Lehigh Valley Chapter of Safari Club International

Officers/Directors
Lehigh Valley Chapter
Of
Safari Club International
President’s Message
President-Tim Reiger
993 Grange Road
Leesport, Penna. 19533
Phone: 610 – 926-6331
gr8esthunter@comcast.net
Vice President-Adam Flod
3403 Hickory Hollow Road
Harrisburg, Penna. 17112
Phone: 717 – 329-9180
Flodadam@aol.com
Treasurer-Kathy Reiger
933 Grange Road
Leesport, PA 19533
Phone: 610-926-6331
88junebug88@comcast.net
Secretary – Thomas Mascelli
117 East Vaughn Street
Kingston, Penna. 18704
Phone: 570-592-8751
tmsascelli@sydist.com
Sables President – Angie Clymer
1045 N.W. End Blvd, Lot 326
Quakertown, PA 18951
267-374-0058
ajclymer@hotmail.com
Don Detwiler
584 Creamery Road
Telford, Penna. 18969
Phone: 215 – 723-6305
dondetwiler@comcast.net
Butch Kramer
2050 Ziegler Road
Pennsburg, Penna.18073
Phone: 215 - 679-6497
bkramer@dickinsonfleet.com
Ed Mehlig
310 Sexton Road
Wind Gap, Penna. 18091
Phone: 484 – 550-4178
mehilgs4@verizon.net
Rick Booth
101 Swedesford Lane
Millersville, PA 17551
Phone: 717-406-6790
rbooth@flywayexcavating.com
Mike Walters
1883 N. Old Bethlehem Pike
Quakertown, PA 18951
215-766-0414
lvcsci@verizon.net
Josh Byrd
4 S. Vasser Drive
Quakertown, PA 18951
Phone: 484-680-2199
josh@mws-reps.com
Jim Shenk
Phone:
james.shenk@lpl.com
Hello,
Can you believe spring is finally here! The Robins have returned, the
Geese are heading north and the Turkeys are gobbling and if you’re like
me, I can’t wait to go hunt the long beards of PA. If you happen to get
lucky and harvest a turkey this spring, please send your photo to Mike
Walters at lvcsci@verizon.net along with a short story for print in the next
newsletter and for the LVSCI website.
I want to thank everyone who attended our annual fundraiser at the
Holiday Inn on March 7th & 8th. Thanks to your generosity at the fundraiser, Lehigh Valley Chapter SCI can continue to support a variety of local programs and organizations such as the AWLS Program for teachers,
Camp Compass, Keystone Wounded Warriors, Boy Scouts of America,
The Foundation for Military Families, The NRA, County Youth Field
Days, Local Gun Clubs, LVSCI Disabled Veteran Antelope Hunt, Spirit of
Lehigh Valley (Christmas dinner at the Holiday Inn for less fortunate
families of the Lehigh Valley area), LVSCI Veteran Pheasant hunt and
many more. Each year the “Where the Money Went” is printed in either
the annual or the auction booklets at the fundraiser for everyone to see
where your dollars are being spent.
A number of individuals who did a fantastic job for the fundraiser need
to be recognized. First our Board of Directors who work tirelessly to arrange all the necessary details for an exhausting weekend of fun and excitement for the membership and their families. To RuthAnn, a special “thank
you” for your hard work organizing the silent auction for both Friday and
Saturday. Also, a “thank you” to Lois Lelko, Bob’s bride to be, for helping
“Sell Out” the Saturday Backwards Bingo game. And to everyone who
pitched in to lend a helping hand, or made donations, “thank you” as well.
Please keep watching the Lehigh Valley web site for up-dates on events
and new hunt donations for the 2015 banquet. The June board meeting is
when we elect new members onto the board so if you are interested; please
e-mail me for an application at gr8esthunter@comcast.net. There are still
a few open seats available for members who wish to volunteer some time to
help preserve our hunting heritage.
