Pennsylvania's hunters, trappers, sport shooters and wildlife enthusiasts have the opportunity to make their opinions known.

An online survey, the results of which will be considered as part of an update to the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, remains open and can be completed in minutes. Questions on hunting, conservation programs, wildlife habitat and land acquisitions are included on the survey.State agencies are working with experts across Pennsylvania to update the Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan, which will help to guide future recreation investments, policies and facilities through 2018. A new plan is required every five years in order for Pennsylvania to qualify for federal Land and Water Conservation funding.Citizen feedback is a component that's important in building the plan's goals, and the online survey is one of three surveys that will be considered as part of Pennsylvania's outdoor recreation plan update. A scientific survey was conducted earlier this year, and a survey of recreation providers also is being developed.After feedback is analyzed, a draft plan will be written in late summer and will be available for review and comment on the plan's website. Feedback sessions will allow citizens, providers and interested stakeholders to give their input before a final document is presented to the National Park Service later this year.Forms for the confidential survey are online at

www.surveymonkey.com/s/paoutdoorrec and remains open until Friday, May 16. For more information access the website at

www.paoutdoorrecplan.com .*****First Frontier Militia, the muzzleloader group associated with Bowmanstown Rod and Gun Club, Gun Club Road, located off Route 248, will hold a shoot Sunday, May 11, From 9 a.m.-4 p.m. For information call Ken Milburn at 610-767-6222 or Dave Algard at 610-760-8333.*****Sunday's edition of "Experience The Outdoors," hosted by award-winning Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association member Doyle Dietz, at 7 a.m. on 1410-AM WLSH, at 9:30 a.m. on Magic 105.5-FM and on the Web at

www.wmgh.com by clicking the link to the program, features Laura Catalano of the Schuylkill River Conservation Area.*****Gerald Schott Sr. of Jonestown recently pleaded guilty to illegally killing a 13-point trophy class whitetail deer on New Year's Eve. Pennsylvania Game Commission Southeast Region wildlife conservation officer Brian Sheetz filed the charges, which resulted in fines and replacement costs totaling $9,700 for Schott Sr. ($7,100); Gerald Schott Jr., Lebanon ($1,600) and Emial Miller, Lebanon ($1,000).Sheetz received a call regarding a deer that was killed New Year's Eve in the area behind the Green Point Fire Company, Union Township, and after investigating obtained search warrants for the residences of the Schotts. Schott Sr. had killed the deer, Miller and Schott Jr. assisted with dragging the illegal deer and transporting it to a butcher shop and taxidermist, and through the investigation, it was learned that during the firearms deer season Schott Sr. had also killed a 6-point buck and that Schott Jr. had killed a doe, but neither deer was tagged.*****A 30-target, 3-D hunting course is open daily from dawn to dusk, except Sundays from 1-4 p.m. for trap, at Bear's Head Archery, located off Exit 134, I-81, Delano. For information call the club at 570-467-0331.*****"Paddle Against Cancer," to benefit Team Mason K, a 14-year-old boy who is one of only four persons in the United States diagnosed with a rare form of cancer called at/rt, will be held Saturday, May 24, at Island Park, Schuylkill Haven, at 8 a.m., for kayaks and canoes and proceed to the Landingville Dam, where return transportation is available. For information, registration and donations, call Roger Krause 570-449-9002 or Joie Beekley at 570-570-449-1992.