Hunting And Fishing  

 

TUESDAY

Trail-care hike, led by Lancaster Hiking Club. At 6 p.m., Doug Kutz (367-1808) or Doug Rupp (898-2328) will lead a trail-care session. Bring your tools or call Kutz to request club tools you want to use. Carpool from Buchahan Park at the end of North West End Ave, or phone about...

 

There's fishing. And then there's hunting for fish.
Successful attempts at both result in a fight with a fish on rod and reel.
But while one is a somewhat blind effort, the other is a spot-and-stalk affair.
"A lot of guys think the only way to fish is to cast a lure and hope a fish hits it...

 

It is true there are few experiences in the wild like flushing a colorful, cackling cockbird from heavy cover in front of your feet.
The vegetation explodes.
Wings beat a mile a minute.
The pheasant cackles — a sound unlike any other you'll hear.
If your wits are intact, you shoulder...

'Tis the season for kids' trout-fishing derbies.
And starting next weekend, kids will have events to look forward to for the next month.
Jeff Schmidt, waterways conservation officer for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission in Lancaster County, said local sportsmen's clubs have set aside trout t...

Lancaster County Sportsmen for Youth is on its annual quest to round up kids for its Youth Field Day.
The organization will hold its 17th field day June 2 at Southern Lancaster County Farmer-Sportsmen's Association on Hollow Road in Providence Township.
The event is free to kids age 10-15.
Event org...

Joe Keffer, owner of The Sportsman's Shop in New Holland, was recently named the 2011 Retailer of the Year by SHOT Business at this year's SHOT Show in Las Vegas.
SHOT Business is a publication dedicated to the industries covered by its name — Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade.
The SHOT Show...

 

Ask a few questions, and you have to live with the answers you get.
For years, proponents of the Pennsylvania Game Commission's deer-management program have speculated that it's just a "vocal minority" of disgruntled hunters who are unhappy with the state's deer population.
That there is a...

 

The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners last week voted to issue 888,000 antlerless deer permits for the 2012-13 hunting season.
That's down from last year's allocation of 913,000.
Allocations for the individual wildlife management units are listed in the table accompanying this artic...

 

Local deer hunters who head south of the border to chase whitetails in Maryland are in for a few changes next season.
Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently announced a slate of new regulations it expects to implement for the 2012-13 hunting season.
And several of the biggest ch...

It sure seemed like a record that would stand for a long time.
But the Boone & Crockett Club last week confirmed that there's a new Pennsylvania state-record nontypical elk.
That means Churchtown resident John Shirk's monster, 441-inch elk, shot in Clinton County in 2006, has been bumped to the ...