Tioga County Sportsmen for Youth

06/09/2026

"Whip'sTrips"..Hammond,NY donated a fishing adventure for a door prize in 2025..
12 pound pike 😊 (Pax Whipple wàs one of the original co chairs for the Tioga YFD)

05/29/2026

There are a few spots left for Chainsaw Safety - Level 1, Saturday June 6 and Level 2, Sunday June 7!
Registration is available here: https://nthardwoods.org/training-events/

05/29/2026

We currently have about 80 kids pre-registered...
Room for 70 more. Have increased the age range ..Now ages 8 to 16.

Registration for the Annual Youth Field Day is now open!

Sign up online at: https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/243912

The event will be held at Ives Run Recreation Area on Saturday, August 22, 2026.

All participant vehicles should park at the registration area (boat launch), where transportation will be provided to and from the event site.

This is a full-day event, beginning with registration at 8:00 AM and concluding at 3:30 PM.

Youth participants must be 8 to 14 years of age at the time of the event. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit a series of hands-on Outdoor Education Stations, including:

Fishing, Trapping, Turkey Calling, Archery, Shotgun, Rifle, Muzzleloading, Forestry, Reptiles and Amphibians, Wildlife Identification, and a National award-winning ATV safety simulator, and more.

All participants will receive:

Free lunch, a hat, a shirt, and door prizes.

Special Prize Opportunity:

One male and one female participant will each win a Wild Boar Hunt, generously donated by Tioga Ranch (Tioga, PA).

This program is presented by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, DCNR, and many local agencies, sportsmen’s clubs, and individuals.

Please note: All participants must be accompanied by an adult.

Registration deadline: August 19, 2026

For updates, follow the event on Facebook:

05/29/2026

She has fifty teeth, venom immunity, and the lowest body temperature of any mammal her size. Most people see her crossing the yard at midnight and assume the worst.

🌿 The opossum doesn't dig up gardens. She doesn't chew wiring. She doesn't start territory fights with the pets. She eats the slugs, the beetles, the grubs, and the fallen fruit — then disappears into the brush pile before sunrise.

She's the only marsupial in North America. Opposable thumbs on her hind feet. A prehensile tail that grips branches. And a body temperature so low that most viruses can't replicate in her system.

A brush pile in a quiet corner. That's the entire ask 🐾

05/29/2026

It’s time to make THIS SUMMER a memorable one!

Across PA, regional offices are getting ready for their annual Junior Game Warden Camps where youth, ages 12 to 15, can spend the day learning what it’s like to be a Pennsylvania state game warden.

Campers will join wardens in light physical fitness, confidence-building exercises, and hands-on learning stations.

They’ll have the opportunity to go all-in with wildlife forensics, wildlife-capture techniques, woodland tracking, outdoor survival, and all things wild!

There will be six camps hosted across our state, in each of the regions, with varying dates throughout the summer. The Northwest Region's Junior Game Warden Camp will be held on Saturday, June 27, at Butler City Hunting & Fishing Club in East Butler.

For more info including dates, locations, and registration, visit https://bit.ly/JrGameWarden.

05/29/2026

https://www.register-ed.com/events/view/243912

05/29/2026

Eight sounds after dark and the animal behind each one.

The barred owl's "who cooks for you" call is eight syllables — and when it escalates to screaming, that's the pair calling together. They're fine.

The screech owl doesn't screech. The sound is a descending whinny — like a tiny horse — coming from inside a tree cavity.

🌿 The high-pitched wall of noise near standing water is spring peepers. The sustained thirty-second trill from the ditch is a toad. Both are frogs. Both sound nothing like what most people expect from a frog.

The whip-poor-will repeats its own name from ground level — sometimes hundreds of times without stopping. The katydid does the same from the treetops later in summer.

The short hoarse bark repeated at intervals that sounds like a woman screaming is the red fox. The chittering that sounds like small birds is raccoon kits.

Eight species. Most of them are within a hundred feet of the back door on any warm night this month 🐾

05/29/2026

There's only a few days left to register for State Shooting Sports Contests!

These competitions provide 4-H members with the opportunity to compete at the state level in seven disciplines: Air Pistol, Air Rifle, Archery, Muzzleloader, Riflery, Shotgun, and Hunting Skills. Please note that Hunting Skills is a new discipline this year!

Participants must be at least 10 years old (4-H age) for Air Pistol, Air Rifle, Archery, and Hunting Skills contests. For Smallbore Rifle, Shotgun, and Muzzleloader, participants must be at least 12 years old (4-H age). They must have previously completed the project of which they are competing.

New this year: There are now two divisions, competitive and recreational. Competitive members are 4-H age 13 – 18 and are interested in qualifying for the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships. Recreational members are 4-H age 12 – 18 and are not interested in qualifying for the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships. Clubs may send multiple teams and individuals for both divisions.

Also, the following rule, “Anyone who has participated in the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championship is NOT allowed to participate in this state contest in the same discipline again,” has been removed. Moving forward, members who participated in the National contest, may participate in the state contest in the same discipline. However, they CANNOT qualify and attend Nationals in the same discipline again.

Register and learn more in ZSuite by May 31:
Register for Hunting Skills: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47342

Register for Smallbore .22 Rifle: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47311

Register for Air Pistol: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47340

Register for Air Rifle: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47329

Register for Archery: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47488

Register for Muzzleloader: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47291

Register for Shotgun: https://4h.zsuite.org/event-registrations/47225

05/22/2026

05/18/2026

Have YOU seen this raptor? 🪶

Hawk Mountain Sanctuary is thrilled to launch the PennsylvaniaNorthern Harrier Project, a new statewide research initiative in collaboration with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and DCNR. The secretive northern harrier, also known as the marsh hawk or gray ghost, is at risk of disappearing from our state due to habitat loss and changing land use.

In an effort to locate and protect breeding territories, we are opening our “Harrier Hotline” to sighting reports in Pennsylvania during the breeding season, May 15 - July 30.

If you have observed northern harrier activity on your property, please report your sightings to Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s Northern Harrier Project page: www.hawkmountain.org/conservation-science/active-research/raptor-conservation-studies/pennsylvania-northern-harrier-project