Hunting
Partnerships lead to novel elk habitat project in Pennsylvania
A major habitat initiative is underway in the Moshannon State Forest just northeast of Parker Dam State Park, in Clearfield County, Pa. Boots-on-the-ground work began in 2025, with the first two areas cleared and planted
Commentary: Growing old in the outdoors can be a daunting task
There are special feelings and apprehensions as folks get older. As an aging hunter and fisherman, I began noting this 16 years ago at age 50.
Mortality, limitations of certain activities, and the sadness
Notes off a soiled cuff: Debate over Pennsylvania’s deer opener date rages on
In the two weeks leading up to the Game Commission meeting that was to be held Jan. 23-24, all that Pennsylvania hunters were talking about was the agency’s controversial proposal to move the opening of
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: New park manager at Little Buffalo State Park
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced the appointment of Jim Eckert as the manager Little Buffalo State Park in Perry County, which includes the 88-acre Holman Lake.
Pennsylvania’s Mike Lapp first in NWTF Legacy Callmaker series
Edgefield, S.C. — It was the fall of 1989 when Mike Lapp, of Honey Brook, Pa., harvested his first gobbler. He was in his 20s in the woods with coworkers who had invited him to
Michigan DNR explains its financial status to state’s Natural Resources Commission
Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials presented the Natural Resources Commission with a budget overview in January, with a specific focus on the Game and Fish Protection Fund.
The GFP fund, which represents about
Pennsylvania Game Commission opts for Saturday after Thanksgiving deer opener
In giving preliminary approval to hunting seasons and bag limits at their Jan. 24 quarterly meeting, Pennsylvania game commissioners voted down a proposal to start deer season the Saturday before Thanksgiving, instead keeping the opener
New York Reader Stories: It’s often best to listen to the old-timers
If you’ve ever had the opportunity, some might say “privilege,” of knowing an old-timer who has been there and done that, a seasoned old hunter who knows the woods and who knows the game and
Just how good is your hunting dog’s nose?
“That dog has a really good nose.”
That statement, or some variation of it, has been uttered countless times. But what does it really mean? Well, for most of us, it just means that
