Pennsylvania’s statewide fishing report on Aug. 7, 2025
Outdoor News
August 7, 2025
Late-summer bass bite holding up in many waters. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report on Aug. 7, 2025.
Pennsylvania
Steve Piatt: The trico — a tiny mayfly that’s a big deal for fly fishers
Steve Piatt
August 7, 2025
If all goes as planned, and it usually does with the trico hatch, expect some superb fly fishing on several Northeast trout waters in the coming weeks – maybe even right now.
And don’t
2025 Great Lakes Region ruffed grouse forecast
Dave Zeug
August 5, 2025
Great Lakes states revolves around habitat. The number of acres of older, more mature forests that turkeys might prefer are increasing in public and private forests, while the young forests grouse and many other wildlife
Backyard and Beyond: Birds of a feather…
Val Cunningham
August 4, 2025
A line of ducklings following their mother is a familiar sight on summer’s lakes and ponds, but look more closely at the group in Bob Hilbert’s photo. He named this photo “Woodies and Hoodies,” because
Pennsylvania’s Deer Management Assistance Program permit sales begin Aug. 11
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
August 4, 2025
Pennsylvania’s third round of antlerless deer license sales kicks off at 8 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 11, which also marks the first opportunity for hunters to pick up their Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP) permits.
Mallards could receive big boost from HEN Act introduced in Congress
Gretchen Steele
August 1, 2025
An initiative that could bring direct benefits to duck hunters by bolstering mallard and other duck populations in areas that produce the birds that migrate down the flyways each fall has taken wing.
The
Tom Venesky: Survey captures interest insight into trapping
Tom Venesky
August 1, 2025
If there is one outdoor pursuit defined by tradition, it’s trapping.
Not that deer hunting or even small game don’t have rich histories in Pennsylvania, but they’ve changed. Deer hunting, for the most part,
Lean on experience hunting deer when pursuing elk, moose
Brent Hizny
July 31, 2025
If you had the option to pick one dream hunt of your choice in North America, what would you pursue?
For some, a spring grizzly hunt in Manitoba might be the first pick. For
Commentary: Could U.S. Supreme Court determine access to 8 million public-land acres?
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Report
July 31, 2025
With more than 8 million acres of public lands on the line, Backcountry Hunters and Anglers is once again mobilizing hunters, anglers, and public-land owners to help fund the final legal battle in what may