Bob Matyas
Phone:
bobsawncare1@aol.com
Thank You,
Website: www.lvsci.org
Tim Reiger
President LVSCI
Past Presidents: Richard L. Wolfel ’03 – ’05 Paul Barstad ’05 – ’07 Don Detwiler ’07 - .’09 Barry Yingling ‘ 09 – ‘11 Don Detwiler ’11 - .’13
Hunting Adventures in
Old Mexico
By Don Detwiler
The story of my Mule Deer hunt in January of 2013
would hardly be appropriately told without starting
at the beginning.
I have been a turkey hunter for many years and with
many of us the dream of a slam looms large so when
I spoke to John Chitwood at a Safari Club board
meeting my appetite was whetted to finish my slam.
John had hunted with Eddie Ortega of Hunters Mexico for Gould’s turkeys and could not stop raving
about the experience so I had to give it a try. I was
rewarded with the number 3 Gould’s in the Safari
Club record book and off to Campeche we went for
the last leg of the slam, the Ocellated. The Mexico
jungles did not disappoint as my Ocellated Turkey
also made number 3 in the Safari Club record book.
These turkey hunting experiences took me thru sev-
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eral different areas of Mexico and I came to enjoy
the Mexico culture and experience. I need to say that
in all of my conversations with Eddie, he assured me
that we would not have problems and he was correct.
Not only did we not have problems, I found that
traveling in Mexico was quite the opposite of what
our news media would have us believe as what I
found were friendly people everywhere I traveled.
As it happens with outfitter/client relationships,
Eddie and I developed a bond and we began having
conversations about a Desert Mule Deer/Coues Deer
hunt. I convinced several friends Dan
Soliday and Barry Yingling to join me
and plans were made to travel to the
Sonoran Desert at the end of December in 2012.
Travel plans were made and soon we
were in route to Hermosillo, Mexico.
Gun clearance at the Hermosillo airport was efficient and without incident
and we were soon unloading the truck
for an overnight stay at Eddie’s home
in Hermosillo. After a good night’s
sleep, we loaded up the trucks and began the final leg of our trip to the
ranch about an hour from Hermosillo.
Eddie hunts his ranches with care and
planning. The ranch we hunted had not
been hunted the year prior to our hunt
and Eddie’s management program is
very rewarding for his hunters as we
all took exceptional bucks. Our ranch
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Lehigh Valley Chapter SCI
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May 20
Dinner Meeting Announcement
Mary Ann Krauss
Training Coordinator
Eagle Security Group
Fredericksburg, VA
Presenting on Personal
Defense / Gun Safety
Mary Anne is a former FBI Agent and now offers
certified Threat Defense Planning and Preparation,
Deterrent Training, Weapons and Deadly Force Policy
Trainings, and Gun Safety Fundamentals Training.
Tuesday, May 20th, 2014
At the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Fogelsville, PA
Contact:
Tim Reiger
gr8esthunter@comcast.net
610-926-6331
Agenda:
6:00 p.m - Cash Bar
7:00 p.m. - Dinner
8:00 p.m. - Program
Cost of Dinner is $20.00 Per Person
RSVP to Tim for this Dinner Meeting/Seminar on or before May 16th!
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house was very comfortable and
the Mexican fare was exceptional
complete with margaritas, Mexican beer and avocado dip as we
recapped our day before dinner.
Hunts are conducted from “high
racks” as the mesquite and palo
verde trees are thick and desert
animals (both mule deer and
coues deer) can disappear in the
blink of an eye.
