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Tips for gathering live bait during Pennsylvania’s winter fishing season

Featured, Features, Fishing, National Fishing, Pennsylvania /

We never know what type of weather winter is going to throw at us these days.
Some days it is cold and blustery, but others offer up sunshine and the hope of more favorable outside conditions. When these occur, something within many sportsmen stirs and some find themselves digging out their fishing gear for a trip to the water. However there could be a problem, what about bait?

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Experience waterfowl hunting on Pennsylvania State Game Land 214

Hunting, Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Pennsylvania /

Pennsylvania is blessed with many forms of wild game and birds to hunt.
Waterfowl is often at the top of that list at this time of year in a few locales in this state. One of those areas is in the northwest portion of the commonwealth, which is the area where State Game Land 214 is located.

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Susquehanna River islands offer novel hunting in Pennsylvania

Hunting, Lake Profile, Lake Profile, Pennsylvania /

Part of the adventure is just getting there. This was a slogan coined on some long-ago TV commercial, but it can apply to those who hunt the islands of the lower Susquehanna River.
Navigating the often shallow water is bad enough in the daylight, but doing so under the cover of darkness to get to a spot prior to shooting light can be nail biting to say the least.

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For bear hunting success in Pennsylvania, sometimes its best to find a watering hole

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Pennsylvania /

Successful bear hunting in Pennsylvania continues to be a low-odds-for-success endeavor. Despite more seasons and more hunters pursuing the bruins, the annual success rate usually runs about 2-3%.
Simply put, there is a lot of luck that goes into tagging a Pennsylvania black bear, but there are also many items you can put on a list that will aid you in becoming one of the lucky ones this fall. One of those items is water.

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Despite so many forsaking it, fall turkey hunting is still a blast

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Pennsylvania /

Break the flock, scatter and call – that is the standard practice for most fall turkey hunters in Pennsylvania – the few that remain. Since 1990, the number of participants for fall turkey season has greatly dwindled.
Back then, there were an estimated 234,911 hunters chasing these birds. In 2023, the last year that posted data is available for, that number had fallen to just 66,496.

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Trappers are still needed in Pennsylvania and beyond

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Opinion, Pennsylvania /

I don’t know about your portion of the state but where I live in the south-central region of Pennsylvania it is not uncommon to see a half dozen or more freshly killed furbearers on the roadway on my daily commute to work.
And it doesn’t matter if I am in the middle of fields and forest or towns of some size, the critters are there.

Trappers are still needed in Pennsylvania and beyond Read More »

Utilize a shooting brace to improve your accuracy this fall

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Pennsylvania /

I think all hunters would agree that precisely placing your shot, bullet or arrow is key to putting game down quickly. Spending time on the range to familiarize yourself with your chosen sporting arm is but one way to aid that cause. Another good way to do so is to add a shooting brace to your setup.
A shooting brace is described as anything that allows a hunter to better control his or her sporting arm, thus creating better accuracy in the process. There are many different types currently on the market.

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