GAME COMMISSION ANNOUNCES FALL PHEASANT STOCKING PLANS
The Pennsylvania Game Commission has slated 100,000 ring-necked pheasants for release on public lands throughout the Commonwealth for the upcoming small game hunting seasons, including 16,500 birds for the youth only season (Oct. 6-12).
"Based on agency's budget cuts first implemented in the 2004-05 fiscal year and carried forward since, we reduced our pheasant propagation program by 50 percent," said Carl G. Roe, Game Commission executive director. "Reducing the pheasant propagation program has saved the agency more than one million dollars. Without a hunting license fee increase, we expect to continue producing at the 100,000-bird level.
"Despite the overall reductions, this year our game farm staff had an excellent production season. They have worked hard with limited resources to achieve the goal to have 100,000-birds available for stocking this fall."
GAME COMMISSION POSTS OFFICER GAME FORECASTS ON WEBSITE
Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Conservation Officers (WCOs) and Land Management Group Supervisors (LMSGs) spend a considerable amount of time gathering information about wildlife population trends in their districts. With the hunting and trapping seasons just around the corner, the Game Commission now is sharing that information - through its website - with those who enjoy Penn's Woods.
To view these forecasts offered by Game Commission officers, go to the Game Commission's website (
www.pgc.state.pa.us), and click on the "Field Officer Game Forecasts," select the region of interest in the map, and then choose the WCO district of interest from the map. For LMGS reports, select the link to the LMGS Group of interest within that region.
For more information, please visit the Pennsylvania Game Commission - State Wildlife Management Agency website:
http://www.pgc.state.pa.us/pgc/cwp/view.asp?a=11&Q=172651