Food sources abundant for archery season opener
      Hunters will find excellent food conditions when they head afield for Saturday's opening of the archery deer season. The best bet for meeting up with a good whitetail buck the first several weeks of archery season will be to hunt the areas where they are feeding, or to hunt a travel route between...
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     Sinnemahoning Sportsmen and the May Hollow Sportsmen's Club held another successful Youth Field Day last Saturday. More than 25 young people turned out to learn about wildlife management, hunting, fishing, reptiles and other outdoor topics. Bill Wheeler Jr., president of the Keystone Reptile Club, b...
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A wildlife rescue success story
Heron healed; heading to haven
      Score another success story for the Big Woods Wildlife Rescue Clinic! The clinic near Renovo accepts injured and orphaned wildlife from Potter, Cameron, Elk and other northcentral Pa. counties. Soon, a juvenile great blue heron that was injured last summer and nursed back to health at the clinic...
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More access to hunting areas
Gated roads on state forest land to open
      Susquehannock District Forester Chris Nicholas has announced a number of gated roads will be opened for additional public access during the upcoming deer hunting seasons. Each fall, a number of gated logging roads are opened to offer hunters greater access to areas with higher deer concentrations...
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Archery season opens Saturday
      Bowhunters get the first crack at the area's deer herd starting on Saturday. They'll find a mixed bag of big bucks in some areas, with sparser whitetail populations in other sections. Savvy hunters have followed deer movements in recent weeks and identified areas where fall foods are abundant.
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'Changing Deer Herd'
Program set at St. Marys Red Fern
      A program entitled "Pennsylvania's Changing Deer Herd: Recent Research and Monitoring" will be presented Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Red Fern in St. Marys as part of the Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum. Registration will run from 5:30 p.m. until the start of dinner at 6:30.
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Game lands tours set
      The Pa. Game Commission is emphasizing its habitat improvement work during state game land tours scheduled for Elk County. These lands are managed for the protection, propagation and management of game and wildlife, and to provide areas for public hunting and trapping.
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Bobcat licenses issued
      About one in six applicants for a bobcat hunting and trapping license received one during last week's drawing. The Game Commission awarded 1,010 licenses from among more than 6,000 applications. Of the 1,010 permits awarded, 44 were awarded to females and 65 to applicants under the age of 17.
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