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  • Changes to the Coming Trout Season0

    During its quarterly business meeting on January 25, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission announced several important changes to the upcoming 2021 trout season. These changes involve opening day dates as well as changes to trout stocking operations. By the way, if you already purchased your 2021 license and got the Pennsylvania Fishing Summary/Boating Handbook,

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  • The Roving Sportsman… Help With Your Management Plan0

    Creating a management plan for your property is the first step in optimizing the habitat on your land. Having put down on paper a list of your property’s inventory, a list of the end goals for the work you will do and some of your ideas as to how you can accomplish your objectives, it

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  • COVID Hoops

    COVID Hoops0

    Coaching high school basketball has its challenges. Dealing with the 15-18-year-olds of today surely has its moments. Then you throw in a global pandemic. Where do I begin? Everything has changed. The entire landscape. I am not going to lie — it has been a struggle. These are uncharted waters. Every team is in the

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  • Mr. Roberts0

    Some of you may be aware of the 1955 movie “Mr. Roberts” featuring leading actors Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, and Jack Lemon. The movie’s WWII plot centered around Mr. Roberts’s (Henry Fonda) desire to leave the cargo ship he was serving on to join the “action” going on elsewhere. The ship’s captain (James

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  • Ice Fishing Rods0

    Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been delving a bit deeper into the world of the “hard-water” fisherman. Once you get through the ice barrier, the next task, of course, is to find a method to bring the fish from the depths of their watery world into our domain. Last week we looked at

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  • The Roving Sportsman… Establishing a Management Plan0

    Most people would agree that if you are serious about accomplishing a goal, you need a plan. This becomes even more critical when you are looking at a complex set of goals and time and money may be limited. Such just might be the case if you are a landowner, member of a hunting club

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  • Competition Has Rules0

    Over the years, the cover date of this publication has coincided with significant or holiday dates on the calendar. Frequently, when this has occurred, I have written this column to be in keeping with whatever that special date may have been. As one looks at the cover of this January 20, 2021 publication, when the

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  • Jacoby in Winter0

    North Central Pennsylvania is home to many treasures. Yes. We live in an area with such amazing beauty. My son and I take full advantage as we do our best to “commune with nature” as often as we can. I simply love to fish, but Jensen is more of an explorer these days. Hiking is

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  • Catching Fish on a Frozen Lake0

    With decent ice forming on a number of area lakes, the hard water gang is out in full force. Last week we took a look at how we hard water anglers penetrated the ice barrier just to access the fish, but now I want to zero in on how to hook and land a fish

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  • The Roving Sportsman… Winter Feeding of Wildlife0

    In December, when Mother Nature decided to dump several feet of snow, then, shortly thereafter, several inches of rain throughout the region, she did no great favor for any of our wildlife. The rain compressed the snow below, then, with overnight freezing temperatures, managed to seal off things below with a layer of ice. In

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  • A Memorable Game and A Lifelong Friendship

    A Memorable Game and A Lifelong Friendship0

    A recent trip to Harrisburg gave me the opportunity to pay a long-overdue visit to a long-time friend, a one-time “on-the-court” adversary, then a teammate, and forever my brother Larry Moore. His lovely wife Lana had made Larry a scrapbook of his glory days as a player for the Williamsport High School Millionaires back in

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  • Wintertime Wildlife Activity0

    Every year, throughout the fall months, Mother Nature takes care of all of her creatures as they prepare to weather through the upcoming winter months. It is pretty amazing the way some of these birds, animals and insects prepare for and adjust their daily routines in order to make it through the freezing temperatures that

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