Beaver County Sportsmen's Conservation League

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

Walleye School

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Pittsburgh Down RiggersThe Pittsburgh Down Riggers Club proudly presents “Walleye School”

Admission Fee: $80.00 per person

Admission fees include coffee/donuts in the morning, refreshments/lunch and door prize tickets for the event.
Please make check payable to: Pittsburgh Down Riggers
*Note: All checks must be received by Thursday, January 12, 2017

Register at: www.pittsburghwalleyeschool.com

Register For Walleye School

When:  Saturday, January 21, 2017

9:00am to 4:00pm

Where: Raccoon Township Fire Hall

4061 Patterson Road, Aliquippa, PA 15001

For addition information, please contact:

Captain Dan Kelly (724) 321-6729 or Andy Theodore (412) 292-6874

Agenda

8:30am to 9:00am – Donuts and coffee

9:00am to 9:30am – Pittsburgh Down Rigger Introduction

9:30am to 12:00pm – Blood Run Tackle

 Speaker: Sammy Capelli

12:00pm to 1:00pm – Lunch Break – Ticket sales and table review

1:00pm to 3:00pm – Reel Thrill Charters

Speaker: Captain Tony Sambunjak

3:00 to 4:00pm visit with the speakers and Pittsburgh Downrigger Club members

Boat walk thru and setup of a 25’ Parker

4:00pm Pittsburgh Down Riggers closing appreciation

Giant Door prizes and Drawings

Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission Merchandise

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The Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC) is launching a new series of collectible products that are a must for every angler. While we know that you’ll want these for yourself, remember that they also make fantastic gifts.

Imagine the attractive reminder of dropping a line into your favorite fishing spot with a metal sign adorning your home or office. A cup of your favorite hot beverage will most assuredly taste better in a PFBC mug. And, who can resist wearing a t-shirt or sweatshirt with our 150th anniversary logo?

PA 150 Years of Fishing

ELK CAM GOES LIVE

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HARRISBURG, PA – Each September, thousands of visitors make their way to Pennsylvania’s elk country to experience for themselves the wonder of the bugling season.

And while there’s nothing quite like seeing a giant bull up close, or feeling your rib cage resonate as it lets loose an ear-splitting bugle, the opportunity again has come to get a glimpse of Pennsylvania’s prime time for elk – without ever having to leave home.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission has installed a camera on State Game Lands 311 in Elk County, in a field that typically is a hub of elk activity as the bugling season heats up. The camera was installed with help from the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ Bureau of Forestry and the Northcentral Regional Planning and Development Commission. Video and sound from the camera are being live streamed on the Game Commission’s website, www.pgc.pa.gov, and some good-sized bull elk, not to mention turkeys, deer and other wildlife, already have made appearances.

The live stream, which is provided by the Game Commission’s partner, HDOnTap, is the latest in a string of real-time wildlife-watching opportunities offered by the Game Commission, including the ever-popular EagleCam that has attracted millions of viewers.Game Commission Executive Director R. Matthew Hough said while there’s no substitute for visiting elk country in person, the camera gives viewers a taste of what the excitement is all about.

http://www.pgc.pa.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeSpecies/Elk/Pages/default.aspx

ELK Live Stream

DON’T GET CITED FOR BAITING

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 HARRISBURG, PA – Fifty-pound sacks of shelled corn sit stacked at the end of the aisle.

On the bottom shelf, an assortment 25-pound salt blocks, some of them apple-flavored or advertised as high-protein varieties, are wrapped in plastic, next to gallon jugs of liquefied mineral attractants.

Any or all of these products are perfectly legal to purchase. And depending on where in Pennsylvania you’re standing, and the time of year, they might or might not be lawful to use outdoors to attract deer or other wildlife.

But at least 30 days prior to hunting an area where baits like these are used, all such products must be removed from it completely. Even their residues must be gone. And if the requirement isn’t met, any hunter in that area is considered to be hunting illegally over bait.

Aside from a few, very narrow exceptions, hunting through the use of bait is illegal in Pennsylvania.

