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PA: Hunting/Fishing Upcoming Meetings May 28, 2018 11:43 ET Original: PA: Hunting/Fishing Upcoming Meetings Article Text (if link above requires username and password): Calendar items must be mailed to the Reading Eagle sports department or emailed to sports@readingeagle.com. A name and phone number should be included if there are questions. Specific content and publication dates cannot be guaranteed. Early submission is requested. Bear Creek Festival, June 3, noon-4 p.m., Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Summit Station. Family-oriented event offers free activities related to all things environmental, outdoors, natural and agricultural. Highlights: Van Wagner, 1 p.m., coal heritage program and music about local culture, history and environment; Jay Smar, 2:15 p.m., music, dancing and history; fishing derby; crafts; animal talk with Red Creek Wildlife Center; antique tractor pulls; loading and firing demonstrations with Blue Ridge Rifles. Information: 'Schuylkill Conservation District' on Facebook. Pennsylvania Trappers Association's 81st annual rendezvous, June 7-10, Juniata County Fairgrounds, Port Royal. Highlights: dealers, tailgaters, demos, fur handling, trap setting contests, mountain man race, Smokey Bear. Information: George McEntee, 717-732-8099, or Nelson Hosler, 570-658-3904. National Get Outdoors Day, Blue Marsh Lake, Dry Brooks Day Use Area, June 9, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. More than 50 clubs and organizations on site. The Federated Sportsmen's Clubs of Berks County's Family Field Day, June 16, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Kutztown Rod and Gun Club. Highlights: fishing and boating skills; shooting opportunties with rifle, shotgun, black powder and archery; trapping skills and entomology. Registration required at 'Field Day Registration' on Pennsylvania Game Commission website or link on Federated Sportsmen's Clubs of Berks County website. Today's shootsMohnton Fish and Game Association, 50-target trap shoot, 8-11 a.m. Information: 610-775-3470. Oley Valley Fish and Game Association, 50-bird sporting clay shoot, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shartlesville Archery Club and Stowe Archers, IBO qualifier shoots, 7 a.m.-noon. Neversink Gun Club, balloon shoot for meat trays, starting at 10 a.m. Information: 610-779-2289. South End Gun Club, ATA Middle Atlantic Open, 200 16 yards, starting at 11 a.m. - Compiled by Roger Mallon Hunter/trapper education courses All first-time hunters and trappers, regardless of age, must successfully complete hunter-trapper education training before buying a Pennsylvania hunting or trapping license. A training certificate, recognized throughout North America, is awarded after passing a test at the end of the course. One must be at least 11 years old to enroll in a class. Training options Classroom: Register by using the hunter education class calendar. Use “Today’s Hunter & Trapper in Pennsylvania” study guide to complete the independent-study portion. Register for a six-hour class requiring some pre-class independent study or an eight-hour class requiring some pre-class independent study and a skill-station format. Online: Available only to students at least 16 years of age. Learn more at Pgc.pa.gov">Pgc.pa.gov. Schedule of hunter/trapper education courses; access registration, course openings and instructions at Pgc.pa.gov">Pgc.pa.gov: June 14: Myerstown Rod and Gun Club. June 15: Daniel Boone Rod and Gun Club. June 16: Cocalico Sportsmen’s Association. June 21: Kutztown Rod and Gun Club. July 14: Strausstown Community Center. July 21: Fivepoint Fire Company and Schuylkill County Fair. July 28: Lower Pottsgrove Sportsmen’s Association, Port Clinton Fish and Game Association and Kempton Rod and Gun Club. Source: PGC.

PA: Hunting/Fishing Upcoming Meetings May 28, 2018 11:43 ET Original: PA: Hunting/Fishing Upcoming Meetings Article Text (if link above requires username and password): Calendar items must be mailed to the Reading Eagle sports department or emailed to sports@readingeagle.com. A name and phone number should be included if there are questions. Specific content and publication dates cannot be guaranteed. Early submission is requested. Bear Creek Festival, June 3, noon-4 p.m., Schuylkill County Fairgrounds, Summit Station. Family-oriented event offers free activities related to all things environmental, outdoors, natural and agricultural. Highlights: Van Wagner, 1 p.m., coal heritage program and music about local culture, history and environment; Jay Smar, 2:15 p.m., music, dancing and history; fishing derby; crafts; animal talk with Red Creek Wildlife Center; antique tractor pulls; loading and firing demonstrations with Blue Ridge Rifles. Information: 'Schuylkill Conservation District' on Facebook. Pennsylvania Trappers Association's 81st annual rendezvous, June 7-10, Juniata County Fairgrounds, Port Royal. Highlights: dealers, tailgaters, demos, fur handling, trap setting contests, mountain man race, Smokey Bear. Information: George McEntee, 717-732-8099, or Nelson Hosler, 570-658-3904. National Get Outdoors Day, Blue Marsh Lake, Dry Brooks Day Use Area, June 9, 10 a.m.-3:30 p.m. More than 50 clubs and organizations on site. The Federated Sportsmen's Clubs of Berks County's Family Field Day, June 16, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Kutztown Rod and Gun Club. Highlights: fishing and boating skills; shooting opportunties with rifle, shotgun, black powder and archery; trapping skills and entomology. Registration required at 'Field Day Registration' on Pennsylvania Game Commission website or link on Federated Sportsmen's Clubs of Berks County website. Today's shootsMohnton Fish and Game Association, 50-target trap shoot, 8-11 a.m. Information: 610-775-3470. Oley Valley Fish and Game Association, 50-bird sporting clay shoot, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Shartlesville Archery Club and Stowe Archers, IBO qualifier shoots, 7 a.m.-noon. Neversink Gun Club, balloon shoot for meat trays, starting at 10 a.m. Information: 610-779-2289. South End Gun Club, ATA Middle Atlantic Open, 200 16 yards, starting at 11 a.m. - Compiled by Roger Mallon Hunter/trapper education courses All first-time hunters and trappers, regardless of age, must successfully complete hunter-trapper education training before buying a Pennsylvania hunting or trapping license. A training certificate, recognized throughout North America, is awarded after passing a test at the end of the course. One must be at least 11 years old to enroll in a class. Training options Classroom: Register by using the hunter education class calendar. Use “Today’s Hunter & Trapper in Pennsylvania” study guide to complete the independent-study portion. Register for a six-hour class requiring some pre-class independent study or an eight-hour class requiring some pre-class independent study and a skill-station format. Online: Available only to students at least 16 years of age. Learn more at Pgc.pa.gov">Pgc.pa.gov. Schedule of hunter/trapper education courses; access registration, course openings and instructions at Pgc.pa.gov">Pgc.pa.gov: June 14: Myerstown Rod and Gun Club. June 15: Daniel Boone Rod and Gun Club. June 16: Cocalico Sportsmen’s Association. June 21: Kutztown Rod and Gun Club. July 14: Strausstown Community Center. July 21: Fivepoint Fire Company and Schuylkill County Fair. July 28: Lower Pottsgrove Sportsmen’s Association, Port Clinton Fish and Game Association and Kempton Rod and Gun Club. Source: PGC.