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Having a tough time looking for a chair blind

I have always been a female who does not want flowers, candy, or jewelry for gifts. Instead, give me a box of shotgun shells, camouflage jacket, new long underwear or socks and I’m ready to swoon. You’ve noticed recently that rifle or shotgun supplies are getting more and more scarce on retailer’s shelves. I’m considering if I’ll have to hone my skills with a slingshot in coming days and seasons. Last week I visited every sporting goods store in the area looking to replace my aged chair blind for this turkey season. I’ve used the chair blind with success every year for ...

River fish struggle in the Susquehanna

By Mike Argento The Associated Press YORK, Pa. (AP) — Brian Shumaker caught his first fish when he was maybe 8 years old. He grew up in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, two blocks away from the Susquehanna River — his family pretty much living outdoors. Both of his grandfathers fished and hunted, as did his father and all of his uncles. He remembers the first catch, hooking a feisty bluegill on a farm pond. “I loved it,” Shumaker, now 55, said. “I got a big kick out of it.” He was hooked, so to speak. He pretty much grew up on the river, fishing for smallmouth ...

Grizzly bears forced to find new Rocky Mountain homes

By Matthew Brown The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — Grizzly bears are slowly expanding the turf where they roam in parts of the northern Rocky Mountains but need continued protections, according to government scientists who concluded that no other areas of the country would be suitable for reintroducing the fearsome predators. The Fish and Wildlife Service recently released its first assessment in almost a decade about the status of grizzly bears in the contiguous U.S. The bruins are shielded from hunting as a threatened species except in Alaska. Grizzly populations grew ...

Streams stocked and ready for anglers

Trout stocking on area streams traditionally hasn’t begun each year until March 1. This year, due to the fact that Saturday’s trout season opener for the entire state comes two weeks earlier than it normally does — falling this Saturday, April 3 — preseason stocking also began two ...

Youth fishing event back in action

CANOE CREEK — The statewide trout season across Pennsylvania begins Saturday, but thanks to a program instituted by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission back in 2013, youngsters have been afforded the ability to get out on the state’s waterways, beat the crowds, and get in some ...

The annual rite of spring is about to hit our area

By now, I hope most anglers are aware that trout season begins statewide next Saturday, April 3, at 8 a.m. Late last year, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission set the opening day of trout season for April 3 for 18 southeastern counties and April 17 for the remainder of the state. But in January, the Board of Commissioners changed all that to one statewide trout season opener on April 3. Those changes were made after the 2021 Pennsylvania Summary of Fishing/Boating Regulations handbook that comes with your fishing license was already printed, so unfortunately the information in ...