A machine-gun-like chatter echoing through the mixed hemlock, beech, and maple forest is the scolding that a deer hunter gets when he enters the territory of a feisty red squirrel. Weighing approximately 6 ounces and measuring only a foot long – half of which is tail – the little squirrel packs a large vocal punch.
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At least 30 organized predator hunts are scheduled across Pennsylvania and hunters are eager to participate. Hunts began this month and continue through mid-March.
Thirteen hunts are planned to start in January – beginning with Endless Mountains Coon Hunters 20th annual Coyote & Fox Hunt centered in Susquehanna County.
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For more than three years, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources has been in a legal back-and-forth with landowners along a section of land that abuts Spruce Creek in Pennsylvania.
A close look at a map of Rothrock State Forest shows that over a quarter-mile of the state forest is adjacent to Spruce Creek – a world-famous limestone trout stream. Rothrock State Forest contains nearly 97,000 acres of primarily wooded land in Centre, Huntingdon and Mifflin counties.
With less than a week remaining in the extended bear season, and only four wildlife management units open, bear harvest figures in Pennsylvania are low.
Based on preliminary figures furnished by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, this year’s bear harvest will be several hundred bears lower than last year’s take of 2,920. That’s the lowest in 16 years.
Are season adjustments needed after Pennsylvania black bear harvest is down again? Read More »
If there is a Pennsylvania critter that represents Christmas, it must surely be the cardinal. Photographs or paintings of this colorful bird, often proudly perched on a snow-covered evergreen bough, grace many holiday greeting cards.
The bright red plumage of the male against a white and green background presents a striking image. The cardinal is a favorite at other times of the year, too. Seven states have selected the cardinal as their official state bird, including our neighbors in Ohio and West Virginia.
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Bear hunters stepped out into early snow across most of Pennsylvania’s bear range for the opening day of the regular firearms season. The northcentral region had a dusting to several inches in the higher elevations, while some counties in the northeast and southwest mountains received a foot or more of snow.
Even with the excellent tracking snow, bears were slow to come into the Quehanna (northern Clearfield County) check station on the opening Saturday.
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The calm, cold weather, and a colorful morning sky provided a great backdrop for the opening of Pennsylvania’s general elk season Nov. 4. Sixty-eight fortunate hunters drew permits for this limited hunt, however, the opening day rewarded only 11 hunters with elk.
The elk check station was held on the grounds of the Elk Country Visitor Center in Benezette. Hunters are required to check their elk and supply samples for study and testing.
Pennsylvania bull hunters do well in elk hunt, cow harvest down Read More »
The most popular attraction at Kinzua Bridge State Park is about to undergo a three-year rehabilitation project.
The Kinzua Bridge Skywalk will close to pedestrian traffic on Nov. 19. It is scheduled to remain closed for most of the next three years except during the autumn foliage seasons. The park’s 339-acres are centered around what was once the tallest and longest railroad bridge in the world. The land and bridge were purchased by the state in 1963. The park opened in 1970.
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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat commissioners at their recent meeting were asked to consider a petition to increase the salaries of the agency’s law enforcement officers, but they failed to act.
The commissioners’ inaction was witnessed by most of its waterways conservation officers. In a show of unity, 53 of the current total force of 56 waterways conservation officers attended the meeting.
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