Episode 8 “Dove Hunting in the Keystone State”

08/27/20 • 53 min

Call of the Outdoors

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Episode 8 “Dove Hunting in the Keystone State”

The opening day of Pennsylvania’s 2020-21 hunting seasons is almost here! Dove hunting is one
of the first signs of fall and a brand-new hunting season. It opens statewide in Pennsylvania on
Tuesday, Sept. 1. Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife habitat crews have created some
incredible managed dove fields across the state for hunters to explore.
In advance of the dove season opener, Pennsylvania Game Commission Wildlife Research
Biologist Tom Keller spoke with Marketing Director Matt Morrett about all things related to our
state’s mourning dove program. Details about what dove like to eat, their habits throughout
the year and ways the agency is working to manage overall populations.
Tom also shares some hunting-related tips with dove hunters, including how to be safe in the
field and what to look for before and during the season – including food sources, locations, field
quality, water and more!

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Episode 9: “What Hunting and Conservation Means to Corey Brossman, Pennsylvania Hunter and Sportsman Channel TV Host”

As hunters, we wait all year for fall to get here! In this episode, Pennsylvania Game Commission Marketing Director Matt Morrett celebrates the beginning of the new season by talking with lifelong Pennsylvania hunter and host of The Sportsman Channel’s “Innerloc’s Out There,” Corey Brossman, about the upcoming archery season and so much more!

Corey and Matt have hunted together in Penn’s Woods for decades. Corey is a Berks County native and has spent his life hunting the mountains of northcentral Pennsylvania. Now, as host of his own hunting show, he travels the country chasing everything from deer, to turkey, to stingrays.

Corey’s Pennsylvania hunting roots run deep and that shows as he shares his story about how his dad and grandfather taught him how to hunt and how’s he’s now passing the tradition of hunting along to his two kids.