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Cabela’s set to hold
Turkey Classic events
A series of free seminars on hunting spring gobbler is being held today at Cabela’s Hamburg as part of its 2015 Turkey Classic. Representatives from the hunting industry are conducting the seminars and will also have product demonstrations.
• Turkey Classic Seminars: 10 a.m. — Ask the Experts: Eastern Turkey Tactics by Cabela’s Pro-Staffer Gerry Rightmyer and Realtree Pro Staffer Tim Andrus; 11 a.m. — Turkey Calling Made Easy by Zink Calls; Noon — Hunting Pressured Public Land Turkeys by Pennsylvania Outdoors Writers Association past president Freddie McKnight; 1 p.m. — Choosing the Correct Choke and Turkey Load; 2 p.m. — Archery Gobblers by Primos Pro Staffer Kenny McGeehan.
Activities continue Friday-Sunday, March 20-22, when the National Wild Turkey Federation presents its second annual Outfitter Expo event featuring more than 20 hunting and fishing outfitters from across the country. Concluding the event at 5 p.m. Saturday is an NWTF Auction and Fundraising Banquet of trips provided by each of the outfitters, with more than $5,000 worth of door prizes being awarded.
For information and banquet tickets, contact NWTF representative Ray Smith at (570) 220-1535.
Guide, call maker radio show guest
Turkey guide and call maker Shawn Kotchey of Millcreek Valley Game Calls is today’s guest of Republican-Herald/News-Item outdoors editor Doyle Dietz on “Experience The Outdoors,” 7-7:30 a.m. on WLSH 1410-AM, 9:30-10 a.m. on WMGH, Magic 105.5-FM, and on the Web at www.wmgh.com by clicking the “Experience The Outdoors” link.
Banquets
• Saturday, April 11: Spaghetti Supper, 3-7 p.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove. Lykens Valley NWTF Chapter Hunting Heritage Banquet, 4:30 p.m., Wiconisco Fire Company; for information, contact Harold Daub at (717) 362-8059 or daubh@comcast.net.
Today’s events
3D, 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., Seltzer Gun Club, 532 Seltzer Road; for information, contact Matt Balulis at (570) 640-1938. Sporting clays, 9 a.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information, call (484) 520-5904.
This week’s events
• Wednesday: Bird Walk, 1 p.m., Blue Marsh Lake Visitor Center, Bernville.
• Thursday: Schuylkill County Sportsmen’s Association meeting, 7 p.m., Auburn Fish and Game; for information, contact Dennis Scharadin at (570) 739-2085. Western Pocono Trout Unlimited Chapter presents “Gifford Pinchot, the Greatest Pennsylvanian You Never Knew,” 7 p.m., Kostos Classroom Building auditorium, Penn State Hazleton; for information, call (570) 454-4862 or (570) 233-0099.
• Saturday: Hunter-Trapper Ed Classes: Friedensburg Fish and Game, 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove, register online at www.pgc.state.pa.us; Short Mountain Conservation Club, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Gun Club Road, Lykens; register online at www.pgc.state.pa.us or call (717) 896-3666 or (717) 362-8059; Sapa Extrusions, Cressona, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Building 103 conference room; for information and registration, go online at www.pgc.state.pa.us. Hunting and Fishing Flea Market, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Clarks Summit United Methodist Church, 1310 Morgan Highway, Clarks Summit; for information, access the website at www.jandbhuntfishshow.com or contact Bob Kester at (570) 587-0214 or 4427. Hike with a Ranger, 10 a.m., Blue Marsh Lake Visitor Center, Bernville. Block shoot, 3 p.m., West Penn Rod and Gun Club, Route 443, Clamtown. St. Michael’s Sportsman Game Dinner, 5:30 p.m., St. Michael’s Hall, 538 Sunbury St., Minersville; for information and tickets, call (570) 789-1503.
• Sunday, March 22: Muzzleloader shoot, 9 a.m., Susquehanna Sportsmen Association, Sportsmen Club Road, off Cherokee Road, Route 642 East, Danville; for information, contact Bruce Whitenight, days, at (570) 784-9380; Gary Ent, evenings, at (570) 759-0719; or Wayne Flora at (570) 275-4349. Block shoot, noon, Pine Valley Sportsmen’s Club, Pine Valley Road, off Route 895 East, New Ringgold.
— Compiled by Doyle Dietz