Elusion Camo

ELUSION CAMO MobiBlind© 2011 Custom wheelchair access camo unit

by Lee Dufresne on Friday, September 9, 2011 at 12:25pm

The New MobiBlind © 2011 is designed and ready to cut and sew. The prototype Unit is being designed and shipped to Greg for use and review. I am sure it will be a hit and once we have the word they will be made available on the website.

I can tell you the small details of the unit. It is a BDU jacket top and standard headcover....however there is a row of Velcro along the midline right at the velcro line of the Cargo pocket. Thats right...so you can add the detachable Chair cover with the velcro attachments and still access the slip pocket and or velcro jacket pockets !! I am sure this will be quite a hit !! Unit 1 shipping to Greg Monday !!!


This is a fantastic company who care about All hunters, including HUNTERS WITH DISABILITIES, THANKS ELUSION !

Pa ELK LICENSE DRAWING POSTPONED

HARRISBURG (Sept. 8) - Due to flooding conditions in the Harrisburg area, Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today announced that the public drawing to award elk licenses, which was scheduled for 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9, has been postponed.  A new date will be announced early next week

Falcon Archers Annual Dick Zorn Bowhunter 3D Shoot

Falcon Archers in Canonsburg, PA will be hosting their annual Dick Zorn Bowhunter 3D shoot on Saturday Sept. 10 and Sunday Sept.11.

A 30 Target course with ranges set for the bowhunter, make for a great 3 D shoot ! Casual registration on Saturday from 7:30 AM to 4:30 PM and on Sunday from 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM. Shoot one day or both days. $10.00 for each shoot. Novelty shoots and Door Prizes. Food and Refreshments will be available.

Directions to the club are as follows: From I-79 take the South Pointe Exit. Take South Pointe Blvd to Klinger Rd. Turn right on Klinger Rd and follow to the 4 way intersection. At the intersection turn left on Papp Rd. Club is located on the right. Watch for the signs at the driveway.

Or if you have a GPS, plug in 47 Papp Road, Canonsburg, PA. That should bring you right to our driveway.  Club Phone (724) 746-2880 day of the shoot. For info prior to the shoot contact Darrell @ (412) 997-0166. 

Hunting Fact Card

It's nice to have the facts about hunting when confronted by an anti hunter and the people at the National Shooting Sports Foundation produce a very handy card.  Check it out HERE

WHITE-TAILED DEER

THEN 500,000   

NOW 32,000,000

In 1900, less than half a million white-tailed deer remained in the nation. Today,  conservation programs have returned the whitetail population to some 32 million.

Source: Bowhunter Magazine, 2009

DUCKS/WATERFOWL

THEN FEW

NOW 44,000,000

In 1901, few ducks remained. Today, there are more than 44 million ducks populating the United States and Canada.

Source: USFWS, 2009

ROCKY MOUNTAIN ELK

THEN 41,000

NOW 1,000,000

In 1907, only about 41,000 elk could be counted in the United States. Today,

populations in 23 states total approximately 1 million.

Source: Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, 2009

WILD TURKEYS

THEN 100,000

NOW 7,000,000

By the early 1900’s, encroaching civilization and habitat loss may have reduced the wild turkey population to under 100,000. Today, conservation programs have restored the population to more than 7 million birds.

Source: National Wild Turkey Federation, 2009

PRONGHORN ANTELOPE

THEN 12,000

NOW 1,100,000

About 50 years ago, the total U.S. population of pronghorn was only about 12,000. Today, conservation programs have helped increase the population to more than one million.

Source: Texas Parks and Wildlife, 2007

Hunter Education Cards

If you are planning on hunting out west this year or another state, you better have a copy of your hunter safety card or you can't buy your license.  Its easy to get a replacement card if you don't have the original... 

Hunter-Trapper Education course records go back to 1987 and are maintained on a computer database. Bowhunter Education course records go back to 2000.

