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The Red Rock Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will hold its annual JAKES event on Sunday, April 22 at the Wilkes Barre Twp. Settlement Camp in Thornhurst. The event runs from 8 a.m. until approximately 4 p.m.
If you are looking for a fun day for your kids to attend and learn about the many things there are to enjoy in the outdoors, this event is for them. For $15 your child will get a one-year membership and magazine delivered to your house, lunch, a t-shirt and day filled with fun. For more information on this event contact Chastity King, event coordinator at 472-1190. This event is limited to 150 children ages 5-17. Some of the classses offered may include: archery, shotguns (12-17 yr. olds) .22s (5-11) turkey calling, trapping and fishing to name a few.
The North Mountain Branch of the QualityDeer Management Association will hold is ninth annual QDMA REACH Banquet on Saturday, April 14 at the Triton Hose Company in Tunkhannock. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. and buffet-style dinner begins at 6 p.m. A live art auction, silent auction, gun raffles and ladies and sportsmen’s raffles will be held. Twelve guns will be auctioned off as well. Ticket prices are: single – $50; couple – $75; and sponsor – $250. For more information, contact Chris Denmon at 477-2238 or Linda Coolbaugh at 836-2765.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will hold its quarterly business meeting on April 11-12 at The Conference Center at Shippensburg University, 500 Newburg Road, Shippensburg, Pa.
Commission committees will meet beginning at 10:10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 11, and again at 8:15 a.m. on Thursday, April 12. Formal consideration of the agenda by the full Commission will begin at approximately 11:05 a.m. on Thursday, April 12. All committee meetings and the formal meeting are open to the public.
A complete copy of the meeting schedule and the full agenda for the meeting can be found on the PFBC’s web site at www.fishandboat.com/minutes.htm .
The Factoryville Sportsman’s Club will host the annual Fred Loch Memorial Scholarship Shoot on May 6 on the club grounds, located on Lithia Road off Route 6. This event is to help fund the club’s scholarship program for graduating seniors at both Tunkhannock and Lackawanna Trail high schools. Any Tunkhannock or Lackawanna student may apply, and club members’ children attending other schools may also apply.
Scholarship winners in 2011 were: Hailey Weisenfluh and Jarrica Garey from Tunkhannock and Jennifer Brown from Lackawanna Trail.
The format has changed beginning this year. We will now be offering a 50 bird and 100 bird course for our shooters. The 50 bird course is $25 including your meal, and the 100 bird course is $45 including your meal. In both cases, each shooter is to provide their own ammo.
All shooting begins at 9 a.m. and a meal will be ready after 11:30 a.m. Shotguns are also available if needed; please indicate on the application form. All proceeds go towards the scholarship fund. This year’s sporting clays course will again feature automatic traps.
If you aren’t available to shoot, you can sponsor a shooter for $25 or $45. You may also sponsor a shooting station for $25. Donations of any size are also appreciated.
Scholarship applications will be available in the guidance offices at both high schools and at the Factoryville Sportsman Club. For additional information or to request an entry form, contact either Carl Tylutki at 945-3137or Phil McCarthy at 836-5395 by April 30th. You can also check the Club website at www.fscweb.org .
