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Fishing for position – wacky-rigging your way to bigger bass
Not using this fishing technique? Then expect America’s next top anglers to inquire: “Why aren’t you wacky-rigging?”

2018 spring turkey harvest sees steep decline
Hunters took only 13,500 turkeys during the 2018 spring season, well behind the 2017 harvest of 15,720.

Monarch butterflies can use all the help they can get
Public can assist by planting milkweed.

The light stuff: Running and gunning for late-season gobblers
When the morning sit doesn’t pan out and you have room to roam, scale down the gear and give mobile hunting a try. It’s a great way to find birds and get a little exercise

Late May a time of transition in the Pennsylvania outdoors
Writer shares reflections about the natural changes that occur this time of year in the state.

Field of nightmares: Dealing with tough gobblers
Ask any turkey hunter what’s the toughest turkey to hunt and you’ll most likely get a variety of answers. Nobody’s asked, but I’ll volunteer my opinion anyway. For me it’s the strutting tom in a

Anglers shouldn’t forget to take a step back now and then
Tie on a float and hook and some live bait and enjoy the world around you.

Watching bird builders achieve annual spring feats of avian engineering
Hike or paddle the trails and waterways of the North Country these days, and you’ll witness borderline mind-boggling nest-building and rearing of young critters.

No grousing about birds this spring
Consider monitoring prairie grouse from a public viewing blind in Minnesota or the Dakotas.