Outdoors category, Page 30

It seems like a simple recipe, really. Joe Bucher — longtime host of “Fishing with Joe Bucher” and a 2002 Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame inductee — believes there are just three ingredients to consistently catching big muskies. They are knowledge, skill and effort. “It’s isn’t luck,” said the...

Gear of the week Gear name: Hunt X10D Company: ElimiShield ( Gear type: Scent control spray Product description: Hunters, and especially those who need to get close to game, like archers, know all about the need to control scent. Well, here’s a product that claims to be able to make...

Shoot it? Heck, for a while it wasn’t certain I could load it. The folks at Thompson/Center sent me one of their Venture Predator rifles in .223 Remington to test and review. The gun has been around for a while now, and I’d been a fan from afar, having seen...

• Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is holding an outing at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. Join a naturalist for a free walk on the reserve’s trails. Register online at aswp.org/events/8220 • Franklin Regional High School is hosting a Sustainable Backyard Workshop seminar from 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m....

Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commissioners are trying to meet anglers and state lawmakers halfway. Or, well, at least 30 percent of the way. Commission executive director Tim Schaeffer recently delivered his agency’s annual report to members of the House of Representatives game and fisheries committee. Much of his commentary –...

NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on March 1, Clymer (11-6) beat Butler (14-3), 1,168-1,164, and Murrysville (7-10) defeated Fort Hand (2015), 1,164-1,115, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Clymer (14-3) beat Butler (14-3), 1,157-1,141, and Murrysville (4.5-12.5) beat Fort Hand (1.5-15.5), 1,123-1,080....

• Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is holding an outing at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. Join a naturalist for a free walk on the Reserve’s trails. Register online at aswp.org/events/8220 • Laurel Hill State Park is offering Maple Harvest Tours beginning at 10 a.m., and also...

NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Feb. 22, Butler (14-2) defeated Murrysville (6-10), 1,158-1,157, and Clymer (10-6) defeated Fort Hand (2-14), 1,162-1,150, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Clymer (13-3) beat Fort Hand (1.5-14.5), 1,144-1,080, and Butler (14-2) beat Murrysville (3.5-12.5), 1,148-1,109....

It always has been a matter of when, not if, given the events of the last few years. It’s when. Chronic wasting disease, or CWD, is in Pennsylvania’s elk range. To be clear, no one has detected yet the always fatal ailment that affects deer, elk, moose and other cervids...

There’s a timeless connectivity to exploring the outdoors. Eras, circumstances and situations change, of course. The technology hunters, anglers, birders, hikers, backpackers, campers, paddlers and bikers use in the woods and on the water now is much different than what their forefathers carried centuries — shoot, even just decades —...

Lure of the week Lure name: Elite Company: Steelshad (steelshad.com) Lure type: Blade bait Sizes and colors: Available in a 23/4-inch, 3/8-ounce model in five colors: gold, sexy shad, silver, white shad and yellow shad. Target species: Largemouth, smallmouth bass, walleyes, northern pike, muskies, lake trout and salmon Technique: The...

• Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is holding an outing at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. Join a naturalist for a free walk on the reserve’s trails. Register online at aswp.org/events/8220. • Forbes State Forest is offering a moderate 8-mile hike in the Roaring Run Natural Area...

NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Feb. 15, Butler (13-2) defeated Fort Hand (2-12), 1,163-1,135, and Murrysville (6-9) beat Clymer (8-6), 1,163-1,162, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Clymer (11-3) beat Murrysville (3.5-11.5), 1,147-1,142, and Butler (13-2) beat Fort Hand (1.5-12.5), 1,142-1,080....

GEAR OF THE WEEK Gear name: Zippo rechargeable A hand warmer and a tasty breakfast recipe are a good combination for winter camping. Company: Zippo ( Gear type: Hand warmer Product description: If you know Zippo, you know the company long has made hand warmers that run on lighter fluid...

The secret is there’s really no secret. Oh, lots of predator hunters wish it were so. They want there to be a single key, a mystic answer, a largely unknown, otherworldly, hush-hush tactic that regularly brings more coyotes to the gun. So they ask. Over and over. Like seekers after...

It was the only vacation that ever made my wife cry. She wasn’t alone. This camping trip had been my friend’s idea — though I admittedly signed on eagerly — and before it was all over, his wife cried, too. Not to be left out, their son and both of...

What better way to assure that Love Is in the Air than to have a wedding? The 12th annual event hosted Feb. 16 by Action for Animals Humane Society had a wedding reception theme, and the happy couple were Ruby and Flash, two new residents at the Derry Township shelter....

• Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is holding an outing at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. Join a naturalist for a free walk on the reserve’s trails. Register online at aswp.org/events/8220. • Venture Outdoors is offering a Presidents Day Walk from 10 a.m.-noon Monday at North Park....

NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Feb. 8, Butler (12-2) defeated Clymer (8-5), 1,174-1,162, and Murrysville (5-9) beat Fort Hand (2-11), 1,171-1,154, in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Murrysville (3.5-10.5) defeated Fort Hand (1.5-11.5), and Butler (12-2) beat Clymer (10-3), 1,154-1,093. Butler’s...

• Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is holding an outing at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. Join a naturalist for a free walk on the Reserve’s trails. Register online at aswp.org/events/8220. • Three Rivers Birding Club is holding an outing at Sewickley Heights Borough Park at 9...

NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Feb. 1, Butler (11-2) defeated Murrysville (4-9), 1,161-1,140, and Clymer (8-4) and Fort Hand (2-10) was postponed in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Clymer (10-2) and Fort Hand (1.5-10.5) were postponed, and Butler (11-2) beat Murrysville...

NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Jan. 25, Butler (10-2) defeated Fort Hand (2-10), 1,176-1,141, and Clymer (8-4) defeated Murrysville (4-8), 1,169-1,154 in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Clymer (10-2) topped Murrysville (2.5-9-5), 1,140-1,1105, and Butler (10-2) beat Fort Hand (1.5-10.5), 1,152-1,080....

Luke Soboleski and two friends dragged their equipment-laden sled onto the Misery Bay ice on a recent sunny afternoon, joining about 25 other huts dotting the popular Presque Isle State Park ice-fishing spot. Soboleski, 19, of McKean, and his friends drilled three holes — one for each fisherman — and...

• Audubon Society of Western Pennsylvania is holding an outing at 9 a.m. Wednesday at Beechwood Farms Nature Reserve. Join a naturalist for a free walk on the Reserve’s trails. Register online at aswp.org/events/8220 • Ohiopyle State Park will be having its Winterfest from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. Free snowshoe...

NOTICES Outdoors RIFLE/TRAP LEAGUES • In the Allegheny Valley Rifle League on Jan. 18, Butler (9-2) defeated Clymer (7-4), 1,164-1,161, and Murrysville (4-7) defeated Fort Hand (2-9), 1,171-1,135 in the A-team standings. In the B-team division, Clymer (9-2) topped Butler (9-2), 1,144-1,136, and Murrysville (2.5-8.5) beat Fort Hand (1.5-9.5), 1,127-1,080....