Published November 18, 2009, 6:48 AM EST
by JAMES BUESCHER
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
After months of trying to reach a settlement with a business that Drumore Township is accusing of running an illegal hunting preserve, Drumore officials at their Nov. 5 meeting told residents that they were refiling their notice of violation against the firm.Local officials say that the bu......
Published November 17, 2009, 10:27 AM EST
by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Every serious bowhunter knows it. You do your scouting and you put enough time in the woods, the chances are good that you will get a shot at a buck. Brian Schreiber does that. But, after taking three very nice bucks in two months this fall, he also knows sometimes Lady Luck shines on you. In ......
Jeff Saxinger couldn't believe he was a winner in the state's elk-hunt lottery. That was just the start of his great adventure.
Published November 15, 2009, 12:01 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
The phone message Jeff Saxinger found on his answering machine Sept. 11 really messed with his head. The caller identified himself as an outfitter in northcentral Pennsylvania who guides elk hunters. He was offering his services to Saxinger, who the caller said was the first hunter sele......
Published November 10, 2009, 8:29 AM EST
by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
What fun! For Christmas last year my brother got me a scouting camera. I got him a battery-operated corn feeder .Partly, I wanted to see what big deer might be around our hunting grounds in West Virginia. But mostly, I was captivated at the chance to catch in the act the myria......
Some experts say urine-based lures could spread chronic wasting disease. Should the Game Commission impose a ban?
Published November 8, 2009, 12:01 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
The rut is on. Does are coming into heat. Bucks are chasing them and fighting with each other. New scrapes and rubs are showing up daily. It's a fun time to be a deer hunter. Last Monday morning, I started working scent lures into my setups. I prepared two dra......
Published November 3, 2009, 6:00 AM EST
by AD CRABLE, Outdoor Trails
WARDENSVILLE, W.Va. -
It's perhaps the most glorious day of fall. And I'm smack dab in it. Fourteen feet up in a treestand on a ridge in the Appalachian Mountains. Leaves in crayon yellows, russets and muted oranges swirl by on their downward spiral, forming a new soft carpet on the forest floor. T......
Many hunters want one-stop experience for buying hunting license and applying for doe tags.
Published November 1, 2009, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Pennsylvania Rep. Ed Staback of Lackawanna County isn't ready to throw the baby out with the bath water just yet. The Democratic chairman of the House Game & Fisheries Committee on Oct. 22 presided over a hearing during which he and other legislators heard from Pennsylvania Game Comm......
Published November 1, 2009, 12:01 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters
CHESTER COUNTY, Pa. -
I became a statistic last week. Actually, I found out last week that I'd become a statistic. Who knows when it actually occurred. Someone stole one of my tree stands. It happens every year to hunters all over the country. Maybe it's happened to you. Now I kno......
Outdoors
Published October 27, 2009, 6:09 AM EST
by AD CRABLE
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Picture a paved trail friendly to walkers, bikes and whatnot, tracing the Susquehanna from Columbia to nearly the Dauphin County line.It would flow through placid river bottom woods, restored wetlands and farm fields.It would pass picnic areas, historic iron furnace sites, an arched......
12-year-old cancer survivor from E-town has an African hunting trip to remember
Published October 25, 2009, 12:02 AM EST
by P.J. REILLY, Woods and Waters
LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -
Today, Cole Horne looks, sounds and acts like any other middle-school boy. He's the normal height and weight, has floppy hair and a face full of freckles. He likes to wrestle and play baseball. And when he tells a story to a stranger, he alternates between being shy and anim......
