deer

This year’s fawns have arrived and are surviving
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Jul 19, 2018
She stood looking alert with her fawn standing nearby. What a sight! Chances were that her newborn(s) were nearby. Now it’s beginning to be more commo...
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THOUSANDS OF ACRES OF LAND ARE OPEN & FREE TO THE PUBLIC
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
May 10, 2018
There are 20 State Forest Districts in Pennsylvania. The largest, Susquehannock State Forest, is located within portions of McKean, Potter, and Clinto...
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Wild game dinner set for next week
Local News, News, Online Features
KATE DAY SAGER Era Reporter kdsager@bradfordera.com 
Mar 31, 2018
A variety of delicious dishes made from venison, bear and fish is expected to be served up during the second-annual Wild Game Dinner from 6 to 8 p.m. ...
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Whitetail survival rates better than most imagine
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Mar 08, 2018
Spring is just around the corner. That’s a topic of conversation these days. It’s a good feeling and one of renewal watching nature rebound from the r...
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Lucky charms
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Feb 10, 2018
One thing I’ve come to appreciate are the superstitions almost all hunters have. We’re all either barely out of the cave or have come to recognize tha...
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Round the Square for Feb. 2
Local News, News, Round the Square
Feb 02, 2018
HOME RANGE: We’ve known enough local hunters to know the movement of deer is important to finding a spot to perch and wait for prey. One Penn State Un...
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Traveling the snowy landscape of the winter woods
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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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Round the Square for Jan. 13
Local News, News, Round the Square
Jan 13, 2018
DEER & FROST: Ormsby resident Andy Heffner saw a McKean County resident featured recently in Pennsylvania Outdoors News. According to Andy, Heather Gr...
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Deer season ends — the count begins
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Jan 11, 2018
For some, hunting for whitetails began in archery season in September, and for others the season will close out in mid-January at the end of the speci...
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Don’t want to miss those winter sights
Opinion, Сolumns
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Jan 11, 2018
I’m just like anybody else — a break from frigid arctic air like we’re getting for a couple days here, is welcome. But a high around 50 and rain in mi...
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Sitting on a log in the woods
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WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Dec 16, 2017
The brightening Eastern sky was a crystal clear, frozen grey, the air keen as a knife and just as sharp, cutting shrewdly, darting through any open zi...
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When the bucks lie low
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WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Dec 09, 2017
We can’t all shoot bucks the first day or the first week. That’s just the way things are. But rest assured, there are lots of bucks out there and many...
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PA hunters pursuing smarter whitetails
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Dec 06, 2017
Think about it. At a time when we want to spend as much time afield hunting as possible, the hours of daylight become shorter with each passing day. R...
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Deer Camp
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Dec 01, 2017
The truck hummed over our areas, smooth, rough, bumpy and then smooth again road system. The space behind the front seats was crammed with enough hunt...
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Whitetail survival tactics during rifle deer season
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CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Nov 30, 2017
For the most part it begins a day or two prior to buck season. Hunters are making their way to areas they intend to hunt over the course of the first ...
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Deer rifle hunting season opens Monday in Pennsylvania
Local News, News, Online Features
RUTH BOGDAN Era Reporter r.bogdan@bradfordera.com 
Nov 25, 2017
Starting Monday, Pennsylvania hunters will take to the woods in the hopes of bagging a deer. Rifle deer season will last through Dec. 9 in Pennsylvani...
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Beautiful buck season
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Nov 24, 2017
It was in the 1980s and I had a new job. Man, that first year means no vacation, the worst hours, all the stuff newbies have to endure. But, deer seas...
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Deer season checklist
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Nov 18, 2017
Time has stomped down hard on the gas pedal, speeding ahead and deer season is surprisingly just days away. Good grief, where did the year go? Still, ...
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