Outdoors

Early doe season could make a hunter for life
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Oct 18, 2025
Oct. 18 to 25 is when muzzleloader hunters can hunt antlerless deer in Pennsylvania. Youth and senior hunters can rifle hunt for antlerless deer Oct. ...
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Life is an endless series of stories
Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Oct 16, 2025
“Oh, he’s just telling stories,” someone commented. I was shocked; why had this person spoken so? Was it jealousy of the attention it drew to the stor...
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Trail cams can help or hurt
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Oct 11, 2025
The one thing that has made deer hunting more fun and enjoyable for me more recently has been running trail cameras. Trail cams are a game changer for...
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African heartbeat
Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Oct 09, 2025
Something's absent since I’ve returned from Africa. My luggage wasn’t lost and though there was a temporary mixup in Paris where the baggage people co...
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Pa.’s junior pheasant season coming up this weekend
Local News, News, Outdoors, ...
Oct 08, 2025
Break out the brush pants, your favorite shotgun and, of course, a fluorescent orange hat and vest. Pennsylvania’s pheasant season is winging its way ...
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Archery opener means go time
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Oct 04, 2025
The opening day of the Pennsylvania archery season has always been the start to my hunting season. When the archery opener arrives, I know it’s go tim...
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The ‘must do’s’ after an archery shot
Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Oct 02, 2025
Reacting properly after your shot is a critical decision often made under extreme excitement and emotion. Trophy antlers make even seasoned hunters go...
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Technology versus woodsmanship
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Sep 27, 2025
Forced to pick one tool that has completely changed the sport of hunting, it would be the cell phone. Throughout my 27-year hunting career, a lot of c...
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Inside today’s edition
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Sep 25, 2025
Inside today’s edition: Venture into the Alleghenies — your seasonal guide to scenic escapes and regional highlights across the Twin Tiers. Don’t miss...
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Pa.’s archery deer season draws closer
Local News, News, Outdoors, ...
Sep 24, 2025
Pennsylvania’s statewide  archery deer season kicks off on Oct. 4 and runs through Nov. 21, then comes back in from Dec. 26-Jan. 19. While that’s all ...
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Bears, bucks and ‘haw berries’
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
By STEVE SHERK Jr.  Special to The Era  
Sep 19, 2025
For some, hunting season has already started here in the Keystone State. Canada geese came in season Sept. 1 and squirrels are now legal to hunt since...
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The elusive black impala
Outdoors, Sports
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Sep 18, 2025
Scouring the bushveld is an exciting and time-consuming process. The animals are difficult, almost impossible to see as quickly as necessary for a suc...
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Welcome back, otter
Outdoors
Sep 17, 2025
Conservation efforts in Western Pennsylvania have led to the remarkable restoration of the river otter. It means not only the return in numbers of one...
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Driving tour set at elk country gamelands
Local News, News, Outdoors
Sep 17, 2025
It’s time, once again, to get off the beaten path and go for a drive on state game lands. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is providing the opportunit...
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ELDRED: Hunter/trapper education course
Local News, Local Sports, Outdoors
Sep 16, 2025
ELDRED — A hunter/trapper education class will be offered at the Eldred Conservation Club from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. All participants must be at ...
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First day in South Africa
Outdoors
By WADE ROBERTSON 
Sep 11, 2025
After a 7-hour flight to Amsterdam, 5-hour layover, then an 11-hour to Johannesburg, followed by a 4-hour drive to the lodge my daughter and I collaps...
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