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We arrived at the ranch about
midday, guns were checked for
zero and plans were made for the
next day’s hunt. We were up before sunrise for breakfast and the
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into our hunt the flash of a deer
Mike Walters,
appeared in the brush near a cat1883 N. Old Bethlehem Pike
tle watering tank and we careQuakertown, PA 18951
fully made our way thru the
brush looking for the deer that
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had given us the slip. Suddenly
there he was walking away thru
evaporated into the brush and Noe shook his head
the brush. “Cuhoot, cuhoot choot!” said Noe my
guide. The deer was walking dead away leaving me muttering “Muy Grande, Muy Grande”. The proper
only a Texas heart shot. I waited for a better opportu- Spanish to English interpretations were made after
we returned to the ranch for lunch and I found that
nity but that opportunity was not to be, the buck
Noe believed that the morning buck was a 190 class
mule deer. That realization
left me with hunter’s remorse
for the balance of the early
afternoon.
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The afternoon hunt began
around 3:30 PM and we traveled the ranch roads looking
for wildlife. We saw coues
deer does and a few mule
deer does but the boys were
nowhere to be found. We
even checked the water tank
from the morning but to no
avail. Finally as dusk was
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approaching we caught a
glimpse of a mule deer crossing
the road. We stopped to glass
but unfortunately the deer
stopped as well but behind a
thick mesquite tree. We waited
and suddenly there he was walking broadside from one mesquite
tree to another one about 20
yards away. Again I heard
”Cuhoot, cuhoot!” from Noe.
This time there was no hesitation
and my shot was immediate. “I
think you miss” said Noe. My
reply was “I couldn’t have
missed, my crosshairs were on
him!” We walked to where he
had crossed between the two
trees and found a wide blood
trail immediately. Our short tracking job of about 50 SCI. The Boone and Crockett scoring will be done
when he finally gets to American soil.
yards led to a huge symmetrical desert giant. Now
handshakes, high fives and photos were the order of
the evening. My desert giant would score 199 6/8
We returned to the ranch house to find that Dan had
also scored on a desert giant in the late afternoon.
Dan’s buck was 31 ½ inch’s wide and scored 183
SCI. The ranch we hunted had some free ranch Nilgai as well as mule deer and coues deer and for Dan
it was a two animal day, having connected on a Nilgai bull during the morning hunt. Barry’s day came
later in the hunt when he connected on another heavy
horned 170 class mulie. Along with the mule deer we
all took Javelina and we were able to spend the rest
of our time in Sonora hunting coues deer. The small
bucks and does were seen daily but the big coues
deer that Sonora is known for could not be found.
All in all this was another special and memorable
trip with Hunter’s Mexico. I truly believe that hunters are missing a great experience by allowing fears
of violence deter them from enjoying a great destination. I have now spent over 3 weeks in the past 1½
years traveling and hunting in Old Mexico without
one incident of any type of violence. The many
Mexican people and the Mexican officials who we
came in contact with could not have been nicer or
more pleasant.
As Arnold Schwarzenegger once said “I’ll be back!”
PENNSYLVANIA MENTORED
ADULT PROGRAM APPROVED
out first needing to take the basic Hunter-Trapper
Education course.
This would be a limited-term opportunity available
adults. Under the program, a mentored adult could
Program offers three-year opportunity to to
purchase a permit for no more than three consecutive
hunt antlerless deer, other species.
license years, at the end of which he or she would
have to take a basic Hunter-Trapper Education
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners on course and purchase an adult hunting license.
Tuesday approved a mentor-based program for firstThere isn’t a cost break between the resident mentime hunters 18 years old and older.
tored adult permit and the adult general hunting liSince 2006, the Game Commission has offered its
cense – each is to cost $20.70. Nonresident mentored
Mentored Youth Hunting Program, which enables
adults also would pay the same amount as those nonchildren under the age of 12 to obtain a permit and
resident license holders – $101.70.
legally harvest select game species under the close
There would be many more hunting opportunities
supervision of a properly licensed adult mentor.
available with the purchase of a general hunting liThe new Mentored Adult Hunting Program would
follow a similar model, and aims to add to the ranks cense, too.
