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A Fowl Accounting

Thirty-four volunteers endured last SaturdayĢƵ all-day rain for the Christmas Bird Count, based at the Laurel Highlands Visitor Center in Ohiopyle State Park. Observers fanned out on assigned routes to log 6,288 birds of 52 different species, all within a 7-mile radius of the falls at ...

The Raven is real; beyond and before the NFL

<strong>L</strong>ast week, driving along Walnut Hill Road south of Uniontown, Kathy and I spotted a raven coursing low over a cornfield. The birdĢƵ identity was unmistakable—glossy black with a prominent bill, but much larger than a like-plumaged crow. On strong ...

Bear resurgence

Bears add an element of wildness to the outdoors. They’re associated with remote exotic places where most of us will never visit, and their presence lends a mild sense of adventure to any fishing, camping or hunting sojourn, no matter where the trip occurs.Black bears, though, the kind we ...

Buck season reboot

TomorrowĢƵ sunrise will open the deer season, ending a long custom in PennsylvaniaĢƵ 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 ...

Deer fever ignites with openerĢƵ approach

The fever for deer season finally began to smolder last week. For me, itĢƵ always been there but, nowadays, it seems to take longer to ignite.This year it started while I was hunting for a turkey on a marvelous day to be in the woods. That late-autumn span when most leaves are down but the ...

ThereĢƵ no reading material like a map. A map can guide you from points A to B, for sure, but a map can be so much more, especially outdoors. A map can be a ticket to relive fishing, hunting or exploring memories that might otherwise fade. Or, maps can present the allure of new adventure not ...