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Pennsylvania Bill To Establish Mentor Hunting Program On The Move





(Harrisburg) – The Pennsylvania Senate yesterday approved a measure that will encourage more young people to become involved in the state’s rich hunting traditions. The bill is part of the Families Afield campaign, established by a partnership of sportsmen’s organizations to aid in the recruitment of new hunters.

The Pennsylvania Senate unanimously passed HB 1690. The bill authorizes the Pennsylvania Game Commission to create a mentored youth hunting program. Rep. Bruce Smith, R-Dillsburg, originally introduced the bill to allow the hunting of coyotes over bait. Sen. Joe Conti, R-Doylestown, Chairman of the Senate Game and Fisheries Committee, attached the mentored youth hunting language to the bill.

House Bill 1690 will return to the House of Representatives for concurrence before it is sent to Gov. Ed Rendell.

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance worked with the Pennsylvania Mentored Youth Committee, led by the state chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, and others to rally sportsmen in the state to show support for the bill.

Similar bills in Ohio and Wisconsin also advanced yesterday. The bills are part of the Families Afield program. The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, along with the National Wild Turkey Federation and the National Shooting Sports Foundation introduced Families Afield in an effort to stem the tide of hunters lost to other interests and increase hunter recruitment throughout the country.

For further information about the Families Afield program, call Rob Sexton of the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance at (614) 888-4868, Tammy Sapp of the National Wild Turkey Federation at (800) THE-NWTF; Steve Wagner of the National Shooting Sports Foundation at (203) 426-1320.

The U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance protects the rights of hunters, anglers and trappers in the courts, legislatures, at the ballot, in Congress and through public education programs. For more information about the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance and its work, call (614) 888-4868 or visit its website, www.ussportsmen.org.
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