D9: Trapping School Photos
D5 Fall Meeting
Meeting will be held September 22 at the Southern Cove Power Reunion, 145 Cave Road, New Enterprise, PA.
Ron Leggett will be giving a demonstration at 1:30. Meeting to follow. Doors open at 12.
Game Warden Field Training Days
Below are photos of the items donated on behalf of the PTA to the Game Warden field training days
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27 individuals attended, one from Canada. Pictured is PR Director Barry Warner providing instruction on beaver snares and footholds.
MEASURE MORE CLEARLY DEFINES SNARE LOCKS
Trappers now have more direct guidance on the types of locks that can be used on snares.
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today adopted a measure that requires snares used to capture beavers and otters to be equipped with approved locks, which already had been required for cable restraints used to capture foxes and coyotes.
Previously, the law required a snare be equipped with “a mechanical sliding metal release lock.”
The change, which was recommended by the Pennsylvania Trapper’s Association, intends to expand the number and types of locks available to trappers using snares, and create consistency in the legal lock requirements for cable restraints and snares.
The change also allows for use of cage or box traps for taking furbearers.
The approved cable-restraint locks that would also apply to snares are: the Reichart 180-Degree Reverse Bend Washer; Kaatz Relax-a-Lock; Berkshire 90-Degree Bend Washer; Micro Lock; BMI Slide Free Lock; and Penny Lock.
The list of approved locks is based on research conducted during the development of the Best Management Practices for Trapping in the United States.
D9: Bradford County Fair
District 9’s display at the Bradford County (Troy, PA) Fair.
Photo Contest Winners
First Place: Jason Wagner
Second Place: Tyler Wagner
Third Place: Adam Wagner
New Furs for Miss PA
District #12 Director Steve Senn and Dave Rodgers at the Miss PA event last evening with the newly crowned Miss PA and Miss PA Outstanding Teen. It looks like they love their mink coats!
D8: Youth Field Day
Sat June 8 at the Waynesboro Fish and Game clubs Youth Field Day. D8 members Frank Mong and Eric Woy were doing the program on trapping.