We are dedicated to the advancement, protection, propagation, and conservation of fish, game, and birds in both Pennsylvania and the Nation; To assist in the enforcement of fish, game, and forestry laws; To prevent the malicious destruction of property by hunters and fishermen; To interest and educate the general public in the more sportsmen-like methods of taking fish and game; To maintain a clean and wholesome out-of-doors in which to grow responsible American Sportsmen; To encourage the practice of organized rifle, pistol, shotgun, and archery competition; To support and direct a program of firearms education and safety for the young people of our community; To foster in them an appreciation of our constitutional guarantees regarding the keeping and bearing of firearms, and the responsibilities and duties derived from that right.