Woods and Waters
Published May 8, 2008, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
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Proposal would allot percentage of sales tax to state wildlife agencies•••Take a drive up to State Game Lands 156 near Brickerville on a pleasant, spring Sunday afternoon.Odds are you'll find the parking lots surrounding the ......
Woods and Waters
Published May 8, 2008, 12:01 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
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• Sat., May 10 - Conewago Rod & Gun Club practice trap shoot from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.• Sat., May 10 - Cocalico Sportsmen Assoc.'s skeet shoot begins at noon. Fee is $3.• Sat., May 10 - Manheim Sports......
Woods and Waters
Published April 10, 2008, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
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Critics say it's driving hunters away•••Pennsylvania Game Commission executive director Carl Roe last week testified before the state House Game & Fisheries Committee.Though I did not attend the meeting, I watched it in i......
Woods and Waters
Published April 3, 2008, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
PA-501, Brickerville -
Camp Mack hosts annual Pennsylvania Spring 3-D competition•••It has become a rite of spring in southeast Pennsylvania, much like the opening of trout season and turkey season.On Saturday and Sunday, nearly 1,000 archers from acro......
Woods and Waters
Published March 27, 2008, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
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Dick Deibert got my attention with his tone."Get your camera ready. Here comes a good one," the retired Hempfield High School teacher said to me March 20.At the time, I was standing on top of the closed tanks on the back of a Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission trout-sto......
Woods and Waters
Published March 27, 2008, 12:01 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
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Rainbow trout should appear in greater number•••Given the fact that most of the land adjoining Lancaster County's trout streams is privately owned, changes to the county's stocking program each year are inevitable.Land ch......
Hunters post lowest numbers in years
Published March 22, 2008, 12:32 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
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Critics say deer herds have been decimated by overhunting.•••Pennsylvania hunters last fall posted the lowest deer-kill total in more than two decades.And the buck harvest could be the lowest since the early 1960s.Accordin......
Woods and Waters
Published March 20, 2008, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
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Deer won't sneak up on sportsmen with this motion detecting device•••If you've spent more than one or two days in the woods hunting deer, the following probably has happened to you.You've been on stand for a few hours......
Woods and Waters
Published March 13, 2008, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
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Hunting snow geese can be difficult, but worth the effort•••Snow goose hunters Kevin Addy and Mike Clingan want it all when they hit the field.They want a stiff wind to make their decoys come to life.They want low cloud co......
Woods and Waters
Published March 6, 2008, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Staff
N Hollander Rd, New Holland -
Trout season in Lancaster and a host of surrounding southeast Pennsylvania counties opens March 29.At 8 a.m. on that day, thousands of anglers will cast their lines into approved trout waters across these counties in hopes of hooking stocked and wild fish.In the New Holland area, Mi......
