http://www.dailyitem.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:18:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_180183037.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_180183037.html While a few chosen hunters are accustomed to pursuing elk in the fall, there is considerable hunting going on right now in Pennsylvania's Wilds. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:17:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_180183048.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_180183048.html As I write this I'm planning and packing for my umteenth Canadian fishing trip. Fishing here at home is great, and if you'd take a full week and do nothing but fish every day, all day, like you do when you go to Canada, you'd probably catch about as many fish, but you likely wouldn't do it. Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:16:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_180183051.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_180183051.html The river came up a couple inches this week, but is still wadable. There is some color to the water on both branches, but it is very fishable. Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:08:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_174091033.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_174091033.html Nature enthusiasts and entomologists alike have been waiting since May to see one of the world’s most mystifying bugs. They can now be found on backyard shrubbery as well as in woodlands all across central and eastern Pennsylvania. In fact, 24 counties, including Montour, Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties, are privy to their rare appearance. Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:06:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_174090817.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_174090817.html The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently unveiled what it is calling its”Ring-Necked Pheasant Management Plan.” I salute them for it! Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:05:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_174090627.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_174090627.html Now that bass are back in season, the bass fishing is very good. The bass catching, on the other hand, is tough. It pretty much goes this way every year. Sun, 22 Jun 2008 09:04:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_174090505.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_174090505.html What started out as an innocent trip to the park Friday afternoon became a learning experience. For lunch, the ducks and geese of Middleburg were eating leftover bread from my pantry. For supper, I was eating humble pie. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:21:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_160073144.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_160073144.html The trout fishing tradition runs strong among families and friends in central Pennsylvania. The cool waters of the Penns Creek and cabins along its banks harbor many memories, of trophies hooked and lost, good times, and of friends passed on. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:11:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_160071805.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_160071805.html Pennsylvania Game Commission officials have confirmed a pair of state-endangered peregrine falcons has successfully nested near this confluence community on the Susquehanna River. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:10:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_160071124.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_160071124.html The river is slowly getting lower, rocks are starting to show that we haven’t seen for a while. Hopefully we will continue to get some rain to keep the river and the trout streams flowing well. Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:03:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_160030659.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_160030659.html The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently released its year-end license sales figures for the license year 2007-2008. I don’t know what to make of them, if anything. Sat, 31 May 2008 20:23:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_152180052.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_152180052.html Brian Anderson, of Riverside, has been in awe at the sight of vultures high atop towering pine trees not far from St. Peter's United Methodist Church near Riverside. Sat, 31 May 2008 20:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_152180059.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_152180059.html The Susquehanna River is settling down, but still above the average level. As the river drops, the walleye bite usually falls off. Walleyes are a bit sensitive to falling water levels and they usually head to deeper areas. Sat, 31 May 2008 20:21:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_152180103.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_152180103.html If only we could control the weather! We headed to the Niagara region of New York last week with visions of salmon, steelhead, bass and trout dancing in our heads. Mother nature had other plans. Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:22:00 +0000 http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_117213050.html http://www.dailyitem.com/0224_outdoor/local_story_117213050.html The future of hunting is in the hands of our youth. Therefore it makes me proud to pass along this story about 10-year-old Cole Robatin, of Sunbury, and his experience during this year's youth spring gobbler hunt. The story is told by his father, David, a high school classmate of my daughter and son-in-law.