The Pennsylvania Game Commission has announced a new initiative that will honor military veteran hunters with disabilities.
Qualified veterans will have the opportunity to hunt geese from a blind in the Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area in Crawford County on Friday, September 25th. Only 40 hunters will be selected and they may be able to bring an individual to assist if needed.
Game commission officials say they are excited to offer this opportunity to honor these individuals who have sacrificed so much for our country.
Applications can be found online, here, or at all six game commission regional offices.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Any veteran who has a disability that consists of the loss of one or more limbs, or the loss of the use of one or more limbs, or who has a disability rating of between 60 and 100 percent disabled as certified by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and who meets all other qualifications of PA C.S. 34 (with regard to hunting license eligibility) and is otherwise mentally and physically fit, is qualified to apply to participate in this hunt.
- Applicants shall provide a statement that the applicant is a veteran and that the qualifying disability was service incurred.
- Successful applicants are required to possess a valid Pennsylvania hunting license, a valid Pennsylvania migratory game bird hunting license and a valid Federal Duck Stamp.
INSTRUCTIONS
- LEGIBLY PRINT all requested information on the application.
- If this application is successfully drawn the applicant will receive a Permit Reservation with additional instructions which entitles them to hunt on the date listed above.
- This application must be received at the Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area by August 24, 2015. Applications must be mailed to the Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area, 9552 Hartstown Road, Hartstown, PA 16131.
- A drawing will be held at least three weeks prior to the date of the hunt. Successful applicants will be notified by mail.
- Your name may only appear on one application for the Goose Hunt for Veterans with Disabilities. Application for this hunt does not preclude application to the regular season goose hunt.
- This hunt will be conducted on September 25, 2015, outside established shooting days at the Pymatuning Wildlife Management Area, to honor veterans with disabilities, therefore no unclaimed blind permits will be available. Successful applicants will not be permitted to invite additional hunters as is done during the regularly scheduled shooting days.
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