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    Keeping focus on the fun
    Articles, Outdoors
    Keeping focus on the fun
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    May 21, 2025
    Pop Hayes and I sat quietly in camp after a big breakfast of bacon, eggs and home fries, just the two of us. That’s a breakfast I loved then and still...
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    Springtime alert: Leave young wildlife alone
    Outdoors, Outdoors, Sports
    Springtime alert: Leave young wildlife alone
    May 15, 2025
    Whether in their backyards or high on a mountain, it’s almost certain Pennsylvanians will encounter young wildlife this time of year. While some young...
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    Spring gobblers: Crazily unpredictable
    Outdoors, Outdoors, Sports
    Spring gobblers: Crazily unpredictable
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    May 14, 2025
    You must have to have a screw or two loose to hunt spring gobblers. You never know what can and will go wrong or when, to your complete disbelief, eve...
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    ‘LongBeard’ turkey competition on tap at Wilds Sonshine Factory
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    ‘LongBeard’ turkey competition on tap at Wilds Sonshine Factory
    May 01, 2025
    KANE — On Saturday, Kane’s Wilds Sonshine Factory will host the inaugural “PA Longbeard Classic” — similar to a big buck contest, but for turkeys. The...
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    It’s almost gobbler time!
    Outdoors, Outdoors, Sports
    It’s almost gobbler time!
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    May 01, 2025
    Can you believe spring gobbler is upon us once again? It seems to take forever for trout season to finally roll around and break winter’s deadlock, th...
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    The stocking truck
    Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
    The stocking truck
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    Apr 17, 2025
    I glanced at my watch for the hundredth time and looking up saw several others checking theirs. Five minutes left till 8 a.m., the first day of trout ...
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    JOHNSONBURG: Bird dog training clinic set May 17
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    JOHNSONBURG: Bird dog training clinic set May 17
    Apr 17, 2025
    JOHNSONBURG — Bethany Ford of the Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) Upland Bird Hunt Chapter announced that a couple of slots are still open for the individ...
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    Ruffed Grouse Society to conduct woodcock singing ground surveys
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    Ruffed Grouse Society to conduct woodcock singing ground surveys
    Apr 10, 2025
    SMETHPORT — The Ruffed Grouse Society (RGS) singing ground surveys for woodcock are slated for April 15. Members of the RGS Allegheny and Upland Bird ...
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    Experiencing that first-day magic
    Outdoors
    Experiencing that first-day magic
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    Apr 03, 2025
    I’ve often wondered if the doctor scrapped a fish scale or two off me when I was born? Could it be a sign that my birth date, February 22nd, has the a...
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    Club memo
    Lifestyles
    Club memo
    Apr 01, 2025
    ALLEGHENY OUTDOOR CLUB will offer two hikes this weekend. On Saturday, the club will hike in the Erie National Wildlife Refuge on two different trails...
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    Stay patient when landing trophy fish
    Outdoors, Outdoors, Sports
    Stay patient when landing trophy fish
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    Mar 27, 2025
    The sun was pushing its way over the far eastern fringe of trees, the sky a bright, brilliant, yellow gold. I stood quietly, listening to the stream b...
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    Keys to hunting shed antlers
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    Keys to hunting shed antlers
    STEVE SHERK Jr. Special to The Era 
    Mar 01, 2025
    February and March are when the majority of whitetail bucks shed their antlers. Although bucks are known to shed antlers as early as December, and wil...
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    ELDRED: Free hunter-trapper course March 8
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    ELDRED: Free hunter-trapper course March 8
    Feb 26, 2025
    ELDRED — A hunter-trapper education course will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 8 at the Eldred Conservation Club on Whitetail Road. There is no cost, ...
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    Remembering Dad’s ill-fated sled ski
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    Remembering Dad’s ill-fated sled ski
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    Feb 20, 2025
    My father was very frugal. Many thought him cheap. Dad surely hated to spend a penny if he could somehow fandangle something together rather than buy ...
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    Willow Creek club improving habitat
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    Willow Creek club improving habitat
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 19, 2025
    Willow Creek Sportsman’s Club can be relied upon to improve fish habitats in the region, but right now the group is focusing on its own. At more than ...
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    LIMESTONE: Sportsman’s Club aiming for growth, engagement
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    LIMESTONE: Sportsman’s Club aiming for growth, engagement
    Sara Furlong s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 14, 2025
    LIMESTONE, N.Y. — To better serve its growing membership base, Limestone Sportsman’s Club has completed a number of improvements — with more on the wa...
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    Hearing again the call of Africa
    Local News, News, Outdoors
    Hearing again the call of Africa
    WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
    Feb 13, 2025
    If I stop and listen in a quiet place, far from the rush of our modern world and its incessant noise and bustle, a faint pull is felt. It’s almost ima...
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    Latest class of Pa. game wardens graduates
    Local News, News, Outdoors
    Latest class of Pa. game wardens graduates
    Feb 06, 2025
    HARRISBURG — Their training complete, Pennsylvania’s newest state game wardens are working in their newly assigned districts. The 36th class of the Pe...
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    Handloading the .243 Winchester
    Outdoors, Outdoors, Sports
    Handloading the .243 Winchester
    WADE ROBERTSON 
    Jan 30, 2025
    The older I get, the more I appreciate a rifle that gets the job done in the deer woods and doesn’t break my shoulder or rattle these gray hairs aroun...
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    ‘Round the Square: A tornado swept through Bradford
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: A tornado swept through Bradford
    July 30, 2025
    TWISTER: The July 2, 1953, Era headline was eye-catching — "Twister Causes Damage in 6th Ward." The subheadline grabbed attention — "Intense Winds Sna...
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    Installing extra handrails for stairs
    Lifestyles
    Installing extra handrails for stairs
    July 30, 2025
    Dear Heloise: We live in a trilevel house and have seven steps going up and seven steps going down. My husband installed a second handrail opposite th...
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    Husband’s about-face may have come too late
    Lifestyles
    Husband’s about-face may have come too late
    July 30, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: For nearly 30 years, my husband and I shared a close, trusting marriage. Months ago, I caught him lying about meetings he was having with a...
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    Until next year
    Local News
    Until next year
    July 29, 2025
    Classic cars line Main Street during this year's final Summer Night in the Square. Each summer, Bradford Creative and Performing Arts Center (BCPAC) p...
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    Two teams, one Classic, all heart
    Football, Local Sports
    Two teams, one Classic, all heart
    By SARA EDDY FURLONG s.furlong@bradfordera.com 
    July 29, 2025
    If there’s one thing to be said about football players, they face their on-field challenges without hesitation or retreat. Funds raised by the annual ...
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    Ladies Golf Tournament to Benefit CASA of McKean County set for Aug 9
    Local Sports
    Ladies Golf Tournament to Benefit CASA of McKean County set for Aug 9
    Jo Wankel 
    July 29, 2025
    Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of McKean County is pleased to partner with the Pennhills Club for the Fourth Annual ‘Golf Fore Kids’ Ladies ...
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