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Hunting opportunities exist in winter time

While the regular deer season wraps up this weekend, that doesn’t mean the end of hunting for the winter. The late small-game hunting seasons for ruffed grouse, rabbits, pheasants and squirrels begin this Monday. The late grouse season ends Dec. 24 due to severely decreased grouse numbers throughout the state. The seasons for rabbits, pheasants and squirrels extend until Feb. 27 this year with the exception, of course, of Friday, Dec. 25. For a quite a few years now, I have lamented the fact that small-game hunting isn’t what it used to be. While browsing the Pennsylvania Game ...

Locals get to enjoy experience of bear hunt

Brodie O’Donnell went bear hunting for the first time in his life this fall, and enjoyed the experience of a lifetime. O’Donnell, 17, a Penn Cambria High School senior, shot and killed a 436-pound black bear in the woods near the Cambria County town of Ashville this past October ...

Check out the variety of ways for venison

Often I have declared that I hated the children’s book “Bambi” because of the totally false picture it presents to children of life in the woods and fields. So as I sat by my fireplace recently, reading a book called “Growing up with Guns’’ written by Steve Sorensen, a friend and fellow outdoor writer, I was amazed to come upon a chapter that espoused the same thought. I was elated to read it. Sorensen certainly did not consult with me about the writing of his book. I have seldom ever heard anyone else echo the thought that this “delightful” children’s book is a ...

PGC offers up gift ideas for hunters

From Mirror reports HARRISURG — While hunting often is challenging, bagging the perfect gift for the hunters in your life is as easy as placing a phone call or visiting the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s website. Among gifts available from the Game Commission this holiday season is Penn’s Woods Passages, a newly released book by renowned wildlife artist and author Bob Sopchick. The more than 300-page book contains an exceptional blend of Sopchick’s inspiring columns and artwork that appeared over the years in the Game Commission’s long-running monthly magazine, ...

China, Nepal say Everest much higher

By Binaj Gurubacharya The Associated Press KATHMANDU, Nepal — China and Nepal jointly announced a new official height for Mount Everest on Tuesday, ending a discrepancy between the two nations. The new height of the world’s highest peak is 8,848.86 meters (29,031.7 feet), which is slightly more than Nepal’s previous measurement and about four meters (13 feet) higher than China’s. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Nepalese counterpart, Pradeep Gyawali, simultaneously pressed buttons during a virtual conference and the new height flashed on the screen. The height ...

Opening day was ‘like deja vu all over again’

Baseball great Yogi Berra was almost as famous for some of his unique quotes as he was for his career on the field. Some of my favorite Yogi-isms included: n “It ain’t over ‘til it’s over” n “You can observe a lot by watching” n “Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.” But last Saturday morning as I stood admiring the nice buck I had just downed, I was reminded of another of Yogi’s quips: “It’s like deja vu all over again.” Yogi allegedly uttered that line after watching his Yankee teammates Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris hit back-to-back ...