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Keeping bears from urban areas becomes a game
April 9, 2011 Riggles Gap Sportsmen’s Club recently held a really great event: a landowner’s appreciation dinner. more »»
Always highly anticipated trout season about to get under way
April 9, 2011 Next Saturday will bring a long-awaited rite of spring to throngs of anglers throughout most of Pennsylvania — the opening day of trout season. more »»
Outdoor events
April 9, 2011 Youth fly fishing clinic US Youth Fly Fishing Team will be having a clinic May 5-8 in Lamar. This is for youths, ages 14-18, who would like to advance their fly fishing skills. more »»
Game planning a must for turkey season
April 3, 2011 Ever had a gobbler sound off lustily for an hour off the roost but as soon as he flew down he shut up? Or gobble to your every call yet refuse to move an inch in your direction? How about the bird... more »»
Fishing tube jigs a must for springtime river bass
April 3, 2011 A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about my first fishing outing of the season — catching some great smallmouths on the lower Juniata River with my good friend and fishing guide, Ken Penrod. more »» 
Hunters need to start mapping out their strategies
March 27, 2011 Gobblers are kicking it into high gear these days, despite last week’s tornado, hail and snow. more »» 
Springtime is prime time for wildlife watching
March 27, 2011 One afternoon early last week, I made a trip to Canoe Creek State Park, armed with binoculars and my camera, where I hoped to enjoy a beautiful spring afternoon and do some wildlife watching. more »»
First outing for river bass signals the start of spring
March 20, 2011 Regardless of what the calendar says, I consider the day I catch my first river smallmouth bass as the official beginning of spring. more »»
Deer harvest statistics on target
March 20, 2011 The Game Commission has released its harvest figures for the deer season that just passed. The harvest was up two percent from previous seasons with a harvest of 316,240 deer. more »»
Gotta love fishing on the ‘Run’ and reminiscing
March 13, 2011 Not a trout season approaches that I do not hark back in memory to my first trout fishing adventure. For years I lived in Farrandsville, near Lock Haven in Clinton County. more »»
Stocking efforts under way for April trout opener
March 13, 2011 Trout season here in our area, along with most of Pennsylvania, opens at 8 a.. more »»
Bluebird Society holding conference
March 13, 2011 UNIVERSITY PARK — Bird and nature fans are invited to join members of the Bluebird Society of Pennsylvania for their annual conference on April 1-2 at the Penn?Stater Hotel. more »»
Game Commission says deer harvest improving
March 10, 2011 From Mirror staff and wire reports A shortened antlerless season didn’t reduce the estimated deer harvest in the west central Pennsylvania, figures from the Pennsylvania Game Commission sho. more »»
Springtime means gobblers and fishing
March 5, 2011 March Madness is in full swing right now as well as spring training baseball. more »»
Saxton man remembered for his Raystown work
February 27, 2011 Donald Brumbaugh was a fisherman’s best friend. Just ask Bob Kreiser, the current president of the Raystown Stripers Club. “He did a lot for fishing, for fishermen ... he was a heckuva nice man. more »»
Let's hope winter ends soon
February 27, 2011 Few things are worse for wildlife than prolonged ice covering the habitat. more »»
A new hobby for fly fishermen
February 27, 2011 Fly tying is a dramatically different avocation now compared to when I tied my first trout fly more than four decades ag. more »»
Vendors, seminars to highlight weekend
February 12, 2011 The Pennsylvania Outdoor Times Hunting & Fishing Show, presented by the Altoona Mirror, will take place Friday through Sunday (Feb. 18-20) at the Blair County Convention Cente. more »»
Turkey talk will be on the agenda
February 12, 2011 Monday is Valentine’s Day for skunks too. I was strongly reminded of it when I scented their di“stink”tive calling card as I stepped onto my porch this morning to retrieve the paper. more »»
Early-season fishing opportunities await throughout the region
February 12, 2011 While out taking photos one sunny day last week, I happened to see a robin and a bluebird eating berries in the very same bush. more »» |
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