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Injured ex-Marine gets slam with a crossbow

Lancaster, Pa. ’Äî Philip Carroll, a 22-year-old injured ex-Marine, completed a rare Pennsylvania hunting feat in May when he got a gobbler with a crossbow near Williamsport. The Marietta, Lancaster County, hunter had previously taken

Southcentral Region

Spring Creek, Little Juniata, Fishing, Penns Creek (Centre, Huntingdon, Clinton, Union, Mifflin counties) – Sulphurs are hatching on all the streams, but recent rainfall has made for high flow. Water levels were beginning to drop,

Weird white bat fungus shows up in the state

Harrisburg – The Pennsylvania Game Commission is working with several states and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to sort out what is killing bats in New York and New England. Although white-nose syndrome (WNS)

Southcentral Region

Raystown Lake (Huntingdon County) – Striped bass are hitting on surface lures against the shoreline at night. Lake trout are coming on flutter spoons in 16 to 25 feet. Sizes are mixed in both species.

Alternate funding bill gets look

Pittsburgh – The pheasant propagation at Pike Run has been such a success that program partners are ready to spread their wings and fly to other parts of Pennsylvania. But while swapping turkeys for pheasants

Lawmakers ask for proposals for audit

Harrisburg – Pennsylvania’s deer-management program is about to be run through the grinder. And parties on all sides of this divisive issue appear poised to eat whatever comes out in the end – no matter

Northcentral Region

Curwensville Reservoir (Clear-field County) – Crappies and perch are hitting well, with sizes running average. A lot of pickerel are reported this year. A few muskies also are reported. The Fourth Annual Alan Bloom Memorial

Southwest Region

Allegheny River – The water was on fire with crappies from the Highland Park dam to Pine Creek, in late April. Nice smallmouths, saugers, walleyes, and white bass are being released. Ohio River – Dan

Northeast Region

Mauch Chunk Lake (Carbon County) – Anglers were hoping the warming trend would spur the panfish bite. Lackawanna Lake (Lackawanna County) – Anglers have been catching brook and rainbow trout on rainbow color PowerBait. Francis

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