Fishing

By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — A Thanksgiving Day snowstorm that made for ideal early season deer-hunting conditions in some of the state may have thwarted an unusual threat from ticks. Small game

By Vic Attardo Contributing Writer Williamsport, Pa. — When 81-year-old Fred Taylor felt a hard “thunk” on his head while turkey hunting one day in early November, he was pretty sure it wasn’t just a

By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg —Officials with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission have long said that hunting and fishing bring a lot of people and money into the state.

By Jeff Mulhollem Editor University Park, Pa. — The big question about chronic wasting disease is no longer if it will show up in Pennsylvania, but rather when and where, according to scientists who say

By P.J. Reilly Southeast Correspondent Lancaster, Pa. — When the firearms deer season opens Nov. 28, hunters in the southeast region will embark on the longest season in state history. The antlered and antlerless season

By Deborah Weisberg Contributing Writer Pittsburgh — Anglers on western Pennsylvania rivers are fishing for science. The Highland Park Dam – one of the Allegheny River’s hottest spots – has become a field lab of

By Mark Nale Northcentral Correspondent More than 14,000 black bears will be available for hunters when the three-day season opens on Monday, Nov. 21, according to Pennsylvania Game Commission bear biologist Mark Ternent. Although his

By Bob Frye Capital Correspondent Harrisburg — Jay Peake knows a lot about killing black bears with a bow. He’s taken 17 that way himself, one in the Yukon, a couple in Quebec, and the

By Mark Nale Northcentral correspondent Alexandria, Pa. — On a recent trip to the Juniata River near Petersburg, Huntingdon County, Bill Anderson discovered a large number of unusual-looking crayfish inhabiting the river. The crayfish, thousands