rifle

The best caliber
Outdoors, Outdoors, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Feb 26, 2025
I've been considering the factors that kept one hunting rifle sitting in the gun safe while another accompanied you afield. It's your favorite rifle, ...
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ROBERTSON: His words remained
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WADE ROBERTSON 
Sep 19, 2024
We’d risen in the dark, had a quick breakfast and hurried down the stairs to the street. No one had a garage in our neighborhood, the steep hillside t...
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Robertson: First buck
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jan 12, 2023
Some memories never fade but remain clear and vibrant over the years. Many of these involve rites of passage. For girls this is first physical, then s...
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Robertson: Time to sight in
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Sep 08, 2022
The cell phone rang and, after a brief struggle to remove it from my cargo pocket, a quick glance showed it to be good friend Jim Zirkle. “Hey, Jimmie...
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Robertson: Practical rifle calibers
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jan 13, 2022
It is a well-established fact that sex sells. Have your attention? Sorry, but what’s a writer to do in January to attract attention on the sports page...
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Robertson: Cleaning your rifle
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Jan 06, 2022
Well, another deer season has come and gone. Now’s the time to clean your rifle properly. Your rifle bore is critical for accuracy and needs special a...
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Robertson: Persistence, skill unique to the hunter
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Dec 30, 2021
It’s amazing the skills hunters acquire and take for granted. It’s challenging for non-hunters to even remotely recognize the difficulties involved in...
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Robertson: A less-than-perfect hunt
Columns, Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON 
Oct 14, 2021
In many cases, hunting and fishing are more about perseverance than filling the freezer. Many days have limited action and little success; things don’...
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Sager: Some things I thought I needed
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ROGER SAGER Era Outdoors Columnist 
May 20, 2021
I’ve always thought that fishing has to be the biggest “gadget sport” I ever knew of. The proof of this is easily seen in the size of tackle boxes fil...
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Confidence, skills and memories
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ROGER SAGER Era Outdoors Columnist 
Mar 25, 2021
A friend and I were discussing some current trends in popular firearms and it was easy to see that he was a bit baffled by the amount of cash his sons...
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Local hunters gearing up for flintlock season
Bradford, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Dec 23, 2020
Though deer rifle season has come and gone in Pennsylvania, some die-hard hunters still have another chance at hitting the woods in hopes of harvestin...
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Sunday hunting to make warm debut in PA
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
JOEL WHETZEL jwhetzel@bradfordera.com 
Nov 25, 2020
Even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 figures to present some unique opportunities to local deer hunters. The annual buck rifle season gets underway...
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