Author: John Zaktansky

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Taxidermists’ attention to detail, new components revolutionizing industry

November 19, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments Brush Valley Taxidermy, Harris Taxidermy, Joe Harris, Randy Osman, taxidermy, vince spellane

His written taxidermist test and five judged mounts complete, Randy Osman received a box containing the final portion of his

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Lessons learned while trying to help a turtle across the road

November 19, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments across road, rescue, snapping turtle

Slowly and methodically, a hub cap-sized snapping turtle inched its way across New Columbia Road, and I felt compelled to

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Pennsylvania trapping trends positive despite low fur prices, stigma

November 19, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments barry warner, jolene connelly, matt lovallo, pennsylvania game commission, trapping, trapping association

Some of Jolene Connelly’s best childhood memories involved time spent with her grandmother, who worked at a garment factory that

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State of Chronic Wasting in Pennsylvania: Separating fact and fiction

November 19, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments centers for disease control, chronic wasting disease, courtney colley, creutzfeldt-jakob, debbie yobs, deer, nick pinizzotto, ryan maddox, stefanie czub

In confronting the newest — and perhaps scariest — threat to the state’s deer herd and hunting in general, the

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outdoors 

Lessons learned while tubing the Penns Creek

August 16, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments penns creek, port ann, tubing, wesleyan, youth group

Who knew breaking a toe could be both fun and fairly affordable? Last weekend, a friend and I took a

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christian walk 

Why, God? Lesson from James about how to ask God tough questions

August 7, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments Austin French, christian song, James, object lesson, peter, Psalms, questioning God, why God

Of all the standard one-word questions that make up a journalist’s toolbox, none can be as revealing as the question,

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Glimpse into historic Globe Mill offers picture of once-thriving flour industry

July 12, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments chinchilla, eichman, flour, globe mills, history, kreamer, middleburg, mill, pine meadows, ranch, snyder county

Massive wooden hand-hewn beams highlight the historical significance and structural integrity of the Globe Mill, located along the banks of

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christian walk 

Miracle six-year-old inspires family’s faith, fitness

July 8, 2019July 8, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments arthrogryposis, griffin swan, jamie swan, new hope baptist, rob swan, team griffin

What started as a well-baby check to find the gender of her yet-to-be-born son a little more than six years

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outdoors 

New case of chronic wasting in Juniata County causes ripple effect

June 19, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments chronic wasting, deer, einodshofer, juniata, pennsylvania game commission, perry

The ripple effects of a recent positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a free-ranging whitetail deer in northern

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outdoors 

Bowfishing: Growing number enjoy cruising for carp

June 17, 2019 John Zaktansky 0 Comments angling, bow, bowfishing, carp, weaver's archery

One of the best things about bowfishing, according to Neil Harp, is what you can see in just one night’s

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