"Women who win the event win a pair of deer pellet earrings that were handcrafted by a deer and a person, only the deer didn't use its hands," Reese said.
The two-day festival, which starts Saturday and continues through Sunday, is entering its 21st year.
The festival is family-oriented, and includes craft sales, food vendors, a canoe race and sandcastle building.
"The festival was started because of our lumber heritage in that area," Black Moshannon Environmental Education Specialist Michelle Michael said.
Reese said the spirit of lumberjacking from 100 years ago is brought back to life by the annual Lumber Jack and Lumber Jill of the Year competition.
The event puts entrants through a rigorous battery of six challenges, including log rolling, sawing, axe throwing, horseshoes, watermelon-seed spitting and the infamous deer pellet drop.
Reese said the festival is designed to draw attention to the recreational activities available at Black Moshannon as well as the lumber history of the area.
"Lumber camps would have contests with one another to call attention to their skills," Reese said.
There are three divisions -- adult, teen and youth -- and anyone is invited to register for a $1 entry fee.
Another event, kept separate from the main lumber day competition because of its slightly dangerous nature, is log birling.
In log birling, two contestants stand on the same log floating in the lake and attempt to be the last one upright.
Reese said part of the festival is geared toward environmental education.
Irresponsible loggers from the past have left their mark on Black Moshannon, he said.
"The fact that it was clear-cut affects the setting that we have here today," Reese said, explaining that some of the soil in the park can no longer sustain growth because of burnt organic matter.
Conservation literature and exhibits will be made available at the festival.
"There's something for everyone; it's educational," Michael said.
