Join The Wired Outdoors Team on the banks of the Allegheny River in Parker, Pennsylvania as we take the Polar Bear Plunge for our “Hunt of A Lifetime” kids!

HARRISBURG, PA—The Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show (Feb. 6-14) invites all outdoorsmen to come to the State Farm Show Complex, Harrisburg, PA to see one of the best line-ups of hunting and fishing experts ever assembled in one place. These outdoor celebrities will be offering expert advice on how to improve your hunting and fishing skills, and will be available for autographs and pictures.

HARRISBURG, PA– Chuck Adams, the world’s best-known and most widely published bowhunter, is returning to the 2010 Eastern Sports & Outdoor Show (Feb. 6-14) to give one-on-one bowhunting clinics, to the lucky contest winners of an online drawing, during his seminars February 6-12. Adams is part of an All Star line-up of outdoor celebrities that includes Michael Waddell, Lee & Tiffany Lakosky, Mark Menendez, Bob Clouser, Larry Weishuhn, Aaron Martin and many more.

Until coming across the Lansky Sharpening System, I was never able to put a sharp durable edge on my knives. I’ve tried whetstones and though I could put a serviceable edge on my knife, it was never truly sharp.

Truly thankful on this Thanksgiving!

HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Game Commission officials today announced that hunters started the 2009 black bear season by taking a preliminary harvest of 1,897 black bears in 50 counties on the first day of the three-day statewide bear season.

A hunter who harvests a bear must complete all information on his or her bear harvest tag and attach it to the ear of the animal immediately after harvest and before the carcass is moved. In addition, within 24 hours, hunters who kill a bear must take it, along with their general hunting and bear licenses, to a Game Commission check station for examination. Bear check stations are maintained at the agency’s six regional offices and at other locations listed on page 36 in the 2009-10 Hunting and Trapping Digest.

Pennsylvania Game Commission officials point out that one of the biggest mistakes bear hunters make is failing to locate areas with good fall food supplies – acorns, beechnuts, apples, corn – before the hunting season and overlooking areas of dense cover where bears like to hide.

Hunters who harvest a bear during the three-day statewide (Nov. 23-25) or extended (Nov. 30-Dec. 5 or Dec. 2-5, depending on the WMU) bear seasons must take it to one of the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s check stations within 24 hours. Check stations will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on all three days. After 8 p.m. on Nov. 25, hunters with bears to be checked should contact any of the Game Commission’s region offices for assistance. Office telephone numbers are listed on page 3 of the 2009-10 Hunting and Trapping Digest, issued with hunting licenses.

Interested in learning more about what’s going on with black bears in your county? Please consider visiting the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s “Field Officer Game Forecasts” found on the agency’s website (www.pgc.state.pa.us). Developed to share field officer perspectives and observations on game and furbearer trends in their respective districts and to help hunters and trappers get closer to the action afield, the field reports have been warmly received by many hunters and trappers since they were added to the website.