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Even a seasoned hunter can find a new tradition

I have my routines as a hunter. Each matching article of clothing is laid out before a hunt, my calls sorted through and selected, my wake up time meticulously calculated, and like a line straight out of Stevie Wonder’s hit song “Superstition,” you can bet many other turkey hunters across the country can be found, most mornings, completing their rituals and routines prior to hitting the woods. One thing that has always struck me as odd is that I always keep the same traditions whether they lead to success or not. I’ve never rid myself of a tradition that I have, but I have ...

Alcohol and stream water should not mix

These stories were submitted by local author Denny Sieber, whose book “Tales from the Parking Lot” is available online from Xlibris, Barnes and Noble and Amazon. A few years ago, four of us were flying out of Gouin Reservoir in the wilderness of Quebec, with our egos stoked and our bellies full of walleyes. The outfitter, Oliver, while fyling over another of his camps, noted a red square of plywood at the end of the boat dock, signaling an emergency. Banking the Beaver DeHaviland sharply, he soon landed the float plane on the lake near the dock. While we tied up, he ran to the camp ...

June means it’s time to prepare for bass season

The Sentinel welcomes award-winning writer Harry Guyer Jr. to its outdoors page. Guyer grew up in central Pennsylvania. His father was an avid hunter and fisherman, who instilled his love of the outdoors in his son. Guyer graduated from Shippensburg State College with a degree in English and taught the subject on both the high school and college level for 35 years. Guyer began writing as an outdoor columnist for the Bedford Gazette in 1987 and has also written for Tri-County Outdoors, Pennsylvania Outdoor News, Pennsylvania Game News, and some other state and regional magazines. He is ...

‘Shallow’ thinking leads to bass success

CHESAPEAKE BEACH, Md. — Years before the current craze to fish from kayaks and target shallow water took hold among anglers, outdoors writer, author and lecturer Joe Bruce favored the action to be had on small streams and shallow rivers over the likes of the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River in his native Maryland. With the Saturday opening of Pennsylvania’s bass season just days away, it may benefit anglers to be shallow thinkers in some situations. Indeed, less is often best when targeting bass. Bruce, whose book “Shallow Water Tips & Techniques, Rigging for Success,” is the ...

East Licking Creek Trout

Fishermen walk many miles. The float, they boat, they wade, and in some cases they even swim. If only we could stop by our neighbor’s trash can as they dispose of a old pair of leaky waders and somehow hear a story of where they’ve been and what they’ve seen. If boats, fishing rods or vests, could talk, what would they tell us about great days on the water and the proud angler that they clothed or towed? They would probably tell a facetious story about a man or woman, who at times, had a passion sometimes outweighed their common sense. Any avid angler has those moments when ...

New hunting adventure proved to be hog wild

Over the years I have been fortunate to experience some wonderful outdoor adventures throughout North America. From spending a week on horseback in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in Montana fly fishing for cutthroat trout to fishing for salmon in Alaska and hunting black bears in Canada to ...