Contact the Game Commission's Hunter-Trapper Education Division  at 717-787-7015 - Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. - for assistance in obtaining a replacement certificate. If you took a hunter or trapper education course before the above dates, you must complete a Hunter Education Program Replacement Certificate Affidavit form, which can be downloaded from this site.

The affidavit must be completed, signed and notarized before it is returned to the Hunter-Trapper Education Division. Replacement certificates are usually mailed in 10 to 14 days upon receipt of an application. NOTE: Effective February 1, 2005; a $10 fee is charged for issuing a hunter education replacement certificate.

Apparition Scents

If you like to use scents like I do while hunting, then give these local boys a try.  I met them recently and think they are producing a great line of products.  I am going to try Blind Date this season, I got a good feeling about it, and hope its like speed dating, lol

Survival Knife

For many years I carried the Air force Survival Knife attached to my backpack while hiking and camping throughout the US and Canada.  It was an excellent knife, saw and hammer on many excursions.

I decided to attach it to my Action TrackChair this weekend with plastic wire ties.  I may not be able to use it independently, or ever really need it anymore, but its a nice reminder of my youth.  Keep in mind it's seen almost 30 years of use but still looks good.

My Hunting List 2011

• Action TrackChair
• Ammo, Remington 150 grain Core Lokt PSP
• Arrows, Carbon half moon nock
• Backpack, Remington
• Bottled Water, Drink Aide
• Brace for Gun or Bow
• Broadheads, Rage 2 Blade 100 grain
• Cell Phone
• Cover Scent
• Decoy, Miss November
• Digital Camera
• Doe Bleat
• Drag Rope
• Extra Batteries
• Extra Clothing
• Facemask
• Flashlight or Headlamp
• Ground Blind
• Grunt Tube
• Gun, Remington 750 in 270 Cal. or Bow, Parker Buck Buster 175
• Hat
• Hunting Knife
• Hunting License/Permits
• Quiver
• Rain Gear
• Range Finder
• Rope Cocker or Crank
• Scent/Lures Apparition Blind Date
• Scent Eliminating Spray
• Trigger Adapter crossbow or Power Trigger Rifle
• Wire Ties, plastic

What are you using this year?  What did I leave off for a successful accessible wheelchair hunt?

GAME COMMISSION TO HOLD DRAWING FOR ELK LICENSES

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe said the agency’s public drawing for the 2011 elk hunting licenses will be webcast beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 9. To view the drawing, a “Live Elk Drawing” icon will be posted on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) for individuals to click on and watch the drawing.

In order to watch the live feed, you will need to have Flash Player installed on your computer.  If you do not have Flash Player installed on your computer, please go to this link: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/.  Once Flash Player has been installed, you can watch the drawing.

“Each year, tens of thousands of individuals apply for an elk license,” Roe said.  “Unfortunately, not all of them can make it to the public drawings. And, due to financial limitations, we are only able to send notification letters to those who were selected to receive an elk license. By webcasting the public drawings, more people can view this drawing without having to travel to the agency’s Harrisburg headquarters.”

Beginning at 10 a.m., the agency will conduct the public drawing to award 56 elk licenses. Roe also noted that those who have submitted applications can check to see if they were selected, by Sept. 16, thanks to the new Pennsylvania Automated License System (PALS). 

Presently, the status for all individual’s applications for elk licenses is listed as “Pending.”  Once the database is updated, which is expected by Sept. 16, those who were selected for an elk license will see the status changed to “Awarded,” as well as the designation of the Elk Hunt Zone and whether they were awarded an antlered or antlerless elk license.  Those not selected will see the status changed to “Unsuccessful.”

To access the information, go to the Game Commission website (www.pgc.state.pa.us), and click on the blue box in the upper right-hand corner of the homepage.  Click on the “Purchase License Permit and or Application/Replace License and or Permit” option, which includes the ability to “Check on the status of any Lottery Application,” scroll down and click on the “Start Here” button at the bottom of the page.  At this page, choose one of the identification options below to check your records, fill in the necessary information and click on the “Continue” button. Click on the appropriate residency status, which will display your current personal information.  At the bottom of the page, choose the “Check on the status of any Lottery Application” button, and then hit “Continue.”

