The Moraine Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will host its ninth annual Women in the Outdoors event July 14 at the Butler City Hunting and Fishing Club in East Butler.

Women in the Outdoors employs expert instructors to teach outdoor skills using a hands-on approach. Events are held across the country and often include activities involving fishing, recreational shooting, camping and boating.

For information, contact national coordinator Tammy Mowry at 724-284-9201 or by email at tammynwtf@zoominternet.net.

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Game Commission officials announced that hunters and trappers harvested 258 bobcats (122 females, 132 males and four were not identified) during the 2006 07 bobcat seasons.During the 2004-05 seasons, 221 bobcats were taken; 196 in 2004-05; 140 in 2003-04; 135 in 2002-03; 146 in 2001-02; and 58 in 2000-01."As during the previous season, weather conditions were favorable during January and February, particularly for trapping bobcats, due to limited precipitation and warmer-than-average temperatures," said Matthew Lovallo, Game Commission furbearer biologist and author of the agency's bobcat management plan. "In fact, 47 percent of the harvest occurred during 2007."On June 29, the Game Commission will begin accepting applications for 2007-08 bobcat permits from holders of resident furtaker, junior combination or senior lifetime combination licenses, along with a nonrefundable $5 fee.Mail-in applications are included in the 2007-08 Pennsylvania Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations, which will be provided to each license buyer. All mail-in applications must be postmarked no later than Aug. 15.Also on June 29, to better serve its customers, the agency will begin accepting applications for bobcat permits through The Outdoor Shop on the agency's website (www.pgc.state.pa.us). Online applications will be accepted until midnight of Sept. 4.A public drawing will be held in the auditorium of the Game Commission's Harrisburg headquarters on Sept. 14.

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Game Commission's Bureau of Wildlife reminds successful spring gobbler hunters to submit their harvest report card, as required by law.If hunters can't find one of the preaddressed and postage-paid harvest report cards that came with their license, they can use the harvest report card found on page 33 of the 2006-07 Pennsylvania Digest of Hunting and Trapping Regulations to report their kill.Reporting is mandatory for the 7,582 individuals who received one of the special spring gobbler hunting licenses, which provided holders the privilege to harvest a second spring gobbler, regardless of whether they took a second spring gobbler. All special spring gobbler license holders should use the report card provided with the special license.The last day of the 2007 spring gobbler season was May 26.