Hunting
More than 500 acres added to Pennsylvania game lands
The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners, at their recent meeting here, approved five land acquisitions – a donation, a new purchase, and three land exchanges – that would add 572 surface acres to state game
Special regulations floated for Philadelphia game land
Many state game lands are special in their own ways. Few are unique for the same reasons that make 17.88-acre State Game Land 339 in Philadelphia different, though.
That might lead to a name
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: More ag tags could be held at a time
Hunters participating in the Agricultural Deer Control Program, or Ag Tag program, can receive as many permits as they obtain coupons for.
But presently, Ag Tag hunters can hold no more than four permits
Notes off a soiled cuff: Should kids under age 7 really get tags under Pennsylvania’s Mentored Hunting Program?
Pennsylvania Game commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting, voted preliminarily to give all mentored hunters – including those under 7 years old – deer harvest tags. But there was disagreement on the board and the
Looking back at the work of Frank Bellrose, a giant of waterfowl conservation
After all these years, the memory is little more than a few images. I was a graduate student.
My new wife, Kathleen, and I were coasting to a stop under the shade of the
Here’s why I need grouse hunting in my life
I’m a casual grouse hunter at best. I don’t own a pointing dog or a double-barreled shotgun. I don’t anticipate the grouse opener in Minnesota with the same zeal as I do the fishing opener
Jeremiah Haas: Much we can learn from elephants
Recently, I was told the story about elephant populations in Africa, and the role each gender has for a stable population. Back in the 1990s, Kruger National Park in South Africa, was faced with a
Make sure your muzzleloader is ready before the season starts
It’s night sounds. Subtle changes in the weather bring about changes; amongst my favorites are the changing night sounds. Fall is about to be upon us, hunting seasons are coming. Time to get ready. Whatever
Black walnuts are a squirrel’s kryptonite
The telltale black stains around its mouth told me that the squirrel I had just shot was hitting the walnuts. Finding the motherlode black walnut tree or stand can provide the lucky hunter with some
