HARRISBURG — A trophy whitetail rack shattered the previous record in the Typical Archery category in Pennsylvania’s record book. Ron Shaulis, of West Newton, harvested the trophy buck on Oct. 24, 2017, with a compound bow on public land in Westmoreland County. The rack had a net score ...
MILLHEIM — Penns Valley Conservation Association (PVCA) has received a $107,000 grant from the Central Appalachia Habitat Stewardship Program of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, one of eight 2017 grants in Pennsylvania funded by the Richard King Mellon Foundation. The grant supports a “Young Forest Initiative” launched by PVCA in 2012 to integrate establishment of early successional wildlife habitat for American woodcock, golden winged warbler and many more bird species dependent on shrub habitat with native riparian flora that maintain cold water temperatures and ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — They’d all skipped caffeine at school and cut back on sugar to keep their heart rates down and their nerves steady. They donned thick canvas uniforms to hold their bodies rigid when they aimed. Some knelt. Some stood. A few lay prone on mats spread out on the cold floor. Just around 3:30 p.m., starting time for the Everett Area High School Rifle Team’s practice, the teens loaded .22-caliber bullets into their rifles, $2,000 to $5,000 worth of hardware each, rested their cheeks on the stocks, and held their breath. In the moment between each heartbeat, they ...
LEWISTOWN — Bass fishing is more than shirts with sponsor patches to rival those worn by NASCAR drivers and 150 mph professionally rigged bass boats. At least, it is for anglers living in the northeast who try to be on the water a minimum of 10 months out of the year. For professional ...
Not to overstate the obvious, but hunting deer with a flintlock rifle presents challenges unlike any other sporting arm. Not the least of those challenges is the simple act of firing the rifle at the range before going afield during Pennsylvania’s two-week statewide season, which begins Tuesday and continues through Saturday, Jan. 13. No matter if shooting a historically accurate custom-build rifle with fixed iron sights or a commercially manufactured with adjustable sights, getting on target at the desired range can be easily accomplished when benching the rifle at the firing ...
This year I headed into archery season with two goals. My primary goal was to help my daughter Bella harvest her first deer with the use of a crossbow. The second was to shoot what I would consider a very nice buck. I was elated when Bella was able to harvest a doe during the second week ...
