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Pennsylvania game agency OKs deals to add acres to state game lands
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their recent meeting, approved 11 land acquisitions – two donations, nine new purchases and one right-of-way exchange – that would add more than 1,800 acres to state game lands. One additional
Public access restricted at Pennsylvania’s Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area
Due to highly pathogenic avian influenza that is currently affecting many parts of the state, the Pennsylvania Game Commission restricted public access at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area effective Feb. 4.
With the
Commentary: It’s time for Pennsylvania to amend the Clean and Green Program
Started in the 1970s, the Clean and Green program was a well-intentioned way of providing incentives for individuals to preserve the natural resources of the commonwealth through tax breaks. By enrolling land as either agricultural
Bobcat hunting hounds tree cougar in Michigan’s Mackinac County
After years of reported sightings and more than 100 trail camera photos of cougars in the Upper Peninsula, one of the big cats finally was treed by hounds on December 1, 2024 in Mackinac County.<br
Glenn Sapir: Shed hunting an opportunity to “deer hunt” after official seasons have closed
In the fall and early winter, hunters are looking for deer wearing an impressive set of antlers. In the months that follow, an increasing number of outdoorsmen and women are looking for those same antlers
New York’s Gibson Brothers have a passion for bucks, brookies, bird dogs and bluegrass
Among the success stories that have originated from New York in relation to artists, entertainers or even sports figures, are the Gibson Brothers – a Bluegrass music act from Clinton County, in Northern New York.
Commentary: Enduring patterns: migrations and hunter harvests
Ancient is our union with woods and waters.
We live in rhythms, circadian and seasonal, granular and in grandeur. Animal migrations are among the most fascinating of rhythmic natural phenomena, some of it well-studied.
Tom Bahti: You can get well in a hurry on sharptails
It was my friend and writer Tom Davis who once told me: “When you’re hunting sharp-tailed grouse, you can get well in a hurry.” I’m not sure that he came up with that saying himself,
Approach carefully with a plan for public-land bunnies
It’s easy to be dismissive of hunting where it’s bound to be a challenge, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some good opportunities out there on public land.
One such opportunity that gets almost
