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Pushing limits in pursuit of thrilling outdoor adventures

Wealth of Geeks Are you looking to channel your inner Ethan Hunt? In a world where traditional sightseeing has become ordinary, a growing trend of extreme tourism is captivating thrill-seekers. Many people seek unparalleled excitement and the chance to explore uncharted territories. These daring adventurers are willing to risk it all for the ultimate bucket-list adventures in the danger zone. From scaling mountains to venturing into the deepest waters, extreme travel offers heart-pounding experiences that are anything but a cheap thrill. Open Sea Shark Diving Among the picturesque ...

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Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman Club • Club meetings — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap ...

Shooting clays at East End Blue Rock Sportsmen’s Club

MILROY — With its long fairways and multiple stations, shooting sporting clays is often described as “golf with a gun” because a typical course includes 10 to 15 different shooting stops laid out over natural grass. Like golf courses, no two sporting clays courses are alike, and terrain and background have a lot to do with how targets are presented. Sporting clays simulates the unpredictability of live-quarry shooting, offering a great variety of trajectories, angles, speeds, elevations, distances, and target sizes. “Shooting sporting clays has been my hobby for the better ...

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Atkinson Mills Sportsmen’s Club • Meetings — held on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. The club is located at 55 Sportsmen Club Lane, McVeytown; email atkinsonmillssportsmensclub@gmail.com; online at http://atkinsonmills-sportsmensclub.weebly.com. Blue Rock Sportsman Club • Club meetings — 2 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of each month on the gun range, and at 7 p.m. January and February in the barn. To east end Blue Rock: From Milroy, follow signs to Reeds Gap State Park. Free camping available and kitchen is open during all events except trap ...

PFBC documents invasive Snakehead in lower Susquehanna

​HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has issued a strong advisory to encourage anglers who catch invasive Northern Snakeheads in the lower Susquehanna River, and elsewhere in the Commonwealth, to report and dispose of any fish caught. This advisory follows multiple Northern Snakehead captures in Conowingo Reservoir by anglers and natural resource agency biologists this summer, including the first evidence of Northern Snakehead reproduction in the reservoir. The PFBC and partner natural resource agencies have been conducting surveillance monitoring for ...

August is National Shooting Sports Month

HARRISBURG — Every shot benefits wildlife management. How? When wildlife was dwindling in the early 1900s, the firearms and ammunition industry stepped up and requested a federal tax be placed on the sale of these items to help fund wildlife conservation. This tax is a federal excise tax of the wholesale price of arms and ammunition (a cost built into the price of these items and not an additional cost to the consumer). The revenue generated from the excise tax is apportioned to state wildlife agencies for conservation efforts, hunter education, and shooting programs. For your ...