2019 SWEEPSTAKES WINNERS
OCTOBER 12, 2019
- 2019 Polaris 4 Wheeler w/trailer Gary Ransom Genesee, PA
- $500 – Tim Becker Grantville, PA
- $400 – Brian Mountain Hummelstown, PA
- $300 – Wes Osborne Pulaski, PA
- $300 – Charles Temple New Providence, PA
- $300 – Eugene Graham Lebanon, PA
- $300 – Anthony Gatti Auburn, PA
- $400 – James Brown York, PA
- $500 – Walter Myal Ruffs Dale PA
- $1000 – Sally Krammes Pine Grove, PA
District 3 Fall Mini-Rendezvous 2020
Sunday, October 6, 2019, 9:00 am—1:00 pm
Washington County Fairgrounds
4-H Building
We will have food, drinks, trapping supplies venders, and trapping demos. This is a great place to pick up last minute supplies for the coming season. Stop in, say Hi and swap trapping stories.
This is also a great place to join or renew Pennsylvania Trappers Association membership.
Brief Meeting at 2:00 PM
Plan on staying for the D-3 meeting. We have a some items upon which to vote. For more info phone Tom Lane 724 484-0718
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.
