Notices from the outdoors

A listing of notices for outdoor activities around the region:

Rifle/Trap leagues

• Fifteen weeks into the season, Frazier-Simplex (15-0) and Murrysville (15-0) are tied atop the Pittsburgh and Suburban Rifle League standings.

Frazier-Simplex stayed perfect by beating Green Valley (9-7) 1481-1461, while Murrysville beat Clymer (4-12) 1479-1422.

Allegheny (4-12) had the bye. There was no report from the Irwin Post 228 at Dormont-Mt. Lebanon match.

John Husk of Frazier-Simplex fired his second perfect 300 of the season to post the week's high score. Murrysville's John Funk was high senior with a 298, and teammate Ethan Marne was high junior with a 294. Emma Uchida was the high lady with a 294.

• Youngwood, shooting at home, posted this past week's high score in the Twi-Night Trap League, a 198. Connellsville was next with 196, followed by Ruffs Dale with 194, Hecla with 186 and East Huntingdon with 181.

Youngwood extended its hold on the season lead. It has 14 points, while Ruffs Dale has 11, Hecla has 5, Connellsville has 4 and East Huntingdon has 4.

The week's top shooters were:

Youngwood: Joe Miller, Mark Kislan, Fred Perillo, Don Bugajski, Don Houckand Steve Hamilton, 25; Roger Davis and Frank Kott, 24.

Connellsville: Jim Piovarchy Sr., Joe Tiberi, Jon Schroyer and Rick Lilley, 25; Alan Wingrove, Jim Piovarchy Jr., Tom Kaylor and Jim Nagy, 24.

Ruffsdale: Ted Salka and Joe Kalko, 25; Myron Reach, L. Keys, Dick Forsythe, Ted Yowonske, Mark Hixon and Al Grckle, 24.

Hecla: John Gaebel, Eric Wittenmaier and Bill Newill, 24; Frank Giron, Carl Rossman, Bobby Dewitt and Len Mallin, 23; Cork Merlino, 22.

East Huntingdon: Sam Redinger, 25; Justin Traytor and Mike Adams, 24; Bill Fike Ron Coffield and Carl Shaffer, 22; Bill Collins and Joe Yurechko, 21.

Hunter safety courses

• Burrell Rod and Gun Club, Indiana County, 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Lunch provided; class limit 45. Pre-registration required on-line at www.pgc.state.pa.us .

• Templeton Rod and Gun Club, Armstrong County, 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Lunch provided; class limit 25. Pre-registration required on-line at www.pgc.state.pa.us .

• Ford City Sportsmen's Association, Armstrong County, 6 to 9 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Lunch provided; class limit 40. Pre-registration required on-line at www.pgc.state.pa.us .

• Evans City Sportsmen's Club, Butler County, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Class limit 85. Pre-registration required by calling Paul Whitehouse at 724-452-2196.

• South Connellsville Rod and Gun Club, Fayette County, 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Lunch provided; class limit 60. Pre-registration required by calling Ron Brooks at 724-628-4091.

• Franklin Grange, Greene County, 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Lunch provided; class limit 50. Pre-registration required on-line at www.pgc.state.pa.us s.

• Carrick Sportsmen's Club, Allegheny County, 6 to 10 p.m. Friday and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Class limit 60. Pre-registration required by Jeff Ayres or Jerry Roche at 412-979-0145 or 412-398-9599.

• Gander Mountain, Cambria County, 1 to 6 p.m. Saturday and April 11. Class limit 25. Pre-registration required by calling the store at 814-266-1777.

• Pine Run Sportsmen's Club, Beaver County, 5 to 9 p.m. April 23 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 24. Lunch provided; class limit 50. Pre-registration required by calling Calvin Winkle at 724-774-4642.

• Youngwood Sportsmen's Club, Westmoreland County, 6 to 10 p.m. April 23 and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 24. Lunch provided; class limit 40. Pre-registration required by calling Carl Rossman or Roger Davis at 724-309-3275 or 724-443-4175.

• Gander Mountain, Cambria County, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 1 and 1 to 5 p.m. May 2. Class limit 25. Pre-registration required on-line at www.pgc.state.pa.us.

• Shanksville Stony Creek School, Somerset County, 3:30 to 7 p.m. May 4, 5 and 6. Class limit 40. Pre-registration required on-line at www.pgc.state.pa.us .

