PGC Expands Mentored Hunting Program

PGC Expands Mentored Hunting Program 

Continuing its efforts to get more people involved in hunting in the Commonwealth, the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners recently approved a plan to allow mentors hunting with a mentored youth to accompany up to two additional hunters, be they mentored youth, junior hunters or mentored adults.

 Previously, no additional junior or mentored hunters could accompany a mentor hunting with a mentored youth. There was a required one-to-one mentor/mentee ratio. That limit has now changed to three. The requirement that limits mentors and mentored youth to possessing only one sporting arm between them remains. 

The mentor must carry the sporting arm at all times while moving. Junior hunters and mentored adults may possess their own sporting arms while accompanied by a common mentor. 

 This change will be in place in time for the fall hunting seasons. Learn more about mentored hunting at 

www.pgc.pa.gov