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The bait shop is like Wikipedia for the traveling angler

One of the most exciting parts of traveling is being able to fish in a new area. One of the most frustrating parts of traveling is fishing in a new area. It’s the angler’s catch-22. You want to try new places and maybe catch a new species, but you don’t have the time to properly learn the area, so you end up fishing at the wrong location, with the wrong bait, and at the wrong time. But what are you supposed to do? Every angler struggles with having the chance to fish a new location, but not the time to adjust to the learning curve. It was something I faced often early on, until ...

Reflections in Nature: June is time to see young wildlife, especially fawns

I was recently asked when the deer population is at its peak in Pennsylvania. During the past 50 weeks, the white-tail deer population has been declining. However, during the next two weeks the population will increase drastically. In Pennsylvania, the peak fawning season is the last week in May and the first week in June. Starting in the second week of June, the deer population will begin to decline until the third week of May of the following year when it reaches its lowest level. Now, this is not to say that fawns are not being born other than during these two weeks. The ...

Try the gratification of container gardening

Why care about growing your own container gardens? Sounds like a lot of work for minimal return? Think about something you have done in the past where you had no idea how great it was until you did it — perhaps hunting gobblers or eating a new food for the first time. You just might come ...

Becoming a birder is a fun hobby for all

When I first began bird watching, I had no idea how pervasive birds would become in my life in just a few years. I started watching birds in my 20s as a way to connect with my dad. He had recently hung bird feeders outside his home in southern Pennsylvania and shared with me about what he ...

Outdoors community calendar for week of May 26

AUDUBON EVENT: BROAD-WINGED HAWK PROJECT/CHAPTER MEETING WHERE: Taber Museum (858 West Fourth Street) in Williamsport WHEN: Wednesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. NOTES: We welcome you to join us for a presentation from Rebecca McCabe, a research biologist at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary. Her research focuses broadly on movement and nesting ecology, and she is involved in numerous long-term studies, including broad-winged hawks, snowy owls and American kestrels. We will learn about the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary’s efforts to study the fall annual cycle to better understand the threats and ...

Game Commission: Leave young wildlife alone as summer nears

HARRISBURG — With Memorial Day being the unofficial kickoff to summer, the Pennsylvania Game Commission reminds those spending time in the great outdoors to leave young wildlife alone. While some young animals might appear to be abandoned, usually they are not. It’s likely their mothers ...