Pine Run Sportsman Club

Pennsylvania’s statewide spring turkey season opens this SATURDAY, May 1, 2021. Stay safe while hunting by: Positively identifying your target! Be sure the tu...rkey and its beard are plainly visible before pulling the trigger. Not stalking turkeys (it is illegal)! Movement or sounds you think are a turkey may be another hunter. Be patient; let the bird come to you. Protecting your back! Select a large tree, rock or other natural barrier to place at your back while calling. Alerting approaching hunters by shouting STOP! Never move, wave or make turkey sounds to alert others of your position. Not wearing red, white, or blue while hunting! These are the colors found on mature gobblers. Being Seen! Wear or display fluorescent orange, especially when moving. For more information https://bit.ly/3woNjD8

On April 20, 2021 the Game Commission received this year’s first deliveries of day-old pheasant chicks from our supplier 21,000 for the Loyalsock Game Farm an...d 9,000 at the Southwest Game Farm. A day-old pheasant chick is about the size of a golf ball with legs but will be full-sized by October when stockings begin. Weekly deliveries will continue through early July. Initially, the birds spend all their time within climate-controlled brooder houses, but they will transition to adjacent brooder yards (covered within overhead netting to prevent escape or predation, but otherwise open to the elements) in a few weeks. Keep an eye out for more monthly pheasant propagation updates. Learn more about the Game Commission’s pheasant propagation program here: https://bit.ly/3dCIIEP.

Youth fishing day, May 1st, at Hopewell Community Park.