Area Hunting Outfitters/Suppliers: Black Ops Security Services / B.O.S.S. Firearms 142 West Front Street, Berwick, PA 18603 (570) 520-4085 | blackopssercurityservices.com Fritzy’s Gun Works 530 Montour Blvd., Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (570) 293-9122 | fritzysgunworks.com Maple Ridge Sports Center 402 Main Street, Orangeville, PA 17859 (570) 683-4138 | mapleridgesportscenter.com Mountain Marksman LLC 578 Mainville Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 (570) 441-0414 | mountainmarksmanllc.com
managed to maintain the health and diversity of our forests. If it weren’t for the hunters, the deer herds would be overrunning the lands, our homes, and de- pleting food for other animals. To put this into per- spective. In 2024 there were nearly 500,000 white- tail deer harvested through Pennsylvania. The future of the whitetail deer herds, and the general populus, depend on the hunter. Now 2025 brings even more issues for the whitetail deer. CWD, Chronic Waste Disease, and EHD, Epi- zootic Hemorrhagic Disease are invading our hunt- ing grounds. EHD is a viral disease affecting white- tail deer currently in Ohio but will soon spread to Pennsylvania without proper conservation actions. Chronic Waste Disease is currently in Columbia, and other counties in Pennsylvania. This disease is very similar to Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in humans, BSE in cattle and Scrapie in sheep. You can follow the conservation acts against this disease in PA through the Pennsylvania Game Commission. If you are interested in hunting and need a hunter’s safety class, contact the PA Game Commission for requirements and availability. Additionally, some of our local firearms distributors offer classes on basic handgun and rifle training, self-defense, advanced marksmanship, and combat-ready training. If you are interested in any of these classes, have general questions, or are looking for the “right fit”, stop in at one of our suppliers and remember to hunt safely!
Telum Concepts, LLC 99 Main Street, Benton, PA 17814 (570) 337-7166 | telumconcepts.com
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