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New bald eagle livestream launched
Local News
Marcie 
Dec 21, 2019
Good news, Eagle Cam lovers: There’s a new nest to watch. The Pennsylvania Game Commission, HDOnTap and Comcast Business have teamed up once again to ...
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RTS for Dec. 20
Bradford, Round the Square
Dec 20, 2019
Reindeer bill of health: Santa Claus has his elves working overtime prepping for Christmas, and the big man himself is busy making sure the reindeer a...
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RTS for Dec. 18
Round the Square
Marcie 
Dec 18, 2019
HELPING : When facing common hardship, the local community is known for pulling together to make sure everyone gets through. There were no doubt many ...
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Burchfield: Tips and techniques for taking a mature deer
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Special to The Era 
Dec 05, 2019
Mature bucks: they are out there and they can be tough to take. However, for those willing to kick their skills up a notch, you just might find your t...
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Conservation success story for Pennsylvania
Opinion, Сolumns
Jim Eckstrom jeckstrom@oleantimesherald.com 
Nov 29, 2019
A few weeks ago I was walking in to one of my favorite stretches of the Kinzua Creek in McKean County for a last hurrah in trout fishing. Big browns c...
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Robertson: Missouri trophy
Bradford, Columns, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON 
Nov 23, 2019
The rut begins in October when the air turns crisp and leaves begin to fall. Occasionally, during a full moon on a windless night this time of year yo...
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Burchfield: Use a tape measure to estimate weight
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
Nov 21, 2019
The game pole is where hunters gather this time of year, especially after a black bear or a white-tailed deer has been retrieved from the field. As th...
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Sager: Noises in the woods
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
ROGER SAGER Era Outdoors Columnist 
Nov 20, 2019
Early on, I discovered that the primary way to see game in the woods is to detect movement. The twitch of a squirrel’s tail or the flick of a deer’s e...
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Burchfield: Care for your deer in the field
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
Nov 14, 2019
Many give little thought to changing their ways once a deer is harvested and it is on the ground. The process is fairly simple. It’s a procedure hande...
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Robertson: Perseverance pays off for big buck
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Era Outdoors Columnist 
Nov 12, 2019
Gary Clark lives in Emporium. Whenever I look at those narrow valleys and very steep, tall, hillsides I always shudder. I’d hate to climb those sharpl...
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RTS for Nov. 7
Round the Square
Marcie 
Nov 07, 2019
OH DEER : With the recent time change and deer on the move, AAA East Central cautions drivers to be especially vigilant on the roads in animal-prone a...
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RTS for Nov 6
Bradford, Local News, News, ...
Nov 06, 2019
Hummingbirds: Winter is edging ever closer, and as the key signs of fall roll through, one question residents may have is, where have the hummingbirds...
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Robertson: Spooky squirrels
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
WADE ROBERTSON Special to the Era 
Nov 02, 2019
It wasn’t yet daylight when I turned onto the side road where I’d hunted squirrels in the past. Locating squirrels is always an unpredictable proposit...
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Burchfield: Turkey sign that provides direction
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
Oct 31, 2019
This hunting season I will be going from one place to another in hopes of locating turkeys in between. That’s how my fall turkey hunting will begin on...
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Burchfield: October is a month of opportunity
Columns, Local Sports, Outdoors, ...
CHARLIE BURCHFIELD Era Outdoors Columnist 
Oct 24, 2019
Changes to Pennsylvania’s big game hunting season relating to October offers a wide range of opportunities. The regular archery season opened for deer...
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RGS hosting new mentored youth program
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
Oct 24, 2019
KANE — The Allegheny Chapter (Kane) of the Ruffed Grouse Society will finish off its training for new hunters who want to learn how to hunt upland bir...
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