The Conneaut Lake Goose Chase By Mario L. Piccirilli Crawford County WCO artwork by carrie andraychak A T 11:20 A.M. on Saturday October 25, 2008, the first morning of the Canada goose season here in the Pymatuning area, I received a radio call from dispatcher Charles Worley at the region office requesting me to call him as soon as possible. I could sense the urgency in his voice as I was pulling into the Pymatuning administration building off of Hartstown/Linesville Road. The hunting pressure on the first day of goose season here in the Pymatuning Area is comparable to 28 the opening day of the firearms deer season. When I called Worley he asked how far away I was from Conneaut Lake. I replied that I was about 10 minutes away, and he said that two workers from a private beach club on the lake had watched a group of five goose hunters in a large pontoon boat shoot at geese within 35 yards of the club, well within a safety zone, while the boat was still in motion. The witnesses also told Worley that the hunters were chasing the geese with the boat and shooting at them as GAME NEWS