Fall Turkey Season Starts This Weekend

The excitement of turkey hunting doesn’t have to wait for spring.

Pennsylvania’s fall turkey season, an annual opportunity to pursue the state’s only big-game bird among the changing colors of the autumn woods, kicks off Saturday, Oct. 29 in 19 of Pennsylvania’s 23 Wildlife Management Units (WMUs.)

WMUs that include Bedford and Blair counties have the following season lengths: WMUs 4A and 4D – Oct. 29-Nov. 5; WMU 2C – Oct. 29-Nov. 12 and Nov. 23-25. Hunters are advised the three-day Thanksgiving season again will run Wednesday, Thursday and Friday where held.

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