“While this may seem like a lot of clicking and box checking to get to the information, the system is designed to protect an individual’s personal information, while at the same time enabling that person to check on the status of his or her applications, as well as their antlerless deer license applications,” Roe said. “Prior to PALS, the only way to know for sure that you were awarded an elk license was to attend the public drawings, wait for a letter in the mail or to call the Game Commission.

“This year, thanks to PALS, we will be able to update the data files for each license buyer shortly after the elk public drawing is completed so that license buyers will be able to see for themselves if they were drawn for one of the licenses.”

GAME COMMISSION TO CONDUCT GAME FARM TOURS

HARRISBURG – For the first time since 2004, the Pennsylvania Game Commission will offer public tours of its four game farms.  Guided tours are scheduled to begin at noon and conclude by 3 p.m., rain or shine, at the game farms in Armstrong, Crawford and Lycoming (two farms) counties on Sept. 25 and Oct. 2.

“The tours are designed to provide the public an opportunity to learn more about the Game Commission’s game farms and our pheasant propagation program,” said Carl G. Roe, Game Commission executive director. “While pheasants are not a native species to Pennsylvania, or the United States for that matter, the Game Commission’s pheasant-stocking program provides a tangible product for the license buyer, heightens the hunting experience – especially for youth - at a time when wild pheasant populations are low and is a valued service for many sportsmen.”

Tour stops will include hatcheries, brooder houses, and rearing, “grow-out” and over-wintering pens.  Workshop discussions will focus on objectives in propagation management, including sportsmen’s organizations participating in raising day-old chicks provided by the farms to increase local hunting opportunities and surplus day-old hen chicks that are sold to the public.  Also, after registration and before taking the tour, visitors may view a brief DVD highlighting farm operations throughout the year. 

When visitors arrive on tour dates, they will be asked to register before game farm personnel take them on a guided tour.  In order to maintain biosecurity and minimize human contact with the birds, visitors will be asked to remain with tour groups.

Since budget cuts in 2005, the agency has been raising 100,000 ring-necked pheasants annually at the Game Commission’s four game farms and releasing them on State Game Lands and other public lands under cooperative agreement. 

“In recent years, the Game Commission has invested in many game farm improvements,” Roe said. “And, thanks to recent revenues from Marcellus Shale-related gas leases on State Game Lands, the agency plans to increase its production level to distribute 200,000 birds during the 2012-13 hunting seasons.”

Goals for the pheasant propagation program are found in the agency’s pheasant management plan, which can be viewed on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us) by putting your cursor over “Hunt/Trap” in the menu bar at the top of the page, then clicking on “Hunting” and then choosing “Pheasant” from the “Small Game” listing.

Tour dates and directions to the game farms are as follows:

Loyalsock Game Farm: Sunday, Sept. 25, Lycoming County, 136 Game Farm Rd., Montoursville, PA 17754. The game farm is five miles north of Montoursville on Route 87. Tour starts at the hatchery.

Northcentral Game Farm: Sunday, Sept. 25, Lycoming County, 1609 Proctor Rd., Williamsport, PA  17701. The game farm is 23 miles north of Montoursville on Route 87. Tour starts at the office/hatchery of the Proctor (northern) farm.

Western Game Farm: Sunday, Oct. 2, Crawford County, 25761 Highway 408, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403.  The game farm is 3.5 miles east of Cambridge Springs on Route 408. Tour starts at the office/hatchery.

Southwest Game Farm: Sunday, Oct. 2, Armstrong County, 217 Pheasant Farm Rd., New Bethlehem, PA 16242.  The game farm is two miles south of New Bethlehem off Routes 66/28. Tour starts at the office/hatchery.