Flintlock adventures
      The snow makes your steps silent as you stalk along. As you near the edge, you find a tree and peer over. There they are. Several deer are feeding below on the bench. You cock the gun. Quietly, you carefully raise the rifle to your shoulder. You center the iron sites upon a large doe's chest and ...
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Still no WCO in Cameron County
By James Moate Endeavor News
      Another year has dawned without a full-time wildlife conservation officer (WCO) or deputy serving Cameron County. Doty McDowell, one of two Pa. Game Commission WCOs in Elk County, continues to cover Cameron with the assistance of McKean County's Tom Sambolcik. McDowell says that while he enjoys w...
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     This black and white photograph hardly does these bright yellow flowers any justice. These three rogue plants were popping up through a flower garden in Emporium last week. The near-zero temperatures of the last couple days have most certainly ended this late bloomer's winter run, but it held out we...
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Late season winds down
      Hunters and trappers are enjoying the winter season. For deer hunters, the statewide late archery and flintlock muzzleloader seasons run concurrently until to Jan. 12. Closing of small game seasons are as follows: squirrel, Feb. 9; ruffed grouse, Jan. 26; rabbit, Feb. 9. In addition, pheasants ar...
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Roads open for 'sleds'
      More than 100 miles of forestry roads and trails on state-owned land in and around Cameron County have been opened for snowmobilers.
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