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Brook trout chosen for license button
There will be a new look for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s optional fishing license button for the 2016 season. Anglers who participated in online voting overwhelmingly picked the brook trout pattern.
More than 5,300 votes were cast in the online ballot and the brook trout button received 3,755 votes. Runner-up teal collected 393 votes and green followed with 375 votes.
Buttons go on sale Dec. 1 for $5 each and can be purchased through the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s online store, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission regional offices and through the network of more than 900 license issuing agents. Individuals must purchase an annual or multi-year resident, non-resident, senior resident, or senior lifetime fishing license in order to purchase a license button. Children age 15 and younger can also purchase a button if they first buy a voluntary youth license for $1.
Brought back by popular demand in 2014, the buttons resemble ones offered by the PFBC in the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, and again in 1974 and 1975. Each custom button measures 1¾ inches with a high-quality, pin-back design and features the angler’s customer identification number displayed on a printed license.
Red Creek program at Sweet Arrow Lake
Red Creek Wildlife Center’s resident falcons, “Indian” the American kestrel, and “Phoenix” the peregrine falcon, will be featured in a program on birds of prey, Wednesday, beginning at 7 p.m., at Sweet Arrow Lake County Park clubhouse, Pine Grove. Falcons are specialized birds of prey, and this one-hour presentation includes an introduction to the three falcon species that live in Pennsylvania, a history of the recovery of the peregrine falcon and stories behind how Indian and Phoenix became ambassadors for wildlife.
Mossberg rep guest on radio program
Mossberg Firearms director of media relations Linda Powell is today’s guest of Republican-Herald 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.
Today’s events
Block shoot for flintlock rifles and shotguns, 11 a.m., Port Clinton Fish and Game, 16 Clinton St., Port Clinton. Block shoot, noon-5 p.m., Auburn Fish and Game, Auburn. “Old Coal Storage Yards Hike,” 1-4 p.m., meets at the Adamsdale Road parking lot.
This week’s events
• Thursday: Trap, 6-9 p.m., Orwigsburg Gun Club, Gun Club Road, off Route 443 East, Orwigsburg; for information email grammyminch@gmail.com. Schuylkill County Sportsmen’s Association meeting, 7 p.m., South Schuylkill Farmer’s Safety Club, Auburn; for information, contact Dennis Scharadin at (570) 739-2085.
• Sunday, Nov. 22: Sporting clays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Roedersville Game and Fish, 1357 Mountain Road, Pine Grove. 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.
— Compiled by Doyle Dietz