ATTENTION PHEASANT HUNTERS
 Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Pennsylvania Game Commission regrets to share that state game lands in 12 counties that were to receive pheasants this week ahead of Saturday’s statewide pheasant season opener will not be stocked until next week.
Heavy snowfall Tuesday at the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Southwest Game Farm, near Distant in Armstrong County, damaged netting, leaving it in need of repair. CLICK HERE to read the news release.
There were many pheasants loose on the grounds and Game Commission staff are working to get them back into enclosures. As a result of this setback, a portion of this week’s scheduled stocking of birds from the farm has been postponed.
Most or all state game lands and other properties scheduled to receive pheasants this week in Bedford, Blair, Clarion, Clearfield, Elk, Fulton, Greene, Huntingdon, Indiana, Jefferson, McKean and Warren counties will not be stocked until next week, from Oct. 25-28.
Pheasants that weren’t released this week will be added gradually to the in-season and winter-season releases for these counties, meaning the same number of birds will be released in those counties this year.
But pheasant hunters who had planned heading afield on opening day and early next week might want to alter plans. To find other stocking locations, visit the Pheasant Allocation page at www.pgc.pa.gov.
The Pennsylvania Game Commission apologizes to hunters for any inconvenience created by changes to the stocking schedule. The pheasants allocated for those counties still will all be released there, starting next week, and many other properties statewide provide options this weekend for those willing to travel.
Visit www.pgc.pa.gov for more information. To all our hunters: Good luck. Have fun. Hunt safely.
Thank you for being a Pennsylvania hunter, conservationist and voice for the future of hunting in PA!
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