• Beaver Valley Sportsmen's Club, Beaver County, 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. May 7 and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 8. Class limit 50. Pre-registration required on-line at www.pgc.state.pa.us .

Successful bow hunting courses

• Pitcarin-Monroeville Sportsmen's Club, Allegheny County, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Class limit 50; cost is $18. Lunch available for purchase. Pre-registration required on-line at www.pgc.state.pa.us .

Notices

• The Greater Pittsburgh Area Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society will hold its 33rd annual sportsmen's banquet Friday at the Four Points Sheraton, Pittsburgh North, in Mars. Doors open for cocktails at 5:15 p.m., with dinner at 7:15. The event will feature live and silent auctions, raffles, games and more. There will also be a special drawing for a Polaris Sportsman 4X4 ATV. Individual membership and dinner tickets are $75. There is also an optional family membership package for $40, which includes membership for each household member and a one-year subscription for one magazine. Dinner tickets for this package are $45 for each attendee. Sponsor packages are also available. For tickets or information, contact Tracy Greene at 412-262-4044 or tracyg@ruffedgrousesociety.org .

• Eric Stroup, author of the book "Common Sense Fly Fishing" will discuss some of the often overlooked fly fishing fundamentals like drift, reading the water, line control and mending at the next meeting of the Penn's Woods West Chapter of Trout Unlimited. It's set for 7 p.m. April 12 at Brentwood VFW Post 810, located at 3801 Clairton Blvd. near the McGinnis Sisters Market. The meeting is free and open to the public.

• The Covered Bridge Chapter of the Ruffed Grouse Society and the Pennsylvania Game Commission will hold the fourth annual "Southwestern Pennsylvania Field Day" from noon to 4 p.m. April 17 at state game land 232 in Washington County. According to Brian Hanna, work activities will include site trash cleanup, edge cutting and brush pile building and planting of small game cover. Participants are advised to wear work clothes, sturdy boots and gloves and be prepared for any weather conditions. They should also bring shovels, rakes, hoes, chainsaws and fuel and bar oil, sun glasses and sunscreen. Volunteers are to meet at noon in the parking lot between Home Depot and the Waffle House near the intersection of Interstate 70 and 79. The committee will provide light snacks and plenty of drinks throughout the day. Registration is required by April 20 by contacting Hanna at 412-296-1178 or setter@gundogalliance.com .

• The 4-year-old "Fly Fishing Film Tour" will be making its first stop in the Pittsburgh area this spring. Films will be shown at 7:30 p.m. April 25 at The Oaks Theater, 310 Allegheny River Blvd., in Oakmont. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. Tickets are available from International Angler, located at 5275 Steubenville Pike in Pittsburgh. Call 412-788-8088 or e-mail ia2@internationalangler.com for information. All profits collected will be donated to "Casting For Recovery," a fly fishing program for women with cancer.

Shoots on tap

• Ford City Sportsmen's Club will hold its11th annual Relay for Life trap shoot May 16, with registration from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will feature 100 targets at 16 yards. There will be a 50/50 raffle and Chinese auction, too, and the kitchen will be open. All proceeds benefit the Relay for Life Cancer Fund. The club is located near the northeast corner of game lands 247 in North Buffalo Township, Armstrong County. Call 724-763-9111.

• The Sportsmen's Association of Greensburg hosts trap, skeet and sporting clays tower shoots from 6 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays. The trap range has a ramp to accommodate special-needs shooters. The club also hosts skeet shoots from 8 a.m. to noon Saturdays. Call 724-423-6350.

• Irwin Sportsmen's Club will hold a revolver/semiautomatic smallbore and centerfire action pistol shoot at 5 p.m. April 15. Late shooters will be accepted. Call 724-863-1967.

• Kingston Veterans and Sportsmen's Club, located off Route 217 in Latrobe, will hold a 3-D archery shoot April 11, with registration from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Registration will take place at the clubhouse. Prizes will be awarded and their will be a Kingston Loyalty Shooter door prize. Refreshments will be available. Call 724-539-9303.

• Rochester Sportsmans Club, located on Route 989 behind Big Knob Fire Hall, will have a ham, meat and money shoot Saturda, with registration starting at noon. Shells are provided. Call Ken at 724-495-9900 for information.

• Strictly Sticks Traditional Archers will hold its 5th annual traditional rendezvous June 5 and 6 at East Huntingdon Sportsmen's Club in Alverton for those shooting recurves, longbows and stickbows. Call 724-887-5404.

