Rescuing raptors: Nesting boxes offer fresh solution for cavity dwellers
As numbers come in from a variety of Christmas bird counts throughout the state, a disturbing trend is materializing. “While
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outdoors
Owl-centric experience highlights need for habitat health
Like fingers on a chalk board, a screeching metallic scratching noise within my oil furnace stove pipe at 2:30 in
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Column: Reasons for hunting go well beyond the stereotypes
It is amazing how just a few words can crush someone. How they can hit harder than a Muhammed Ali
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Taxidermists’ attention to detail, new components revolutionizing industry
His written taxidermist test and five judged mounts complete, Randy Osman received a box containing the final portion of his
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Lessons learned while trying to help a turtle across the road
Slowly and methodically, a hub cap-sized snapping turtle inched its way across New Columbia Road, and I felt compelled to
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Pennsylvania trapping trends positive despite low fur prices, stigma
Some of Jolene Connelly’s best childhood memories involved time spent with her grandmother, who worked at a garment factory that
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State of Chronic Wasting in Pennsylvania: Separating fact and fiction
In confronting the newest — and perhaps scariest — threat to the state’s deer herd and hunting in general, the
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Lessons learned while tubing the Penns Creek
Who knew breaking a toe could be both fun and fairly affordable? Last weekend, a friend and I took a
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New case of chronic wasting in Juniata County causes ripple effect
The ripple effects of a recent positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a free-ranging whitetail deer in northern
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Bowfishing: Growing number enjoy cruising for carp
One of the best things about bowfishing, according to Neil Harp, is what you can see in just one night’s
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