Yet, each year, it remains one of the top violations for which Game Commission wildlife conservation officers file charges. And the prevalence of baiting seems to have grown in recent years.

In the 2015-16 license year, which ended June 30, charges were filed for hunting over bait in 503 cases statewide. That’s up from 468 hunting-over-bait prosecutions in 2014-15 and 422 in 2013-14.

While many cases investigated by the Game Commission reveal a clear intent to break the law – such as piling corn or apples or placing deer-attracting minerals on the ground in a hunting area – other times the case specifics are a little more complex.

But any question about what’s legal and what isn’t always can be answered by the law.

 

Read the full news release to learn more about what constitues baiting, baiting penalties, special regulations areas and feeding wildlife.

 

Youth Event Flyer

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5 – Fantastic, Fun and Unforgettable Events for “Our Youth”!

 Youth Pheasant Hunt – “an unforgettable experience”

Saturday in October 8th, 2016 – 7:00 am – 12:00 pm (space limited to 50)

Raccoon State Park – “Must be a Junior Licensed Hunter”

Register online after Labor Day Weekend: www.pgc.state.pa.us

For more information, contact: Rich via email at: [email protected]

 Youth Goose Hunt – “an unforgettable experience”

Saturday, October 29th & November 5th 2016

Brady’s Run Park – “Must be a Junior Licensed Hunter”

Registration begins September 6th and ends October 13th, 2016.  Participants will be chosen by lottery drawing on October 14th, 2016.

For more information contact: The Beaver County Recreation & Tourism Department at (724)770-2060 or Rich via email at: [email protected]

 Youth Fishing Derby @ Hopewell Community Park

Saturday, April 29th, 2017 – “Tentative Date”

8am to 12 noon – Bring the children “15 years of age and younger”

For more information, contact: Mike (724)683-5880

 Beaver County Sportsman’s Conservation Camp

“For children ages 12 to 15” @ Raccoon State Park for a full week of fun!

Sunday, June 18th through Saturday, June 24th, 2017

For more information, contact: Breanna (412)849-6849

 

Beaver County Sportsmen’s Conservation League Youth Foundation

“Youth Field Day” “For children ages 10 to 16” @ Midland Sportsman Club

Saturday, July 15th, 2017 – “Tentative Date”

A full day of fun beginning @ 6:30 am check-in until 5:00 pm

Registration is online: www.pgc.state.pa.us

For more information, contact: Jerry (724)601-6964

Sponsored by the

Beaver County Sportsmen’s Conservation League

With assistance from the

Beaver County Youth Foundation

Youth Event Flyer

Concealed Carry Seminar

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Concealed Carry Seminar Saturday, October 1 10 a.m. to noon Fairview Grange 6270 Tuscarawas Rd, Industry Learn the basics of gun safety, Pennsylvania law and advice on how to exercise your gun rights responsibly. Presenters will include: Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier and Beaver County Sheriff Tony Guy. Space is limited! RSVP online here or by calling my office at 724- 847-1352.

 

Labor Day Offers Special Fishing Opportunities

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Labor Day Offers Special Fishing Opportunities
To introduce both children and adults to fishing, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) is offering two special opportunities on Labor Day, Sept. 5. The first is a $1 license for adult residents and non-residents for Labor Day only. The second opportunity is the Mentored Youth Pinfish Day, which provides youth anglers who obtained a free Mentored Youth Permit or purchased a Mentored Youth Voluntary License during the spring an extra opportunity to fish on 19 lakes, including Cross Creek Lake and Peters Township Lake (Reservoir No. 2). To participate in the mentored youth program, adult anglers (16 years or older) must have a valid Pennsylvania fishing license and be accompanied by a youth. Youth anglers can obtain their free PFBC-issued permit or purchase a voluntary youth fishing license at GoneFishingPA.com.

Koppel-Big Beaver Sportsmen’s Assoc. is opening the indoor range for organized bullseye target shooting to the public

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Koppel-Big Beaver Sportsmen’s Assoc. is opening the indoor range for organized bullseye target shooting to the public. Anyone wishing to learn how to shoot organized bullseye target at 50 feet or those who are experienced and wanting to have a place to shoot organized bullseye target at 50 feet are welcome.

