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Deer, Deer Hunting

Some Questions About Antler Genetics  (1/23/10)

What Did He Score? (1/9/10)

Start Hunting Next Season's Deer Now (12/26/09)

The Word Is "Harvest" (12/12/09)

A Deer Camp Debate (11/28/09)

The Fifth Participant (10/31/09)

What Stinks? (10/17/09)

Antlers Reunited (8/08/09)

The Everyday Hunter’s deer hunting geek test (3/21/09)  

Why hunters didn't see deer (2/26/05)

Is it time to return to the art of still-hunting? (3/24/05)

My top ten tips for still-hunting (4/16/05)

It's hunting season for deer antlers (4/2/05)

You can beat a deer's senses (11/26/05)

Good and bad about deer season (12/09/05)

Brad Herndon, Mapping Trophy Bucks  (7/9/05)

Solving the Deer Problem Through Mythology? (4/1/06)

Dan Schmidt, Whitetail Wisdom (6/10/06)

Quality Deer Management -- it's about habitat (7/22/06)

Counting down the days (9/2/06)

Pennsylvania's crime fighting deer (9/16/06)

Where will you hunt this year? (10/14/06)

Ten easy tips for mastering the wind (10/28/06)

Thoughts from my treestand (11/11/06)

Avoid careless mistakes on stand (11/25/06)

Gifts for hunters young and old (Alsheimer) (12/9/06)

Are antler restrictions working? (12/23/06)

Choosing a deer cartridge (1/20/07)

Baiting deer -- is it ever ethical? (2/3/07)

Joe Brooks, Year 'Round Trophy Whitetails (6/23/07)

Bob Frye, Deer Wars (7/7/07)

It's time to go deer spotting (8/18/07)

The deer's nose knows (9/15/07)

Give muzzleloading a try (10/13/07)

At Last -- Opening Day (11/24/07)

Bill Vaznis, Still-Hunting Trophy Whitetails (8/23/08)

Big bucks, bulls and bears (9/20/08)

Time for some hunting tips (10/18/08)

Gear that adds to your stamina (1/11/09)

Bears, Bear Hunting

Bears — Don’t Make Them Dangerous (6/13/09)

Close Encounters of the Bruin Kind (5/28/05)

Trophy of an "unsuccessful" hunt (9/4/05)

Bear "expert" harms bears (3/4/06)

Bigfoot? Or Richard Nixon? (11/10/2007)

What about that white bear cub? (12/8/07)

Big bucks, bulls and bears (9/20/08)

Fishing

A landlubber discovers Lake Erie (5/30/09)

General

An Official State Firearm? (2/6/10)

The Word Is "Harvest" (12/12/09)

A Deer Camp Debate (11/28/09)

Never Enough Knives (11/14/09)

The Fifth Participant (10/31/09)

If Hunting Were Banned: Some Ethical Questions (10/3/09)

If Hunting Were Banned: the Environmental Impact (9/19/09)

If Hunting Were Banned: the Economic Impact (9/5/09)

What People Need to Know About Hunting (8/22/09)

Antlers Reunited (8/08/09)

Where Do All the Rabbits Go? (7/25/09)

Lots To Do In This Oily Playground (7/11/09)

Headline: Everyday Hunter Tortures Fly! (6/27/09)

Mistakes I've made (3/7/09)

Trophy of an "unsuccessful" hunt (9/4/05)

The Wrong Hands For Guns (9/17/05)

Hunt well, do good, share the harvest (10/29/05)

What Heraclitus overlooked (10/29/05)

An elk excursion: easy and worth the trip (10/1/05)

Homage to a Real Hunter (11/12/05)

Good-Bye To a Family Friend (12/24/05)

If hunters kill for fun... (1/21/06)

It's showtime for outdoorsmen (2/4/06)

Keeping kitty in is for the birds (4/29/06)

Dave Samuels, Know Hunting (7/8/06)

Pennsylvania's crime fighting deer (9/16/06)

Eat everything you kill? Not me! (9/30/06)

Advice for the new hunter (1/7/07)

Why do we hunt? (2/17/07)

Hunting for TV hunting shows (3/31/07)

Mountain lion mania and the Internet (4/28/07)

This owl is not a hooter (5/26/07)

How big is hunting? (9/29/07)

Bigfoot? Or Richard Nixon? (11/10/07)

Outdoor shows -- sure cure for cabin fever (1/19/08)

The new license system is finally here (2/2/08)

A hunter's random thoughts (3/1/08)

He has rambled on ahead (4/5/08)

A great one is gone: Dave Titus, 1910-2008 (5/31/08)

Big bucks, bulls and bears (9/20/08)

Meat inspectors and Mrs. Persnickety (11/1/08)

Why 20% of the hunters take 80% of the game (11/15/08)

Dem bones, dem earrings (11/29/08)

I should have said... (2/21/09)

Gun Safety 

The Wrong Hands For Guns (9/17/05)

The saddest hunting story of  the year (5/17/08)

Guns and Shooting

An Official State Firearm? (2/6/10)

The wrong hands for guns (9/17/05)

Choosing a deer cartridge (1/20/07)

Is it time to upgrade your riflescope? (7/12/08)

A riflescope worth considering (10/4/08)

Give muzzleloading a try (10/13/07)

Award Winners & Readers' favorites: 

