County Leauge Highlights

OCTOBER BCSCL REPORT

Election of officers

Election was held Rich Kerlin was elected Vice President, Mark Benzio elected as treasurer both 2-year terms,

Game

Electronic waterfowl, dove decoys sent lure heater, and ozone generators approved by the Board of Commissioners and will take effect 4-6 weeks.

Purposed Special access permit for disabled vehicles access for disabled individuals to use atvs and motorized wheel chairs and golf carts on game lands on designated roads.(this will be different than the vehicle as a blind permit)

Semi auto and air rifles still restricted in special regulation areas (Alleghany County)

170,000 pheasants to be released this year. Birds will only be stocked on public land not on co op property. There is an interactive map showing stocking dates and locations (including Hereford Manor Property) on the PA Game Commissions website.

Reminder you must purchase a pheasant permit except mentored youth (Mentor must have Pheasant permit)

CWD importation ban with Ohio Deer you cannot bring unprocessed deer from Ohio West Virginia.

Estimate from Mike Yeck of 1000 deer died of EHD beaver county considered ground zero of the EHD outbreak. January 23^rd first reported case in beaver county

REMINDER IF YOU HARVEST A DEER YOU SUSPECT HAS EHD OR CWD TAG IT AND CONTACT THE GAME COMMISSION  AND THEY WILL ISSUE YOU A REPLACEMENT TAG FREE OF CHARGE.

HB275 to allow sales of deer tags to be sold at license sales stations (Bill attached

Special guest Beth Tarasi

 Candidate for US Congress 12^th district came to speak to the league about her candidacy.

Youth foundation

 3^rd weekend in May will have a sporting clays outing at Rochester

Youth Hunts

Pheasant hunt 14 kids signed up 

Check in is 7am safety brief starts at 730

30 birds from game commission. And 12 from gobbler’s knob

Goose hunt has been canceled because only 1 kid applied

16 hunters applied to use the blinds at Brady’s run hunt has been shortened to 4 days.

Oct 10^th 8 am set up for the blinds at the county public works building.

County league sent  a letter of recommendation to recommend Mike Harcher for commissioner of the Pa Game commission for District 2.

Hereford manor lake

Collected over 600 signatures on the petition for the lake at the Big Knob Fair

Aaron Burnstine is still working on restoring the Hereford manor lake everything is still in the works.

The Beaver County Sportsman’s Conservaton League also thanked the Kopple Big Beaver Sportsman’s Association for hosting the meeting.

	PRINTER'S NO.  233

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

275

Session of 2017

INTRODUCED BY MULLERY, CALTAGIRONE, GERGELY, EVERETT, KAVULICH, TOOHIL, D. COSTA AND FABRIZIO, JANUARY 31, 2017

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON GAME AND FISHERIES, JANUARY 31, 2017

Amending Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in hunting and furtaking licenses, further providing for authorized license-issuing agents.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1.  Section 2722(b) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes is amended to read:

§ 2722.  Authorized license-issuing agents.

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(b)  Agents for issuing antlerless deer licenses.--Antlerless deer licenses shall be issued [by the county treasurer or, in home rule or optional plan counties, the person whose duties encompass those of a county treasurer within the county in which the licenses are valid.] only by the commission or by authorized license-issuing agents designated by the director and shall be available through the Pennsylvania Automated Licensing System.

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Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.