Mentored adults would be able to hunt only squirof hunters.
rels, ruffed grouse, rabbits, pheasants, bobwhite
Adults obtaining a permit through the program
would be able to take part in hunting activities with- quail, hares, porcupines, woodchucks, crows, coyo-
Help Wanted
BoaRd Of Directors
Looking for conservation minded individuals that have been active
members of Lehigh Valley Chapter of Safari Club International.
We have a couple board seats that will become open in June. Help
make a difference in your hunting/conservation future.
If you have questions, or would like to apply for a seat, contact:
President – Tim Reiger
993 Grange Road
Leesport, Penna. 19533
Phone: 610 – 926-6331
gr8esthunter@comcast.net
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tes, antlerless deer and
wild turkeys. Other species
may not be hunted or harvested by mentored adults.
Mentored adults would
need to hunt within eyesight of their adult mentor,
and at a proximity close
enough for verbal instruction and guidance to be
easily understood. The
adult mentor would need to
transfer a tag to the mentored adult for any biggame harvest.
Mentored adults cannot
harvest antlered deer. Antlerless deer could be taken
by using a proper, transferred antlerless license or
Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP)
permit. Antlerless licenses
are valid within the wildlife-management unit for
which they were issued. DMAP permits are valid on
the specific properties for which they were issued.
Only one antlerless license and one DMAP permit
could be transferred to a mentored adult during a
given license year.
The commissioners said creation of a Mentored
Adult Hunting Program follows much study on how
to apply the successes of the Mentored Youth Hunting Program to non-hunting adults, too.
2014-15 HUNTING SEASONS
& BAG LIMITS RELEASED
SQUIRRELS, Red, Gray, Black and Fox (Combined):
Special season for eligible junior hunters, with or without
required license, and mentored youth – Oct. 11-17 (6 daily,
18 in possession limit after first day).
SQUIRRELS, Red, Gray, Black and Fox (Combined):
Oct. 18-Nov. 29; Dec. 15-24 and Dec. 26-Feb. 21 (6 daily, 18
possession).
RUFFED
GROUSE: Oct. 18–
Nov. 29, Dec. 15-24
and Dec. 26-Jan. 24 (2
daily, 6 possession).
RABBIT
(Cottontail) Special
season for eligible
junior hunters, with
or without required
license: Oct. 11-18 (4
daily, 12 possession).
RABBIT
(Cottontail): Oct. 25Nov. 29, Dec. 15-24
and Dec. 26-Feb. 21 (4
daily, 12 possession).
PHEASANT: Special season for eligible
junior hunters, with
or without required
license – Oct. 11-18 (2
daily, 6 in possession).
Male pheasants only in
WMUs 2A, 2C, 4C, 4E,
5A and 5B. Male and female pheasants may be taken in all
other WMUs. There is no open season for the taking of pheasants in any Wild Pheasant Recovery Areas in any WMU.
PHEASANT: Male only in WMUs 2A, 2C, 4C, 4E, 5A
and 5B. Male and female may be taken in all other WMUs
– – Oct. 25-Nov. 29, Dec. 15-24 and Dec. 26-Feb. 21 (2 daily,
6 in possession). There is no open season for the taking of
pheasants in any Wild Pheasant Recovery Areas in any WMU.
PHEASANT: Male or Female combined in WMUs 1A,
1B, 2B, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G, 2H, 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 4A, 4B, 4D, 5C
and 5D – Oct. 25-Nov. 29, Dec. 15-24 and Dec. 26-Feb. 21 (2
daily, 6 in possession). There is no open season for the taking
of pheasants in any Wild Pheasant Recovery Area in any
WMU.
BOBWHITE QUAIL: Oct. 25-Nov. 29 (4 daily, 12
possession). (Closed in WMUs 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D.)
HARES (SNOWSHOE RABBITS) OR
VARYING HARES: Dec. 26–Jan. 1, in all WMUs ex(Continued on page 8)
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cept WMUs 3B, 3C and 3D, where the season will run from
Dec. 26-29 (1 daily, 3 possession).
