Outdoors

Local turkey flocks steady heading into fall
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By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Sep 26, 2026
If you were to ask me a month ago how the turkey population was looking in our area, I would have said it was extremely poor. I observed several batch...
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Centre County hunter’s bull elk likely a new state record
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By JIM ECKSTROM news@oleantimesherald.com 
Sep 25, 2026
With just 15 bull elk archery tags awarded through the state's lottery this year, Centre County hunter Michael Skvarla had already experienced some ma...
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Outdoors: Archery and a greater responsibility
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Sep 23, 2026
This subject has been slowly gaining more and more of my attention and has now reached the point I feel it needs addressed. Speaking with a wide varie...
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Ten women complete RGS wingshooting program
Local Sports, Outdoors
Sep 21, 2026
COUDERSPORT — Ten women graduated from the Ruffed Grouse Society’s Women’s Introduction to Wingshooting program recently held at the Black Forest Cons...
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Outdoors: Archery — under pressure
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Sep 17, 2026
It’s the second week of archery season, daylight's fading, you can’t help thinking of dinner. You turn and look behind you one last time. To your abso...
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Persistent archery hunter takes massive Pa. elk
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Sep 09, 2026
Near Benezette, September daylight slowly dissolves the darkness, the world evolving from impenetrable black, to dark grey, indistinct forms gradually...
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Prepare now for a successful hunting season
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Sep 05, 2026
Hunting season is officially open here in the Keystone State, at least if you are a goose hunter. Goose season came on Sept. 1 for those who didn’t kn...
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Outdoors: A bird rescue brings questions to ponder
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Sep 02, 2026
This remarkable story took place around 10 years ago, on a late Friday afternoons. Our canoe was drifting easily over the blue waters, the entire week...
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