Wilderness Wildlife Museum

Our annual WWM Kids Fish Derby on May 22nd was another great success! Thanks to all who attended including Mother Nature for a gorgeous fishing day!! Information on all of our participants & the days results: 1) Matthew Crisci 14 yrs old accompanied by his father Monte Crisci... 2) Rowan Umbel just 2 years old Accompanied by his mother and father Jena and Marc Umbell 3) Landon Umbel 11 years old WINNER of the biggest Blugill 11" New fishing rod also accompanied by Jena & Marc Umbell 4) Athony Grippo 14 years old "Most fish Caught" 17 total! Accompanied by his father George Grippo 5) Daniel Tenney 13 years old Winner of derby with a beautiful 18" Tiger trout accompanied by his father Fred Tenney 6) Aaron Kouth 13 years old " took second with a gorgeous 17" Rainbow trout accompanied by Fred Tenney as well 7) Brett Marker 12 years old accompanied by his parent Melanie Banas Marker 8) Wyatt Comn 12 years old also accompanied by Melanie Banas Marker 9) Tristan Moore only 3 years old # 3 Big fish winner with a 16" Large mouth bass accompanied by his parents Denise Moore and Emily Matthews 10) Alexander Moore 3 years old accompanied by parents Emily matthews and Denise Moore A great thanks to our contributors: Lunch was donated by Rosalie Jioio's Ligonier PA Fish where donated by Amour N. Mellon A great thanks to event helper Georgie Scott Again thank you to everyone for a wonderfully fantastic great fishing day.. John J Keslar

The WWM had it's 1st annual Handicap Pheasant Hunt November 27, 2020. Handicapped hunter Todd Shasko has been battling a virus within both of his knees, while waiting for knee replacement surgery. Both of his knees have been removed & has been monitored weekly for infection for months. After 3 months of being confined to bed or wheelchair we arranged a Pheasant hunt with his restrictions in mind. Our group picked him up and brought him to Onpoint Outfitters in Addison, PA ...for our annual pheasant hunt to kick off our whitetail deer season in Pennsylvania! Much thanks to On-Point Outfitters for going over & above to help us accommodate Todd for this amazing & memorable hunt!! The hunt included our handicapped hunter: Todd Shasko Fellow hunters: Jonty Loukes Jared Bowman Kurt Bonnet .. & WWM board members: Jack Keslar Troy Shasko Marc Shasko http://www.onpointoutfitters.com/

17th annual WWM Pheasant Hunt was held Saturday October 23rd! This year's participants were: Marc Shasko Dr Bruce Matthews Zack Heide Jim Forai ... Jim Forai jr. Ken Timms Jack Keslar There were lots of pheasants and chuckers filling the fields for sport! Birds were flying left as birds flying right constantly. There were a lot of misses but quite a few of our feathered friends did manage to get tossed & toppled. A great day of a fine hunt was had by all. Mike Hartman and Eric Hoover had On-Point Outfitters in Addison, PA in prime shape. The hunting dogs were in fine shape & just as skilled as always! Thanks again to all whom attended & helped on this beautiful fall day & hunt!!

The museum had some visitors last Sunday & 1 in particular was REALLY taken by all the animals! Little Sonny Shasko-Loukes (2 +yrs) brought his grandfather Troy Shasko to show him all of the exhibits! Both gentleman enjoyed their time together Visiting and spending time with Big Jack at the museum!

Stop by for pastries & info on the WWM!

We are at Jioio's Little Italy again today! Come visit us for more info on the WWM! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3702158866461581&id=263924483618387

The WWM has had some recent visit for fishing on 2 different occasions by Ken Tims & family. He & his sister Jennifer have brought his niece Katrina & nephew Troy. The kids have really enjoyed fishing but even more on their self made fishing poles!! They enjoy the challenge of catching minnows & crayfish with sticks & fishing line. They then use the minnows for bass & trout. Jennifer even caught a nice tiger trout! Thanks for supporting the museum Troy, Katrina, Jennifer & Ken!!!