July Meeting Highlights

• The key system has been down for the past month. Currently the club house is working however the gate is not working. We will be leaving the gate open. 

• Practical shooting for Women
• Holding a class on July 30^th, indoor range will be closed.

• The outdoor range will be closed for a church group on August 26 (please look on calendar for exact times closer to the date).

July BCSCL

July BCSCL

Game Changed disease management area 2 from 2800 to 4800 acres.

Digest is now $6 or free online

25 confirmed hunting related accidents in 2016 one of the safest in a long time

Plenary approval voted for Electronic waterfowl decoys, electronic warming pots for sent lure, and ozone generators

Goose blinds can be applied for online now

August 28^th 2B licenses on sale over the county

1A 52000 2A 50000 2B  

Camp

Camp went well with no issues

Ran some new programs including a mock investigation with the game commission investigating a crime

Over half the kids that went where sponsored by a club

We are currently working on restructuring the costs of the camp.

May Highlights

• A new filter system will be looked into.  
• LED Lights just came in.

 

• Cell Tower
• No update
• Wildlife Leadership School
• We gave Hana Dean a scholarship for the wildlife leadership school
• It is her and our hope that at next month’s meeting she will be here to give us a presentation.

• Shirts
• It was brought to our attention that we need hats; prices will be looked into until September.

June's County League Minutes

June's County League Minutes

Game

Please don’t disturb the wildlife. It can be a fine of up to $1500 per animal.

Game Commission and Game commission are working together to restore difficult to manage lowlands into roughed grouse and woodcock habitat.

320 lb male black bear caught in midland. It was released in Westmoreland county and was caught a week later getting into people’s yards.

3% all black bear in the world in PA. and 6% of all the bears harvested in the world are in PA

Fish

PFB working on cleaning up abandoned boats on the Ohio river

Camp

Currently have 50 confirmed kids

Rally

Sent 3 buses 92 from beaver county and 132 totals including northside sportsman club 186 total attended the rally. 54% of attendees from beaver county 75% adding Northside Sportsman’s.  Sheriff Tony Guy and 20 other county Sheriffs from across the state come to support the rally.

Youth foundation

Sept 16^th clays shoot

June 24^th 10 am-4 pm kids extravaganza at the dome  

Youth Pheasant hunt

A dog handler must have a stamp but a mentor for youth does not.

Hereford manor

Tony Rich, Rocco Ali, Russ Sliden, and Aaron Burnstine had a meeting about the financial aspects of the dam.

Possibility of selling the naming rights to Hereford Manor. If sold the money will be put into the Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation fund to restore Hereford Manor Lake

ATTENTION: Key System

ATTENTION: 

Club house key system is back up and running. 

Gate key system is still down for now the gate will be left open. 

May BCSCL

May BCSCL

Game

Sb192 for license increase has been tabled

4 hunting related accidents in southwest regional division  

300lb black bear trapped by Yeck in industry relocated to summerset

Officer Yeck and Kramer tranquilized and tazed a bear in Rochester and ran it off

Executive Director of the  PA Game Commission Brian Burnhands

Tom Fazy Hunters ed coordinator

Working to Restoring bob white quale in PA

West nile virus blamed for 25% decrease in Ruffed Growls flock

1 of only 3 states to harvest over 300,000

43% of PGC budget goes to land management

16 vacant districts with 127 WCOs expected 30% drown in workforce

Estimated 170,000 pheasants to be stocked

$5 fee for the digest when you buy your license or you can get it for free online. Hunters ed classes will get them free. Costs 250,000 per year to run the digest program. You will get a handout with basic info free.

PFSC John Kline Lobbiest

220 state wide clubs

Works with game and fish committees in the state house and senate

Derby

575 trout stocked, 149 kids, 81 prizes given out

Grand prize drawing winner won a Charter for 4 on Erie for steelhead, walleye, or perch

Camp

Deadline may 21^st.

Rally

Canceled 1 bus now sending 3

Youth field day

Work on consolidating a couple stations and eliminating a station.

March Highlights

·         Camera system

• They dvr died due to a lot of dirt.
• A New DVR was voted on and bought

·         Wildlife Leadership Academy

• a motion was made to pay part of the tuition for Hannah Dean, Shenango High School, to go to the Wildlife Leadership Academy: passed

Membership plan

• New Members: Currently the membership is closed and will have a cap of 400.
• Sponsors have to be a member for a year before they are able to sponsor anyone to join.
• A motion was made to accept the membership plan: Passed
• The full membership plan can be located by contacting the secretary or on our website.