WORTH TWP. — Drucker's General Store will hold a buck pool during the 2008 hunting season to benefit the Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Department.

Entries can be taken now through Dec. 13 at the store. A $5 entry fee is required.

The pool will include five different divisions with prizes for various categories, including a $100 gas card.

For information, call 724-794-3807.

HARRISBURG — The state's biggest draw for hunters is set to begin the Monday after Thanksgiving, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director Carl G. Roe, when the two-week firearms deer season opens."When hunters begin to mobilize for the start of our traditional firearms deer season, there's an unmistakable change that sweeps throughout Pennsylvania," Roe said. "Fluorescent orange and camouflage clothing instantly become as common as denim. The crack of firearms being sighted in at rifle ranges can be heard in the distance."Deer season has a dramatic effect on the Commonwealth," he added. "It provides recreation to hundreds of thousands of hunters, and, for those who take a deer, dozens of meals of tasty venison. It also provides an economic surge that local businesses and national chain stores count on annually."