Published June 30, 2009, 7:33 AM EST
by AD CRABLE, Outdoors
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
TUESDAYIndoor handgun practice range, 7-9 p.m. every Tuesday at Manheim Sportsmen's Association. Lead-only bullets and no magnums. NRA-certified range officer on duty. Cost: $5 for nonmembers. Call 665-7093 or 569-1153 for more information. ......
After years as an outdoors cheerleader, a writer joins her husband and children as a hunter.
Published June 28, 2009, 12:04 AM EST
by JEANNETTE SCOTT
EAST STROUDSBURG -
For 17 years, I've been an ideal sportsman's wife. I have held flashlights while my husband, Bob, butchered deer that hung from our backyard tree. I have tagged along to scout for deer scrapes, tracks and tree stand spots. Once, I even sat along a crop line with Bob as he s......
Published June 28, 2009, 12:02 AM EST
by JEANNETTE SCOTT
LEWISBERRY -
When I decided last March that I would give hunting a try, there was just one hurdle: a hunter education class. Successful completion of a hunter-trapper education class is required to get a Pennsylvania hunting license. With precious few exceptions, the course is held at sportsmen's c......
Published June 23, 2009, 6:58 AM EST
by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
On the surface, there's something decidedly lifeless about the Eastern Penn Mushroomers. I mean the object of their fascination mostly live on dead, rotting things, for heaven's sake. On a recent club foray in the woods of Gifford Pinchot State Park in York County, Cathy Cholmel......
Pennsylvania’s 2009-10 hunting licenses went on sale June 15.
Published June 21, 2009, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
I got mine Wednesday. Buying my annual hunting license is somewhat of a ritual.Is that weird?I buy it every year the first week licenses go on sale and always from The Sportsman's Shop in New Holland. Through my entire hunting career over the past tw......
The event features music from some of the leading names in contemporary Christian music, such as Third Day, Chris Tomlin and Casting Crowns.
Published June 19, 2009, 11:30 AM EST
by DAVID O’CONNOR
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
For fans who have been going there for years, the beautiful hills and trees are like "home ... it's so peaceful and quiet," as an event founder said. Peaceful and quiet .. at least until the bands plug in, strap on their 12-string lyres — uh, guitars — and crank up. The Creatio......
Published June 16, 2009, 9:42 AM EST
by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Unquestionably, the half-mile that Pequea Creek alternately rushes, then languidly meanders, through a glen of cliffs, boulders and tall, shading trees is one of Lancaster County's natural gems. Where else in Lancaster County is there such a compression of wild water in such an un-Lancaster......
A State House Bill would allow bowhunting for deer on Sundays. Supporters say it's a right hunters should have. Opponents, including the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau, threaten to ban hunters from their property if the bill is passed.
Published June 14, 2009, 12:01 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters
PENNSYLVANIA -
Weary from a long day of travel by air and by car last Nov. 15, 4 a.m. seemed to come earlier than normal Nov. 16. Still, I heeded my alarm clock's incessant beeping, got out of bed and got things squared away for a full day in the tree stand. By dawn, I was seated in a hang-on stand p......
Published June 9, 2009, 7:57 AM EST
by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails
BREEZEWOOD, Pa. -
You're riding along on your bike. The multiple lanes of straight paved highway are there. But so are the trees crowding in, chunks of pavement lying about. The two tunnels are dark and drips of water splatter on your head. And the quiet. "It's very familiar to you. You can s......
The fun of fishing for free
Published June 8, 2009, 12:05 AM EST
by DIANA MARTIN
LANCASTER COUNTY -
Pennsylvania residents were invited to spend quality time — not cash — Sunday during the summer's second of two "Fish for Free Days."The event, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, allowed anyone to legally fish without a fishing license in the ......
