Outdoors notes
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The Falls Lions Club will host its annual venison/wild game dinner Sunday, Jan. 29, from 2-4 p.m. at Ardee’s Foodrinkery in Falls. For more information, call 388-2337.
The Factoryville Sportsmen’s Club will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in the clubhouse. Annual membership dues are being accepted. All successful deer hunters wishing to have their racks measured are reminded that this is the last meeting to do so to be eligible for recognition. Tickets for the Henry rifle prize package in support of the scholarship fund will also be available.
The agenda for the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners meeting, set for today to Tuesday, is available on the agency’s website, www.pgc.state.pa.us . It can be viewed by clicking on “Commissioners’ Meeting: Jan. 22-24, 2012” in the “Quick Clicks” box in the right-hand column of the homepage and then on the agenda link. The Board meeting will be held in the auditorium of the agency’s Harrisburg headquarters to collect public comments on the 2012-13 proposed seasons and bag limits, receive staff reports and hold a formal meeting. The headquarters is at 2001 Elmerton Ave., just off the Progress Avenue exit of Interstate 81 in Harrisburg.
At 1 p.m. today, the Board will hear public comments regarding the 2012-13 hunting and furtaking seasons and bag limits. Doors will open at noon. Individuals interested in offering public testimony – limited to five minutes – may begin to register at noon on a first-come, first-to-speak basis.
On Monday at 8:30 a.m., the Board will gather any additional public comments and then receive Game Commission staff reports.
On Tuesday at 8:30 a.m., the Game Commission will take up its prepared agenda to, among other things, give preliminary approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for 2012-13.
Antlerless deer license allocations for the 2012-13 seasons will be presented for the Board to consider at its meeting in April. Harvest results from the 2011-12 deer seasons will be announced in mid-March.
For those unable to attend the meeting, the Game Commission will webcast the meeting beginning with the Game Commission staff reports on Monday, immediately following the conclusion of public comments. In addition, the full Board meeting on Tuesday will be webcast beginning at 8:30 a.m. An icon will be posted on the agency’s website Monday and Tuesday to access the webcasts.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will hold its 100th quarterly meeting on Jan. 30-31 at its Harrisburg office.
Commission committees will meet beginning at 10:10 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 30, and again at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31. Formal consideration of the agenda by the full Commission will begin at approximately 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31. All committee meetings and the formal meeting are open to the public.
In addition to the regular business meeting, the PFBC will host a free fly-fishing program on Monday night from 6-9 p.m. at the Harrisburg office. Participants will meet leaders of Pennsylvania’s fly-fishing tradition and experience world-class fly tiers in action as they show fly patterns made famous on Commonwealth waters. Also, participants will be able to view paintings by artist Thom Glace, see the Commission’s new “Pennsylvania Waters” collectible embroidered patches, and purchase a 2012 fishing license. The Cumberland Valley Chapter of Trout Unlimited will also be recognized by the Commission.
The program is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Space is limited and registration will close Jan. 27. Individuals can register online through the Commission’s website at: . For more information on the evening program, call Ted Walke at 717-705-7813.
