Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission pledges money to promoting fishing by Hispanic families
Hispanic families in Berks County to benefit from fishing programs specially aimed at increasing their angling participation.
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A guide for taking kids trout fishing
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission’s popular mentored youth trout days will once again provide opportunities in stocked trout waters a week ahead of the regional and statewide trout season openers.
Pennsylvania Game Commission’s proposal for rifle season is controversial
Many not pleased with PGC’s proposal to reinstate statewide concurrent anterless and antlered season.
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers boost ranks in Harrisburg, Pa.
Event featured prize giveaways, story-telling and the camaraderie one would expect around a glowing campfire shared among friends.
Snow geese coming to Pennsylvania early this year
Call it climate change, a freakish mild winter or little snow cover, but huge flocks of greater snow geese have made their way into Pennsylvania, especially the southeastern portion-much earlier than normal.
Too bad elk can’t be counted with drones in Pennsylvania
Flying aircraft low to count elk in Pennsylvania is risky.
Two weeks of concurrent deer season on the horizon in Pennsylvania
Concurrent deer seasons give hunters a choice and increase the odds for success for those with limited time to hunt.
See you at the Great American Outdoor Show
Huge central Pennsylvania outdoor show has something for everyone.
Pennsylvania’s old stone fences – the stitching that binds our hunting lands
Now conscious of them and what they once meant and mean now, the blogger hopes some future hunters who trek the woods he has understand just what those old piles of stones and rocks represent.
Hoping for justice in deer torture case
Wheels of justice have turned slowly in the case of 2 teens who tortured buck, but slow justice can be good justice.
Organized coyote hunts are now targets, but so far not in Pennsylvania
More than a few states are banning coyote hunts, but so far not Pennsylvania.
Running traffic on migratory geese tests hunters’ resolve
Goose hunting is often not easy in Pennsylvania.
Two wishes for Pennsylvania outdoors in 2020
The outdoor world of Pennsylvania has many needs, but these are this blogger’s top two.
Pennsylvania still dragging its feet in Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort
State won’t commit to necessary pollution abatement for estuary’s health.
‘Just a small eight’ makes deer hunter’s season
Pennsylvania hunters live in an exciting time when eight-point bucks are nothing to crow about, but still a trophy.
Pennsylvania Saturday rifle opener didn’t seem different from customary Monday start
It’s all about the same when it comes to hunter numbers and harvested deer.
Purple Paint law adds ‘No Trespassing’ options for Pennsylvania landowners
New law allows Pennsylvania landowners to post ground against hunting by painting trees.
Finally, a woman is on a Pennsylvania board serving sportsmen again
Game Commission and Fish & Boat Commission boards have been good old boys’ clubs.
A most dreadful waste in Pennsylvania
The carnage of deer and other wildlife hit on Pennsylvania highways is a horrifying loss of one of the state’s most important and loved resources.
Pennsylvania General Assembly passes Sunday hunting bill, awaits governor
Senate Bill 147 authorizes the Pennsylvania Game Commission to add three Sundays to hunting seasons.
Time afield with bird dog a memory worth making
In the field, blogger and dog are equals, best friends, family.
The distinctive character of archery season
Deer hunting during archery season combines challenge, work, beauty and a different animal compared to later gun seasons.
Close calls and near misses – the theme of ‘Fall Fest’ weekend in Penn’s woods
Hunting for bears, deer, turkeys and grouse in Pennsylvania.
Why this blogger is not renewing his Trout Unlimited membership
Why should someone who has devoted a fair portion of his life to coldwater conservation for the past 44 years be “forgiven” for fishing with lures? Most TU members don’t understand this concept. To them, it is all about what they view as a “greater calling” — fly-fishing. And this blogger has had enough.
Pennsylvania’s golden mountainsides beckon hunters
For hunters in Pennsylvania, time spent in the woods allows one to connect with a range of colors and wildlife movement.
Camp offers special education for kids interested in trout, fly-fishing, conservation
Rivers Conservation and Fly Fishing Youth Camp to accept early applications in Pennsylvania.
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