Outdoors

Pennsylvania’s newest state park may be in York County, but Lancaster County residents have as much to gain as anyone.

The Outdoors Calendar publishes submitted information on hunting, fishing, hiking and other outdoors events. Email details to sports@lnpnews.com; send to LNP, Attn: Sports, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, PA 17608-1328; or call 717-291-8666.

Forty-six semi-feral horses blasted across the starting line, their hooves hitting Mongolian ground on the same path Genghis Khan blazed in the 13th century on the way to ultimately creating the largest contiguous empire in world history. 

The 2022-23 deer hunting season in Pennsylvania begins in earnest Saturday, Oct. 1.

Local waterfowl hunters headed to Canada this fall can breathe a sigh of relief, thanks to an about-face by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Outdoors Calendar publishes submitted information on hunting, fishing, hiking and other outdoors events. Email details to sports@lnpnews.com; send to LNP, Attn: Sports, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, PA 17608-1328; or call 717-291-8666.

Perhaps you have mowed or paid a service to clip your yard for the umpteenth time and wondered if there is a better way to keep your property green.

The Outdoors Calendar publishes submitted information on hunting, fishing, hiking and other outdoors events. Email details to sports@lnpnews.com; send to LNP, Attn: Sports, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, PA 17608-1328; or call 717-291-8666.

Under the new rules implemented by the Pennsylvania Game Commission last year, hunters statewide can hold up to six antlerless deer licenses at one time. One antlerless license allows the hunter to take one antlerless deer.

FIREARMS SAFETY

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is investigating the deaths of multiple deer in the Southeast Region, including at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area in northern Lancaster County.