GAME COMMISSION LAUNCHES INTERACTIVE MAPPING CENTER

New online feature helps with locating, exploring state game lands.

HARRISBURG – Looking to spend some time outdoors, but don’t know where to go?  A new offering from the Pennsylvania Game Commission might hold the answer.

 

The Game Commission has launched on its website a new Mapping Center that will help users to locate state game lands and other hunting grounds, view topography and aerial photos for tracts, and even find a place to park when they arrive.

 

Those searching for outdoor-recreation opportunities can search by game lands number, county, region or wildlife management unit. Users also can click on any game lands defined on the map to see a more detailed layout of access roads, parking areas and buildings there. The map can also be set to show hunter access points on private lands.

 

Outdoor enthusiasts can customize their own maps and bookmark their favorites, and print them out to use afield or to leave directions for where they’ll be.

 

“The new Mapping Center represents a big upgrade in terms of the quantity and quality of information available,” said Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe. “Anyone interested in spending time on state game lands, or other public-access properties, will find it useful.”

 

A short video on how to use the Mapping Center is available at the www.pgc.state.pa.us, and can be found by clicking on the icon titled “State Game Lands Mapping Center.”  The Mapping Center can be accessed directly at http://pgcmaps.pa.gov/pgcpublicviewer.

Magnus Stinger Buzzcut Broadheads

I shot these broadheads this weekend and love them.  The 100 grain buzzcut with 2 bleeder blades flew exactly like my field points and had great penetration. I maybe finished with Rage broadheads.

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The New Accessible Hunter Gun Mount

Here is the long anticipated ACCESSIBLE HUNTER GUN MOUNT in action.  It is an idea that Ed and I have been working on together for some time. 

He made this model by hand and I am so glad  to have it. As a shooter with a disability, Ed understands the importance of top quality mounts.  We could not buy one so we engineered our own.  It shoots like a dream and is safe to roll around with the muzzle pointed down.

We need to paint this mount and make a few more tweaks to pretty it up, but it is finally here, the perfect gun mount!  Check back soon to follow as we move forward with this mount.

Vacation

I have been on vacation but have some exciting news coming out next week, check back in to learn about a new shooting brace for people with disabilities here at Accessible Hunter !

Zippo Outdoor's "Day On The Bay" Contest

To Win a $2,500 fishing trip with Doug Yohe in Willow Bay, PA

Daydreaming about a fishing trip to one of the hottest fishing lakes in the country? Wake up and enter! Zippo Outdoor is giving you a chance to win an all-expense-paid fishing trip for two to Willow Bay in Bradford, PA with Zippo Fishing Pro Doug Yohe.

 The winner will receive:
 Round trip air transportation for two from the winner's home address
 Transportation from and to Buffalo Niagara Airport
 2 nights of hotel accommodations
 $250 cash
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 2 Pennsylvania fishing licenses
 A day fishing trip with Doug Yohe in Willow Bay

Willow Bay is located in the Allegheny Mountains and offers world-class fishing for walleye, northern pike, muskie, bass and more. It is located in the Kinzua Reservoir, which is 24 miles long and covers 21,180 acres. State record walleye and northern pike were both caught here.

Doug Yohe is a veteran contender on the Cabela's Masters Walleye Circuit and is also a member of the Zippo Outdoor Pro Staff.

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Fallen Pennsylvania Game Commission Officers

The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. contains the names of more than 19,000 men and women who were killed in the line of duty. Seven of those officers served with the Pennsylvania Game Commission at the time of their deaths. They are: • L. Seeley Houk, fatally shot in Lawrence County in 1906 • Joseph McHugh, fatally shot in Carbon County in 1915 • Joseph H. Kalbfus, died in Warren County crash in 1919 • Elias W. "Woody" Kelly, died in Warren County crash in 1919 • John B. Ross, drowned during McKean County rescue attempt in 1942 • Woodrow E. Portzline, suffered heart attack during 1973 investigation • David L. Grove, fatally shot in Adams County in 2010 Thank you all for your dedication and sacrifice's you and your families have made to our great state.

Thanks WPA Wounded Warriors