At Last -- Opening Day (AWARD WINNER: Best Newspaper Column, 2008)

Good-Bye To a Family Friend (AWARD WINNER: Best Newspaper Column, 2006)

Where are the "Booners"? (AWARD WINNER: Whitetail Management Award, 2009)

The Wrong Hands For Guns (A new "take" on gun safety)

The Pennsylvania Coyote Conspiracy (Where coyotes really came from)

Pennsylvania's Crime Fighting Deer (Deer help catch one America's "10 Most Wanted")

Solving the Deer Problem Through Mythology? (An April Fool's Joke)

The Magazines in Doctors' Offices (What happened at the gynecologist's office)

He Has Rambled On Ahead (Losing a hunting partner)

Religious Issues in Sunday Hunting (The Bible and the Sunday hunting controversy)

Turkeys, Turkey Hunting

St. Augustine on turkey hunting (5/16/09)

Turkey hunting terminology (5/2/09)

Controlling your springtime obsession (4/18/09)

The musician, the inventor and the turkey hunter (5/15/05)

The "good old days" of turkey hunting  (5/1/05)

Tom Fegely, A Guide to Hunting Pennsylvania's Turkeys (6/25/05)

What's in your turkey vest? (4/15/06)

Random thoughts while turkey hunting (5/27/06)

All about turkey hunting (5/13/06)

Start turkey hunting now (3/17/07)

Drop the orange rule for spring gobbler season (4/14/07)

The annual bird flu epidemic (5/12/07)

Brian Lovett, Hunting Pressured Turkeys (6/9/07)

Are wild turkeys overpopulated? (8/4/07)

Lonely turkeys and loner gobblers (10/27/07)

Prepare now for stubborn gobblers (3/15/08)

What's your style for spring gobblers? (4/19/08)

Turkey hunting – and so much more (5/3/08)

The saddest hunting story of  the year (5/17/08)

Varmints, Varmint Hunting 

Coyotes Thrive Despite Pressure (2/20/10)

Trapping Eastern Coyotes with "the Animal" (1/24/09)

Want a Twist? Try Woodchuck Archery (7/23/05)

Mountain Lions -- I hope so! (8/20/05)

The Pennsylvania Coyote Conspiracy (10/15/05)

Black helicopters and 18-wheelers, or manifest destiny (2/18/06)

A Woodchuck Spring (3/18/06)

A Woodchuck Summer -- Part 1 (8/5/06)

A Woodchuck Summer -- Part 2 (8/19/06)

Eat everything you kill? Not me! (9/30/06)

Humor

Headline: Everyday Hunter Tortures Fly! (6/27/09)

You might be a Pennsylvania hunter if… (3/5/05)

Solving the deer problem through mythology? (4/1/06)

The Everyday Hunter’s deer hunting geek test (3/21/09)

Bigfoot? Or Richard Nixon? (11/10/07)

Knives

Never Enough Knives (11/14/09)

Reasons to take up knife collecting (7/26/08)

What's so special about a knife? (12/13/08)

Book Reviews

Tom Fegely, A Guide to Hunting Pennsylvania's Turkeys (6/25/05)

Reg Darling, Coyote Soul, Raven Heart (6/11/05)

Brad Herndon, Mapping Trophy Bucks  (7/9/05)

Chuck Adams, Super Slam (6/25/06)

Dan Schmidt, Whitetail Wisdom (6/10/06) 

Dave Samuels, Know Hunting (7/8/06)

Gifts for hunters young and old (Alsheimer) (12/9/06)

Brian Lovett, Hunting Pressured Turkeys (6/9/07)

Joe Brooks, Year 'Round Trophy Whitetails (6/23/07)

Bob Frye, Deer Wars (7/7/07)

Frank Miniter, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting (8/9/08)

Bill Vaznis, Still-Hunting Trophy Whitetails (8/23/08)

Don Feigert, F-Troop Camp (12/27/08)

Bowhunting

The Fifth Participant (10/31/09)

Want a Twist? Try Woodchuck Archery (7/23/05)

A beginner's experience with 3D archery (8/6/05)

Chuck Adams, Super Slam (6/25/06)

Gun Rights, Politics, Laws, Regulations 

An Official State Firearm? (2/6/10)

The Word Is "Harvest" (12/12/09)

If Hunting Were Banned: Some Ethical Questions (10/3/09)

If Hunting Were Banned: the Environmental Impact (9/19/09)

If Hunting Were Banned: the Economic Impact (9/5/09)

How old should a kid be to hunt? (4/4/09)

An editorial camouflaged as news (3/10/09)

Religious Issues in Sunday Hunting (1/7/06)

Baiting deer -- is it ever ethical? (2/3/07)

The fallacy of "the gun show loophole" (2/17/07)

When is a brainstorm more dangerous than a lightning storm? (7/21/07)

Frank Miniter, The Politically Incorrect Guide to Hunting (8/9/08)

About dog fighting – I'm just asking! (9/1/07)

The Second Amendment -- not just for hunters (12/22/07)

Say "Yes" to a hunting license fee increase (2/16/08)

The Second Amendment – a right for everyone (6/28/08)

A brief lesson in taxidermy (9/6/08)

Lawmakers should know better (2/7/09)

Product Reviews

A riflescope worth considering (10/4/08)