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Spring turkey season starts today

Some go to the woods to wrap themselves in tranquility, surrounded by relative quiet if not outright silence. Spring turkey hunters aren’t necessarily among them. Matching wits with a gobbler is often most exciting when things are downright rowdy. That’s why there’s much excitement attached to this coming season, which begins on Saturday, April 22 with a half-day hunt for junior and youth mentored hunters, then runs from Saturday, April 29 to Tuesday, May 30 for everyone. It has the potential to be noisier than usual, given the abundance of 2-year-old birds — the most vocal ...

Bald Eagle Rifle League Week 18

Mill Hall 9-9 VS Tylersville 0-18 Mill Hall 9-9 Karen Woods 100-8 Lynn Woods 98-3 Jim Baney 98-3 Jeff Koch 96-5 Wyatt Corman 96-2 Barry Johnson 91-2 Keith Bittner 91-1 Tom Hamberger 86-2 Team 756-28 Tylersville 0-18 Lane Vonada 97-4 Reece Lucas 97-4 Kyler Phillips 96-2 Joe Williams 94-3 Jeff Walizer 93-3 Tyler Lucas 93-2 Geary Walizer 92-2 Eric Brown 92-1 Team 754-21 Avis 8-10 VS Strouse Electric 9-9 Avis 8-10 Beau Meixel 100-8 Chad Marshall 99-7 Blake Meixel 99-4 Nathan Clinger 96-3 Ron Marshall 95-2 James ...

Bird Lore: O for a falconers voice

Those words in the headline were written by William Shakespeare in the late 1590’s in his play, Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare’s father was a glove-maker and likely made gauntlets for many a hawking practitioner. Going back several millennia, we find the Egyptian god Horus, who had the ...

Bald Eagle Rifle League Week 15

Avis VS Tylersville Avis 5-9 Blake Meixel 100-7 Chad Marshall 99-6 Zach Meixel 97-3 Beau Meixel 97-3 Nathan Clinger 96-3 James Fausey 94-1 Alan Foust 94-0 Ron Marshall 93-5 Team 770-28 Juniors Blake Meixel 100-7 Beau Meixel 97-3 James Fausey 94-1 Tylersville 0-14 Jeff Walizer 95-3 Kyler Phillips 95-1 Joe Williams 94-3 Scott Weidler 93-3 Tyler Lucas 90-1 Mike Bonchack 89-0 Eric Brown 86-2 Terry Kuzma 86-0 Team 728-13 Strouse Electric VS Markovich Construction Strouse Electric 7-7 Andy ...

Bald Eagle Rifle League Week 16

Avis 6-10 VS Markovich Construction 16-0 Avis 6-10 Blake Meixel 99-8 Chad Marshall 99-5 James Fausey 95-1 Alan Foust 93-5 Kevin Kline 93-2 Matt Neiswonger 93-1 Nikol Meixel 91-2 Bob Marshall 87-0 Team 750-24 Juniors James Fausey 95-1 Blake Meixel 99-8 Markovich Construction 16-0 Chase Weise 100-9 Chad Carson 99-4 Scott Sorgen 98-2 Zark Markovich 97-4 Tom Welsh 97-3 Bill Bridgens Sr 96-4 Navara Reynolds 96-4 Curt Willar 96-3 Team 779-33 Juniors Jace Bechtol 88-0 Tylersville 0-16 VS Liberty Township ...

Bald Eagle Rifle League Week 17

Markovich Construction 17-0 VS Mill Hall 8-9 Markovich Construction 17-0 Scott Sorgen 100-5 Connor Bauman 100-4 Chase Weise 99-9 Navara Reynolds 99-5 Bill Bridgens Sr 98-4 Tom Reynolds 97-5 Kodi Cameron 97-3 Zark Markovich 96-3 Team 786-38 Juniors Jace Bechtol 87-1 Mill Hall 8-9 Karen Woods 100-7 Lynn Woods 99-4 Barry Johnson 98-2 Jim Baney 97-1 Jeff Koch 95-3 Wyatt Corman 92-2 Andy Kotzur 92-1 Keith Bittner 90-2 Team 763-22 Liberty Township 11-6 VS Avis 6-11 Liberty Township 11-6 Andy Lupton 100-8 Bob Krasinski 97-5 Mary Kay ...