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 ...
NEW CASTLE (AP) — Some mothers coax their kids to bed by reading them a story. It was the opposite for Gary Sizer when he was growing up. Sizer’s mother encouraged her children to tell stories based on what had happened to them during their day. That momentous time of his life paved the way for what the 1987 New Castle High School graduate does now. His resume lists his professions as author, hiker and storyteller. He has lots of great adventures to tell. And many of them can be found in two books he has written and published. The best-selling non-fiction “Where is the ...
LEWISTOWN — Hundreds of local hunters will be successful in bagging bucks this year and we look forward to seeing them in The Sentinel’s annual Big Buck Contest. Antlered deer that meet the three-point standard and are killed during the archery season or the regular firearms deer season are eligible. Winners will be declared in adult and junior divisions (junior license or mentored youth hunters), with the first-place deer featured on the cover of the Big Buck edition to be published after the season ends. Winners will be rewarded with a gift card. As always, photos of all deer ...
TROUT RUN — About 15 years ago, Larry Rockwell began making wood into things that he wanted people to have, that were custom made. “Through my life I have always had a love for wood, particularly fancy figured woods used in items like gunstocks, knife handles and furniture,” he said. ...