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 2B, 5B, 5C and 5D): Dec. 113. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year.
WOODCHUCKS (GROUNDHOGS): No closed season, BLACK BEAR (WMUs 3A, 3B, 3C and 3D): Dec. 1-6.
except on Sundays and during the regular firearms deer seasons. No limit.
PORCUPINES: Sept. 1-March 31, except during overlap
with the regular firearms deer season. Daily limit of three, season limit of 10.
Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year.
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D) archery: Sept.
20-Nov. 15. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year.
BLACK BEAR (WMU 5B) archery: Oct. 4-Nov. 15.
CROWS: July 4-April 5, on Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year.
only. No limit.
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 2B, 5B, 5C and 5D) muzzle-
STARLINGS AND ENGLISH SPARROWS:
loader: Oct. 18-25. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year.
No closed season, except during the antlered and antlerless
deer season. No limit.
EURASIAN COLLARED DOVE: Season dates
shall run concurrently with mourning dove season. Shall be
counted as part of the aggregate daily limits for mourning dove
season.
WILD TURKEY (Male or Female): WMU 1B – Nov.
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 2B, 5B, 5C and 5D) special
firearms: Oct. 23-25, for junior and senior license holders,
disabled hunters with a permit to use a vehicle as a blind and
resident active duty military.
ELK (Antlered or Antlerless): Nov. 3-8. Only one elk may
be taken during the license year.
1-8 and Nov. 27-29; WMU 2B (Shotgun and bow and arELK, EXTENDED (Antlered and Antlerless): Nov.
row) – Nov. 1-21 and Nov. 27-29; WMUs 1A, 2A, 2D, 2F,
10-15. Only one elk may be taken during the license year. Eli2G, 2H, 3A, 3B and 3C – Nov. 1-15 and Nov. 27-29; WMUs
gible elk license recipients who haven’t harvested an elk by
2C, 2E, 3D, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E – Nov. 1-21 and Nov. 27Nov. 8, in designated areas.
29; WMU 5A – Nov. 6-8; WMUs 5B, 5C and 5D – CLOSED
TO FALL TURKEY HUNTING.
DEER, ARCHERY (Antlerless Only) WMUs 2B, 5C
and 5D: Sept. 20-Oct. 3, and Nov. 17-29. One antlerless deer
SPRING GOBBLER (Bearded bird only): Special
with each required antlerless license.
season for eligible junior hunters, with required license,
and mentored youth – April 25, 2015. Only 1 spring gobbler
DEER, ARCHERY (Antlered and Antlerless) WMUs
may be taken during this hunt.
2B, 5C and 5D: Jan. 12-24. One antlered deer per hunting
SPRING GOBBLER (Bearded bird only): May 2-30, license year. One antlerless deer with each required antlerless
license.
2015. Daily limit 1, season limit 2. (Second spring gobbler
may be only taken by persons who possess a valid special wild
turkey license.) From May 2-16, legal hunting hours are one- DEER, ARCHERY (Antlered and Antlerless) Statewide: Oct. 4-Nov. 15 and Dec. 26-Jan. 10. One antlered deer
half hour before sunrise until noon; from May 18-30, legal
per hunting license year. One antlerless deer with each rehunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise until one-half
quired antlerless license.
hour after sunset.
BLACK BEAR (Statewide) Archery: Nov. 17-21. Only DEER (Antlered and Antlerless) WMUs 1A, 1B, 2B, 3A,
1 bear may be taken during the license year.
BLACK BEAR (Statewide): Nov. 22-26. Only 1 bear
may be taken during the license year.
BLACK BEAR (WMUs 2C, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E): Dec.
3-6. Only 1 bear may be taken during the license year.
3D, 5A, 5B, 5C and 5D: Dec. 1-13. One antlered deer per
hunting license year. An antlerless deer with each required
antlerless license.
