Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
February 24, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Feb. 28, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
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Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Guilty pleas from poachers in York County
Staff Report
February 24, 2025
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Feb. 28, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Antler rules wrong for seniors
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor
February 24, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 28, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Ben Moyer: Will hellbenders really get endangered species listing? Don’t hold your breath
Ben Moyer
February 24, 2025
Never has there been a more unfortunate endangered species than the hellbender. Actually, the hellbender is a candidate Endangered species, not yet officially listed as Endangered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the federal
Flintlock group lobbies for fall primitive season in Pennsylvania
Matt Marter
February 24, 2025
All good things must come to an end. Or do they? When it comes to the only flintlock-specific muzzleloader season in the country, the Pennsylvania Federation of Black Powder Shooters certainly hopes not.
However,
Under late ice, perch action can be hot and heavy on Pennsylvania waters
Vic Attardo
February 23, 2025
The gold and green army was on the march.
Their recognizance teams – all male lightweights – had been spotted and intercepted two days before. Since then, the opposition’s sonar had been kept on
Pheasants Forever adds 119 acres to Pennsylvania state game lands in Schuylkill County
Pheasants Forever Reports
February 22, 2025
Pheasants Forever recently introduced the organization’s first permanent protection project in Pennsylvania.
The 119-acre property in Schuylkill County connects to a state game land and will increase hunting opportunities for upland birds and other
Nature Smart: A small, but effective, western predator
Stan Tekiela
February 22, 2025
Stone-cold killer predators come in all shapes and sizes in the natural world. We often think of large, menacing critters with long, sharp claws and razor-sharp teeth as predators and don’t give a second thought
New Maryland record yellow perch caught in lower Susquehanna River
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
February 21, 2025
The Maryland Department of Natural Resources recently recognized Thomas Dembeck Jr. as the new state record holder for yellow perch – Perca flavescens.
Dembeck, of Hydes, Md., caught the 2.3-pound, 16-inch fish on Feb.