• Saltsburg Sportsmen's Club will hold a 3-D archery shoot April 11, with registration from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cost is $10 for adults, $5 for youths and free to cubs. There will be McKenzie and Reinhart targets and awards in all classes. Refreshments will be available. Call 724-639-0360.

• Ellsworth Sportsmen's Club's trap range is open Fridays at 7 p.m. for league and practice shooting. The club itself opens at 6 p.m. on Fridays, with food and drinks available for purchase. The public is welcome to use the lighted range; cost is $5 per round and $4 per round for practice. The club's fall trap league begins Sept. 4 and all are welcome to join. Call 724-945-5275 or visit www.ellsworthsportsmen.webs.com .

• The Lawrence County Sportsman's Association's shotgun and .22 rifle ranges are open to the public Wednesdays starting at 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 724-562-1075.

• California Hill Gun Club holds NSCA registered shoots Sundays, with sign-ups starting at 9 a.m. Call the club at 724-938-3480 or Phil Difilippo at 724-263-5016.

• Pony Farm Sportsmen's Club hosts open trap nights every Friday at 6 p.m. The public is welcome to use the lighted ranges. The full kitchen is open for all events. Visit www.ponyfarm-achfc.org .

• Sutersville Sportsmen's Club holds trap practice beginning at 6 p.m. Mondays and 10 a.m. Tuesdays. The public is welcome. Call 724-872-0989.

• Connellsville Sportsmen's Club hosts trap and skeet practice every Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. All shooters and the public are welcome. Instruction is available.

• Rostraver Sportsmen and Conservation Association holds trap practice at 10 a.m. Thursdays and 1 p.m. Saturdays. Big and small bore pistol pin shoots are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. Call 724-872-4399.

• Shaner Sportsmen's Club holds trap practice every Friday from 5 to 9 p.m. The public is welcome. Beginner trap shoots open to shooters of all ages are held the third Thursday of every month. Call 724-494-6834.

• Shannock Valley Sportsmen's Club in Yatesboro holds trap practice every Thursday at 6 p.m. The public is invited to all events.

• Hecla's trap range is open for practice from 5 to 8:30 p.m. every Wednesday. The public is welcome. Call 724-423-6090 after 2 p.m.

• Fort Hand Rifle Club holds an ARA-sanctioned smallbore benchrest shoot on the second Saturday of every month. The club also hosts an NRA-sanctioned smallbore metallic silhouette match on the second Sunday of every month. Call 724-726-9580.

• Dormont-Mt. Lebanon Sportsmen's Club holds outdoor civilian marksmanship program shoots at 11 a.m. the third Sunday of every month, with sign-ups and a safety orientation beginning at 9:30; outdoor pistol, NMC and MPRL shoots at 6 p.m. Mondays; five-stand shoots are held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. the first and third Sundays of the month; trap shoots are held from 7 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays; there's a Tres Bandidos shoot at 6 p.m. the fifth Wednesday. Call 412-531-5043 or visit www.mdi.net/dml .

• Roscoe Sportsmen's Association's youth trap league shoots are held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Sundays. The adult league shoots from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays. Call Mike Hela at 724-938-3500 or the club at 724-938-9080 Wednesdays and Sundays.

• Vandergrift Sportsmen's Association holds 5-stand sporting clays shoots at its club grounds on Sportsmen Drive in Washington Township every Wednesday from 4 p.m. until dark. Cost is $4 per round. Call 724-478-2129.

• Youngwood Sportsmen's Association holds trap shoots from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays and from 6 to 10:30 p.m. Tuesdays. The shoots are open to the public. Call Fred at 724-837-5516 or Frank at 724-834-3234.

• West Penn Sportsmen's Club in Murrysville holds five stand shoots from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursdays and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sundays. The trap ranges are open 4:30 to 9 p.m. Thursdays.

• East Monongahela Sportsmen's Club holds 25-yard pin shoots at 6:30 p.m. Mondays; cost is $6. On Thursdays, the club runs trap shoots for $2.50 per round and 50-yard pin shoots on the pistol range for $6; both events start at 6:30 p.m. All events are open to the public. Call 412-384-4747.

• East Huntingdon Sportsman's Club holds trap practice at 7 p.m. Mondays. The club's indoor archery league is holding practices at 7 p.m. Mondays. Club membership is not required to shoot. Call Doug or Amy at 724-887-4103. The club's indoor pistol range is open at 7 p.m. Mondays or by appointment for groups. Call 724-887-5404.

