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    Burchfield: Flintlock tips from an expert
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Burchfield: Flintlock tips from an expert
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Dec 20, 2018
    If there is one person who knows hunting with black powder firearms, it has to be Dave Ehrig. Dave has been hunting and writing about hunting with pri...
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    Burchfield: Kirk’s antlerless buck
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    Burchfield: Kirk’s antlerless buck
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Dec 13, 2018
    The opening of Pennsylvania’s rifle season had been filled with surprises. A rain filled opening day, then temperature swings that facilitated snow co...
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    Burchfield: Preserving the quality of venison
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    Burchfield: Preserving the quality of venison
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Dec 06, 2018
    You could say it is a matter of pride. The game we bring home from the field provides quality meals that last throughout the winter. Fortunately many ...
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    Make a difference this hunting season
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    Make a difference this hunting season
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Oct 11, 2018
    It was like clockwork. As late summer began to roll into early fall, Dad would begin taking our two hunting dogs, a Britney and a beagle, to the farm ...
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    The value of modern day trapping
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    The value of modern day trapping
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Oct 04, 2018
    In 1823, Sewall Newhouse developed the leg-hold trap. The device provided a means to more effectively take a wider range of animals including wolves, ...
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    Burchfield: What were the odds?
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    Burchfield: What were the odds?
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Sep 20, 2018
    The question I asked myself was, “What were the odds of this ever happening?” With the most recent elk tag drawing underway, names were being announce...
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    I’ll take the backroads
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    I’ll take the backroads
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Aug 23, 2018
    The rumble and pop of gravel on the surface of a dirt road is a welcoming sound. Unlike the hum of tires on the interstate or on a secondary road topp...
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    Bucks are coming out of hiding
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    Bucks are coming out of hiding
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Aug 16, 2018
    Right now what you see is what you’ll get when it comes to deer in general and bucks in particular. Since mid-May the bucks have been developing antle...
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    Give the gift of hunting
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    Give the gift of hunting
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Aug 09, 2018
    For some the very act of hunting can be competitive. A race to the top, see how many I am able to get, and it has to be the biggest and the best. Than...
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    Taking your time with gobblers
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    Taking your time with gobblers
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Apr 19, 2018
    For many, restraint can be difficult to control. After all, when you call to a gobbler and he answers, there is a degree of heightened expectation. At...
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    Keep kids fishing by keeping them warm
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    Keep kids fishing by keeping them warm
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Apr 05, 2018
    Cold days combined with an occasional snow squall makes it hard to believe the youth mentored fishing season is set to begin this coming Saturday. Wit...
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    Providing ear tags for black bears
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    Providing ear tags for black bears
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Mar 22, 2018
    A simplified overview of a day in the life of a Pennsylvania black bear can be described as, “They can go wherever they want, whenever they want, beca...
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    Post season tree stand  maintenance a must
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Post season tree stand maintenance a must
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Mar 01, 2018
    Preventative maintenance is a key to keep things running smoothly and efficiently. From fishing gear, firearms, even the vehicle you drive, they all r...
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    One of Pennsylvania’s most intelligent birds
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    One of Pennsylvania’s most intelligent birds
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Feb 22, 2018
    They were black silhouettes scattered among a maze of tree limbs set on a backdrop of blue sky. What were they? Crows, and lots of them, and with more...
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    Sharpening knives in a time-tested way
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    Sharpening knives in a time-tested way
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Feb 08, 2018
    From hunters and anglers to the cook back at camp, the knife is a tool everyone has and needs. Having a knife is one thing, but having a sharp one is ...
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    Plan ahead before developing food plots for wildlife
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Plan ahead before developing food plots for wildlife
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Feb 01, 2018
    When I was a youngster at this time of the year, things would get busy around our house. At home the seed catalogs were beginning to stack up getting ...
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    Traveling the snowy landscape of the winter woods
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Traveling the snowy landscape of the winter woods
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Jan 18, 2018
    Done until next season. That may be the case for some, but not for others. Granted, the most recent cold snap provides just the right amount of incent...
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    Deep freeze temperatures provide opportunities
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Deep freeze temperatures provide opportunities
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Jan 04, 2018
    Alberta Clipper, Arctic Vortex, or Arctic Clipper: regardless of what you call them, weather conditions identified as those delivering brutally cold w...
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    Avoid unexpected falls and sudden stops
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    Avoid unexpected falls and sudden stops
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Nov 22, 2017
    Hunting and safety go hand in hand. For decades firearm-related accidents have been declining. And that’s good news. However, a disturbing trend has b...
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    “X” marks the spot for a quality deer hunting experience
    Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
    “X” marks the spot for a quality deer hunting experience
    CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
    Nov 08, 2017
    Are you willing to hunt on a mix of public and privately owned lands with a good chance of taking a nice buck? If so, there is a 74,000-acre tract of ...
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    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    Nation & World, PA State News
    Isolated Torrey pine populations yield insights into genetic diversity
    June 15, 2025
    UNIVERSITY PARK — Entire regions of trees are disappearing because of invasive pests, disease and a changing climate. The key to their ability to adap...
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    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    PA State News
    Pa. charter school CEOs earn more money than superintendents and oversee fewer students
    By OLIVER MORRISON  pennlive.com 
    June 15, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Brad Hatch grew up near Altoona and started his career as a teacher in the local school district, working his way up to assistant p...
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
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    Pa. is supposed to ‘immediately’ suspend teachers charged with serious crimes. That doesn’t always happen.
    June 14, 2025
    PHILADELPHIA (TNS)— For months after he was arrested in March 2024 on charges of masturbating in a Montgomery County cemetery, Matthew Gagat continued...
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    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    Local News, Nation & World
    No Kings rally in Veterans Square
    By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com 
    June 14, 2025
    Veterans Square was packed Saturday afternoon as residents came together to express their discontent with the current administration during the local ...
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    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    Advocates, lawmakers push to limit solitary confinement in Pa. prisons
    June 14, 2025
    HARRISBURG (TNS) — Reform advocates are making another push to limit the use of solitary confinement in Pennsylvania prisons and jails, a long-running...
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    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Local Sports
    Varischetti Game to Showcase Local Players June 27
    Jo Wankel 
    June 14, 2025
    BROCKWAY - The 10th Annual Frank Varischetti All-Star Football game is slated for the end of the month, and several area players were recognized for t...
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