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Outdoor

‘Duck’ season

It’s duck season. In this particular case, it’s a hunt with “Duck” season. But when Warren’s Scott Swartz walked into a Northwest Bank branch one random day, he had no idea what he’d be aiming for. Staring at him was a cardboard cutout of former Pittsburgh Steelers’ ...

PGC issues bear harvest record

It wouldn’t be surprising to discover a record number of internet searches on the topic “How to rug a bear.” The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced Monday that hunters set a new Pennsylvania bear-harvest record. Bears were taken in 59 counties. Lycoming County led the state ...

Saturday hunting opener aims to maintain younger hunters

The Pennsylvania Game Commission bucked tradition by opening its rifle deer season on Saturday this year. It was an attempt to keep younger hunters. “We’re losing hunters,” Pennsylvania Game Commission Northwest Region Information and Education Supervisor Chip Brunst said. “We ...

Better off

“Because a sea lion needs help, that doesn’t mean the sea lion is weak.” At the Pacific Marine Mammal Center in Laguna Beach, Calif., Youngsville High School graduate Colby Hollabaugh rescues sea lions that are stranded, entangled, or otherwise in need of assistance. Hollabaugh ...

PGC investigates Facebook video of deer beaten by apparent hunters

The PA Game Commission is aware of a video, according to a post on its Facebook page, that was posted to Facebook of two males who allegedly physically assaulted a deer that appears to have already been shot. As of press time, there were over 4.8 thousand responses to the post that has ...

Buck season reboot

Sunrise (today) will open the deer season, ending a long custom in Pennsylvania's outdoors. Since at least the early 1960s, the season has begun on the Monday after Thanksgiving. The board of Pennsylvania game commissioners, responsible for establishing hunting seasons and limits, voted for the ...