Finding the best way to interest children in hunting

October 8, 2015

Nothing builds interest in hunting better than success.If you have a kid you want as a hunting partner, forget for a while the kind of hunting you like best now.Think back to when you were a kid. Was it your dad complaining about what deer hunting was like in the past that got you interested in hunting?I doubt it.I do not know what sparked your interest in hunting. As for myself, I still have wonderful memories about squirrel hunting.When I started squirrel hunting in the early 1960s, there were not as many squirrels in Warren County as there are today. Rabbits, grouse and woodcock were ...

TO DO

October 8, 2015

To get your items in the Outdoors Calendar contact mikeb73@verizon.net or phone 726-1035- Tuesdays, 5:00 p.m.: trap and skeet practice, Kalbfus Rod & Gun Club- Thursdays, must arrive before10:00 a.m.: one round only sporting clays practice, Kalbfus Rod & Gun Club- Mondays, 5:00 p.m.: open trap practice, Pine Grove Sportsmen's Club, Egypt Hollow Road, Russell- third Thursday each month, 7:00 p.m.: Brokenstraw Fish and Game Club monthly meeting- October 9, 9:00 a.m.: Fall Float/Maple Creek - Cooksburg, Cook Forest State Park, see fall colors on 8-mile interpretive float on National ...

Select Stocked Trout Waters are unveiled

October 8, 2015

Trout anglers who want an experience targeting bigger fish will have the opportunity to catch 14"-20" trout in eight Keystone Select Stocked Trout Waters, unveiled here today at the quarterly meeting of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC).Keystone Select Stocked Trout Program logoUnder the program, approximately 3,200 large trout will be distributed among the eight waters, one in each commissioner district. The trout will be stocked at a rate of up to 250 trout per mile, which is comparable to the numbers of fish of this size in Pennsylvania's best wild trout waters.The ...

Pennsylvania ups penalty for killing eagles

October 8, 2015

Those who kill golden and bald eagles will face stiffer penalties under Pennsylvania law.The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners today gave final approval to a measure that increases to $2,500 the replacement costs for killing bald eagles or golden eagles.The heightened penalty will take effect in the coming months.The bald eagle had been classified as a state-threatened species until early 2014, when it was removed from the Pennsylvania's threatened-species list because its recovery met objectives outlined in the state's bald-eagle management plan.While golden and bald eagles both ...

‘Greatest Pirate Story Never Told’ in Warren Sunday

October 1, 2015

Arr.A fun improvisation event in which the audience will lead the way will take place in Warren Sunday."The Greatest Pirate Story Never Told" will be presented at the Library Theatre at 3 p.m. on Oct. 4."It's a semi-improv, semi-scripted pirate adventure," said Christopher Leidenfrost, a member of the cast, in which a crew of five pirates are sent into the future by the Sea Witch.They seek an "enormous treasure," and, in finding the riches will be sent back to their own time, Leidenfrost explained.Until they find the treasure, the misfits are stuck in the future and have to perform the ...

At the Crary

September 24, 2015

The rich lumber heritage of Warren County will be celebrated in the next show at the Crary Art Gallery."Wood on Glass" includes 16 large-format black and white prints made from glass negatives of photographs used to capture lumbering in Pennsylvania. The photographs were taken by William T. Clarke (1859-1930) of Rochester, N.Y.The exhibit was displayed at the State Museum of Pennsylvania in the spring of 2011 and is now a traveling show.Clarke chronicled the lumber industry and its dramatic impact on north central Pennsylvania during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Not well-known ...