DEER (Antlered Only) WMUs 2A, 2C, 2D, 2E, 2F, 2G,
2H, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E: Dec. 1-5. One antlered
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Calendar of Events
May 20, 2014
Chapter Dinner Meeting
Mary Anne Krauss - Personal Defense / Gun Safety
June 17, 2014
Board Meeting
6 PM—Fogelsville Holiday Inn
August 19, 2014
Board Meeting
Wanted
Articles and Pictures
of Your Outdoor
Adventures
It’s never too early for submitting
your stories and pictures for the
6 PM—Fogelsville Holiday Inn
March 13 & 14, 2015
Banquet & Fundraiser
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deer per hunting license year. (Holders of valid DMAP antlerless deer permits may harvest antlerless deer on DMAP properties during this period.)
DEER (Antlered and Antlerless) WMUs 2A, 2C, 2D, 2E,
2F, 2G, 2H, 3B, 3C, 4A, 4B, 4C, 4D and 4E: Dec. 6-13. One
antlered deer per hunting license year. An antlerless deer with
each required antlerless license.
DEER, ANTLERLESS (Statewide): Oct. 23-25. Junior and Senior License Holders, Disabled Person Permit (to
use a vehicle) Holders, and Pennsylvania residents serving on
active duty in
U.S. Armed Services or in the U.S. Coast Guard only, with
required antlerless license. Also included are persons who
have reached or will reach their 65th birthday in the year of the
application for a license and hold a valid adult license, or qualify for license and fee exemptions under section 2706. One
antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
ANNUAL.
Deadline is January 2015.
Call or email for more information.
Ed Mehlig
484-550-4178
Mehligs4@verizon.net
deer and an additional antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER, ANTLERLESS EXTENDED REGULAR FIREARMS: (Allegheny, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties): Dec. 26Jan. 24. An antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER, ANTLERLESS MUZZLELOADER
(Statewide): Oct. 18-25. An antlerless deer with each required DEER, ANTLERLESS (Military Bases): Hunting
antlerless license.
permitted on days established by the U.S. Department of the
Army at Letterkenny Army Depot, Franklin County; New
Cumberland Army Depot, York County; and Fort Detrick, RaDEER, ANTLERED OR ANTLERLESS
FLINTLOCK (Statewide): Dec. 26-Jan. 10. One antlered ven Rock Site, Adams County. An antlerless deer with each
required antlerless license.
deer per hunting license year, or one antlerless deer and an
additional antlerless deer with each required antlerless license.
DEER, ANTLERED OR ANTLERLESS
FLINTLOCK (WMUs 2B, 5C and 5D): Dec. 26-Jan. 24.
One antlered deer per hunting license year, or one antlerless
Made available for your convenience. Always
check the Game Commission’s website for up
to date changes to the established seasons.
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Nebraska Governor Vetoes Bill to Stop Cougar Hunting!
Safari Club International applauds Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman for vetoing LB 671, a bill that
would outlaw mountain lion hunting and eliminate the science-based management of mountain lions in Nebraska. SCI also wants to applaud the pressure Nebraskan hunters put on Governor Heineman. Without
your phone calls and support, LB 671 might have been signed into law.
This bill, LB 671, introduced by Senator Ernie Chambers, would have repealed 2012 legislation that authorized mountain lion hunting in Nebraska by allowing the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission to provide permits for hunting mountain lions. Governor Heineman signed this bill into law in 2012 after it
passed in the Legislature with a vote of 49-0.
In Governor Heineman’s veto letter he acknowledges that Nebraskans expect responsible wildlife management and LB 671 eliminates a very important tool to accomplish it. Governor Heineman was also concerned that the bill could be unconstitutional because of a recent statewide vote that placed hunting, fishing
and trapping rights in the Nebraska constitution.
Governor Heineman vetoing LB 671 is not only a huge win for Nebraska but hunters throughout the country.
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