At the present time we must limit this to shooters with 22 rim fire pistols.

We will have an organizational meeting on Wednesday September 7th at 6:30 pm follow by relays of members shooting.

You will need:

  1. Safety glasses preferable with side shields
  2. Hat
  3. Hearing protection muffs or plugs
  4. Open chamber indicator
  5. Clip board and pencil

Plus your pistol, magazines, 50 rounds of 22 rf cartridges and a small mat to place on bench to protect pistol.

Any questions please contact Dewy Minteer at [email protected]

GAME COMMISSION APPOINTS NORTHWEST REGION DIRECTOR

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HARRISBURG, PA – The Pennsylvania Game Commission has appointed a new director of the Northwest Region Office in Franklin.

Richard Cramer, who has spent many of his 25 years with the Game Commission working within the Northwest Region, has been named director of the region office.

Cramer fills the vacancy created when former region director Keith Harbaugh retired.

Game Commission Executive Director R. Matthew Hough said Cramer will fulfill his new role nicely.

“Whether through the performance of his duties as a wildlife conservation officer in Forest County, a land manager responsible for habitat management on 10 state game lands totaling more than 45,000 acres in the region, or a land management supervisor in the region office, Rich has excelled in his service to the Game Commission and citizens of the Commonwealth,” Hough said. “He has a broad range of experience with the agency, holding several diverse positions providing a rare breadth of experience found in few if any others, and I’m proud to announce him as region director.”

Cramer grew up near the small town of McKean in Erie County.

After graduating from Edinboro University in 1988 with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Cramer served an internship in marketing with the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association.

He began his Game Commission career when he was selected to attend the 21st class of the Ross Leffler School of Conservation in June 1991. Upon graduation in February 1992, he was assigned as a wildlife conservation officer in eastern Allegheny County.

In 1994, he transferred to western Forest County, where he served as a WCO for four years, and then accepted the Wildlife Education Supervisor position in the Northwest Region Office from 1998 to 2000.

Cramer served again as the WCO in western Forest County from 2000 to 2005, and then was promoted to a Land Management Group Supervisor in the Northwest Region, serving in that capacity from 2005 to 2014.

From 2014 up until he was appointed director of the Northwest Region, Cramer served as the Land Management Supervisor in the region.

“I am truly humbled to be named region director and intend to do my best to serve the public, do what is in the best interest of wildlife, and foster a great working environment for the Northwest Region staff,” Cramer said.

Article from PA Game News Web Site

http://www.media.pa.gov/Pages/Game-Commission-Details.aspx?newsid=53

BIG-BUCK TRAIL CAM CONTEST

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BIG-BUCK TRAIL CAM CONTEST

HARRISBURG, PA – As we close in on a new slate of deer seasons, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is holding a big-buck photo contest to showcase some of the huge whitetails caught on trail cameras this summer and fall in Penn’s Woods.

 

Procedures

Submissions should be sent to the [email protected]. Photo submissions – limited to 5 megabytes in size – must be of wild Pennsylvania deer taken with trail cameras. Winners will be selected monthly. The contest runs from Aug. 1 through Nov. 30, 2016 and photos must be taken during the month of submission.

 

All submissions must include the photographer’s first and last name, hometown, and the county where the deer image was recorded. The Game Commission has the right to use all submitted images. Individuals submitting photos are reminded the use of bait to attract deer to your trail cam is unlawful in Disease Management Areas and discouraged elsewhere.

 

Winners

Game Commission will select a group of “contending” photos for each month on the first Monday of each month starting Sept. 1 and ending Dec. 5. Once assembled, these contending photos will be placed on the Game Commission’s Facebook page in a photo album. Facebook users will determine the winning photo by “liking” the image. The contest will select monthly winners and, at its conclusion, one overall winner. Trail cameras will be awarded to all winners. The contest is not sponsored, endorsed or administered by Facebook.

MEDIA CONTACT: Travis Lau – 717-705-6541