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Steve Piatt: The stay-at-home hunter
It is Saturday, Dec. 6, 7:15 a.m., the second Saturday of Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season.
My wife, Paula, has been settled into her tree stand for the past hour as she looks to connect

Les Winkeler: It’s been a good year of long walks, talks with Milo
Although my wife and I are approaching the age where buying green bananas is considered speculative, we decided to bring a puppy into our home in late summer of 2023.
Since golden retrievers have

Spring tree planting tips to up your odds of success
A reforestation guide from the USDA and Green Infrastructure Center says more trees lead to less crime, better health, lower utility costs, less flooding, less asthma, fewer car accidents and higher property values, just to

Oak Duke: A great hunt during the heart of the whitetail rut
It’s bound to happen. Viewed from a big pine tree. Wind and thermal perfect, in my face, overlooking an active licking branch scrape in a funnel above an impenetrable bedding area.
Halloween, was a

Planting trees this spring? Here’s how to up your odds of success in Wisconsin
There are somewhere around 11.5 billion live trees in Wisconsin. That number should stay robust if the DNR and private citizens continue a longstanding history of reforestation in the state.
Every spring, the Wisconsin

Ryan Rothstein: It’s back to the basics for last-call whitetails
It’s amazing to me how much gusto I used to have for deer hunting.
Come hell or high water (or blizzards), my high school and college self would run headlong into the ground during

Gretchen Steele: New Year’s resolutions that keep us coming back
By the time this column finds its way to your kitchen table or the console of your truck, the calendar will be close to rolling over once again.
The Christmas lights may have already
Danley new director of Pennsylvania’s Bureau of Wildlife Protection
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Bureau of Wildlife Protection has a new director.
Richard “Rod” Danley, who has worked for the Game Commission for more than 25 years, started in the role Sept. 27, overseeing

Details emerge for Minnesota ‘duck summit’ set for March 27-28
A collection of individuals and groups with concerns for the future of ducks and duck hunting in Minnesota continues to forge ahead with plans for a “duck summit,” now scheduled to occur at Nicollet Public