State Game Lands No. 49 straddles the border between Bedford and Fulton counties and joins with state forestland to the north west of I-79.

For more information about this region, contact the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s South-central Region office, P.O. Box 537, Huntingdon, PA 16652. Or phone (814) 643-1831.

In the Northeast Region, the outlook is “excellent” for jakes and 2-year-old birds at WMU 3C. One of the largest public tracts in this unit is State Game Lands No. 219 along the New York border in northeastern Bradford County north of Warren Center. Two smaller tracts make up State Game Lands No. 140 to the east, across the Susquehanna County border along state Route 858.

The outlook is “excellent” for jakes and 2-year-old birds at WMU 4E. State Game Lands No. 226 is more removed from the major population centers of the region. It is in eastern Columbia County northeast from White Hall.

Information about the region may be acquired through the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Northeast Region office, P.O. Box 220, Dallas, PA 18612-0220. Or call (570) 675-1143.

Spring gobbler harvest rates in the Southeast Region have the greatest diversity in the commonwealth, including the greatest and the poorest.

Clearly the place to hunt is in WMU 4C, where the harvest rate of 1.53 birds per square miles leads all units. The outlook for 2007 is “excellent,” even though the summer sighting index trend is below the state average.

Most of the public land here is along the mountain ridges, with valleys dominated by farmland and residential areas. A series of connecting state game lands and state forest tracts along the borders of Lebanon, Berks, Lehigh and Schuylkill counties provide plenty of public access. Hunters should also consider state game lands Nos. 80, 110 and 106.

For more information, contact the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Southeast Region office, 448 Snyder Road, Reading, PA 19605-9254. Or call (610) 926-3136.

Maps of most state game lands are available on the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Web site.

For more information about spring gobbler hunting, contact the PGC, 2001 Elmerton Avenue, Harrisburg PA 17110-9797. Call (717) 787-4250, or visit the agency’s Web site at PGC.State.PA.US.

For travel information in the Keystone State, contact the Pennsylvania Office of Tourism, Room 404, Forum Bldg., Harrisburg, PA 17120. Call (717) 232-8880 or 1-800-VISIT-PA.

Find more about Pennsylvania fishing and hunting at: PAgameandfish.com