• White Oak Rod and Gun Club will hold a sporting clays and 5-stand shoot April 11, with registration from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $25. The club also holds CMP shoots from 9 to 11 a.m. on the second Sunday of each month. There are indoor 3-D archery shoots from 6 to 9 p.m. every Thursday. Cost is $3 for adults, $1 for kids ages 12 to 16, and free to those 11 and younger and 65 and older. Skeet and 5-stand shoots are held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and on sporting clays Sundays. All events are open to the public. Call 724-863-9941.

• Crowfoot Rod and Gun Club's trap range is open to the public from 7 to 11 p.m. Tuesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Call 724-327-9315 or 724-327-0592.

• Pitcairn Monroeville Sportsmen's Club, 505 Mosside Blvd., North Versailles, hosts Civilian Marksmanship Program and practical pistol shoots at 9 a.m. the first Sunday of each month, archery practice at 6 p.m. Mondays, practical pistol practice at 6 p.m. Thursdays, and trap practice at 6 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m. Saturdays, and 1 p.m. Sundays. Call 412-824-3790.

• McDonald Sportsmen's Association hosts trap and skeet practice from 7 to 10 p.m. Thursdays. The public is welcome. Call 724-796-2271 or visit www.mcdonaldsportsmen.com .

• Clairton Sportsmen's Club hosts skeet shoots and practice from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays, 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesdays, and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays. The trap league and practice is from 5 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Trout stockings

The Fish and Boat Commission has kicked off its spring trout stocking program in preparation for opening day April 17. Here are the waters to get fish in some counties, for the week of April 5. Listed is the water to be stocked, the kind of fish it is to receive, and the time, date and meeting location for the stocking truck. Note that the commission only announces the week of some stockings.

Allegheny: Long Run, browns, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Mammoth Dam.

Armstrong: Cowanshannock Creek, sections 3 and 4, brooks and browns, noon Wednesday, Marsha's Place, routes 66 and 28, just before Route 85.

Beaver: Brady's Run Lake, rainbows, and South Branch Brady's Run, section 2, browns, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Brady's Run Park office, Route 51; Lower Hereford Manor Lake, rainbows, and Upper Hereford Manor Lake, rainbows, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, at the lake, west of Zelienople on Route 288.

Bedford: Wills Creek, browns and rainbows, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Hyndman Post Office, Route 96.

Butler: Glade Run Lake, rainbows, 1 p.m. Tuesday, at the breast of the dam in Glade Mills, on Route 8 between Pittsburgh and Butler.

Cambria: Howells Run, browns and rainbows, Noels Creek, brooks and browns, and North Branch Little Conemaugh River, browns and rainbows, 11 a.m. Tuesday, Keystone Restaurant, off Route 22 west; Elton Sportsmen's Dam, brooks and browns, Lake Rowena, rainbows, and Little Paint Creek, brooks, 11 a.m. Friday, Lake Rowena, Ebensburg, off Route 22 west.

Fayette: Virgin Run Lake, rainbows, 11 a.m. Monday, at the lake; Dunlap Creek, browns and rainbows, and Dunlap Creek Lake, rainbows, 11 a.m. Wednesday, Sheetz, east of Uniontown on Route 40; Yough River, browns and rainbows, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Yough Dam park office.

Lawrence: Big Run, sections 2 and 3, browns and rainbows, 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, Cascade Park, Route 65 and Frank Avenue.

Somerset: Laurel Hill Lake, rainbows, 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Laurel Hill dam breast parking lot; Brush Creek, browns and rainbows, and Shaffers Run, brooks and browns, 10 a.m. Friday, Hillbilly Haven Tavern, Route 96, one mile west of Fairhope Post Office; Wills Creek, section 3, browns and rainbows, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Hyndman Post Office, Route 96.

Washington: Little Chartiers Creek, browns and rainbows, 12:45 p.m. Monday, park and ride, Route 519 north, about three miles off exit 25 of I-70.

Westmoreland: Keystone Lake, rainbows, and Northmoreland Lake, rainbows, 1 p.m. Wednesday, Keystone State Park office; Mammoth Lake, rainbows, 12:30 p.m. Thursday, at the lake; Upper Twin Lake, rainbows, and Lower Twin Lake, rainbows, 11:45 a.m. Friday, at the lower lake.

Article by Bob Frye,
Everybody Adventures, http://www.everybodyadventures.com

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