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Confusing

mercer — I worked as part of a detail to apprehend people illegally riding 
ATVs on property enrolled in the PGC 
Hunter  Access  Program.  Soon  after 
neighboring WCO Larry Hergenroeder 
called to tell me that I was on YouTube. 
It seems the first person I stopped (one 
of two motorcross riders in full protective gear) had a “helmet video camera.” 
This guy has been posting video of his 
riding excursions for several years, and 
now one of his videos featured a cameo 
appearance by yours truly. Hollywood 
casting  directors  must  not  have  seen 
the clip, because no one has contacted 
me. The hay stem in my mouth could 
have been my trademark gimmick (like 
Kojak’s lollipop). Also, the old saying 
about the camera adding pounds seems 
to hold true, unless the rider was using 
a wide-angle lens.
— WCO dOnald g. ChayBin,
gReenville

Armstrong — WCO  Cadet  Jesse 
Bish  and  I  listened  as  a  couple  of 
hunters  complained  about  no  hunting pressure and the lack of deer seen. 
“Nobody wants to hunt anymore” was 
a comment made by these unsuccessful 
hunters.  What  confused  us  was  that 
just moments before we watched these 
same  two  guys  creeping  down  a  dirt 
road in their truck with both windows 
down as they looked in the fields and 
woods.  That’s  bad  enough  but  what 
really  hurt  their  credibility  was  that 
Hi-Tech Equipment Helps, Too
on a wet day both men’s leather boots 
Fulton — A local resident was enwere dry as the day they bought them. joying a Sunday morning fishing at the 
— WCO ROd BuRns, Kittanning
Meadow Grounds Lake at SGL 53 just 
outside McConnellsburg. Shortly after 
Helping Hand
he  arrived  he  spotted  two  individuWyoming — Darren Maria and the  als illegally riding an ATV along the 
dedicated employees of Northeast Ma- shoreline.  He  just  happened  to  have 
chinery volunteered their engineering  his digital camera with his long range 
expertise to modify a 30-year-old bear  lens attached. He took multiple photos 
trap  to  modern  safety  standards  that  from about 300 yards away and was able 
will allow me to process nuisance bears  to  focus  in  on  the  license  plate.  The 
with less handling and more efficiency.  photos were then forwarded to us and 
The Game Commission, the sportsmen  we were able to find and prosecute the 
of Wyoming County and I offer a sin- operator. This is yet another example 
cere thank you to Northeast Machinery  of someone acting quickly and getting 
for  helping  with  the  protection  and  involved in the protection of our Game 
support of the wildlife resource.
Lands.
— WCO viCtOR ROsa, Fleetville
— WCO Kevin MOuntz, WateRFall
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