for making this available to us and Eric Brewer, Director of the County’s Emergency Management for allowing us the use of their mobile equipment.
Applicants must be Beaver County residents, pass a background check, and provide the following:
| Release #114-17
FINAL 2017-18 HUNTING/TRAPPING SEASONS APPROVED The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners gave final approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for the 2017-18 license year. A list of all seasons and bag limits appears in the full news release. The commissioners also set the number of antlerless deer licenses to be allocated, as well as the number of elk licenses to be allocated for the coming license year. The board voted to allocate 804,000 antlerless deer licenses statewide, which up from 748,000 licenses in 2016. Allocations by Wildlife Management Unit appear in the full news release. Hunters should note the boundary between WMUs 2C and 2E has changed. Hunting licenses for 2017-18 go on sale in mid-June and become effective July 1. After hunters purchase a general hunting license, they may apply for antlerless deer licenses based on staggered timelines, which will be outlined in the 2017-18 Pennsylvania Hunting & Trapping Digest to be made available online. Other modifications approved for the 2017-18 seasons include: moving the statewide archery bear season to the next-to-the-last week of the archery deer season; changing the firearms deer season in Wildlife Management Units 5A and 5B to bucks-only hunting from the opening day through the first Friday; opening a conservative mid-week fall turkey season in Wildlife Management Area 5B, and reducing the season length in WMUs 4A, 4B and 4E; eliminating the post-Christmas segment of the ruffed-grouse season to improve adult survival due to recent population declines; restoring an extended black-bear season in WMU 3A; opening the Central Susquehanna Wild Pheasant Recovery Area to a youth-only pheasant-hunting season; removing restrictions on hunting small game, other than pheasants, in all Wild Pheasant Recovery Areas, and re-establishing statewide put-and-take bobwhite quail hunting with a longer season and larger bag limit, given the lack of wild quail in the state and the low likelihood of quail reintroduction occurring in Pennsylvania anytime soon. Several more highlights pertaining to the 2017-18 seasons and bag limits appear in the full news release. Release #115-17 HIGHLIGHTS FROM TODAY’S COMMISSIONERS MEETING SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLES OK’D FOR SMALL GAME, FURBEARERS Hunters heading afield in the 2017-18 seasons will be able to carry semiautomatic rifles for hunting small game and furbearers, but not for big game, based on regulatory changes approved today by the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners. The commissioners in January preliminarily approved a proposal that would have allowed semiautomatic rifles to be used in any season where manually operated centerfire rifles now can be used. The board amended that measure, giving final approval to hunting small game and furbearers with semiautomatic rifles beginning in the 2017-18 seasons. It made no changes to the list of lawful sporting arms for hunting big game. Commissioners said a clear majority of Pennsylvania hunters voiced opposition to hunting big game with semiautomatic rifles at this time, and the board’s vote reflects that opinion. Between the Board of Commissioners’ preliminary vote and the vote today, Game Commission staff conducted a scientific survey from a random sample of 4,000 of the state’s hunters, more than 2,000 of whom responded. The findings of that survey were presented to the commissioners at the board’s meeting on Monday. The findings of the survey show clear support for hunting furbearers (55 percent support or strongly support), woodchucks (51 percent support or strongly support) and small game (42 percent support or strongly support, and 12 percent neither support nor oppose) with semiautomatic rifles. For big game, while 28 percent of survey respondents expressed support or strong support for semiautomatic rifles, 64 percent of respondents said they opposed or strongly opposed semiautomatic rifles for big-game hunting, with 52 percent saying they were strongly opposed. The results bolstered the expressed opposition to hunting big game with semiautomatic rifles that appeared to a lesser extent in the written comments the Game Commission received in recent months. “We listened to our hunters,” President Commissioner Brian H. Hoover said. Read more about the new regulations in the full news release. |
A co-ed outdoor education camp for children ages 12-15, held at the Raccoon Creek State Park.
Seven days and nights packed with outdoor learning, adventure, fun!
Tuition is $150 and includes all learning materials and room and board at the Park.
Space is limited—please apply early— Application deadline is May 21, 2017
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
The Pittsburgh Downriggers fishing club will be having program speakers at its regular membership meeting on Tuesday February
28th 2017.
Captain Dan Kelly of Buckets charters talking about how to set up rods and reels with different types of lines for the great lakes.
We also will have Al Novak giving a presentation on lure type and selection for walleye trolling.
The meetings are open to the public and are held at the
Coraopolis Sportsmans club
106 Coke Rd.
Coraopolis PA 15108
Meeting starts at 7:30pm.