Outdoors-related clubs and organizations can submit items to be considered for publication in “Outdoors Briefs” by emailing to outdoors@republicanherald.com.
Hunters reminded
of PFD regulation
For waterfowl hunters, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission regulation regarding the mandatory wearing a personal flotation device from Nov. 1 to April 30 is second nature. This regulation, however, is sometimes overlooked by deer hunters who use watercraft to reach their hunting locations.
“All those using a boat are required to have a properly fitted personal flotation device readily accessible, and regulations require a PFD to be worn while underway or at anchor on boats shorter than 16 feet in length, or in any canoe or kayak,” Pennsylvania Game Commission hunter-trapper education administer Andy Hueser said. “According to the U.S. Coast Guard, every year several hunters die from drowning and hypothermia.
“When you have a crew of hunters and equipment, which for waterfowl hunters can include dogs, a boat can easily become unbalanced, especially if the wind comes up. Not only is it unsafe to overload a boat, exceeding the limits posted on the capacity plate also is illegal.
“Sudden immersion into cold water is one of the leading causes of boating fatalities in the Commonwealth. It places a severe strain on bodily systems that can lead to hypothermia or, worse, cardiac arrest, and survivors of cold-water accidents have reported their breath driven from them on contact with the water.”
Information on boating laws and regulations, as well as safety tips, are posted on the PFBC website at www.fish.state.pa.us.
Henry Arms president radio show guest
Anthony Imperato, president of Henry Repeating Arms, is today’s guest of Republican-Herald outdoors editor Doyle Dietz on “Experience The Outdoors,” winner of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association award for best outdoors radio program, 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.
Local clubs requested to email schedules
Sportsmen’s clubs and organizations are encouraged to email a schedule of their activities for 2016, including meets, shoots and special events, to outdoors@
republicanherald.com for inclusion in the master list of Outdoors Briefs to ensure publication.
Today’s events
• Sporting clays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Roedersville Game and Fish, 1357 Mountain Road, Pine Grove.
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.
• Saturday and Sunday: Forks of the Delaware Historical Arms Society Gun Show, Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Agri-Plex, Allentown Fairgrounds, 17th and Chew streets, Allentown.
• Sunday, Dec. 6: Sporting clays, 9 a.m., Friedensburg Fish and Game, 169 Stone Mountain Road, Pine Grove; for information, contact Lamar Hummel at (570) 763-4925. Port Clinton Fish and Game meeting, noon; for information, contact Ted Knoblauch at (610) 562-4310 or email pcfg1j@yahoo.com.
— Compiled by Doyle Dietz