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Don’t hold your breath waiting for Sunday hunting in Pennsylvania
I don’t think the Sunday-hunting ban will be lifted here, no matter how much money and resources national groups such as the National Shooting Sports Foundation or the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance pour into our state.

Remembering Rick Martin
I grew up watching Buffalo Sabres hockey legend Rick Martin – on television and in Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo. He was amazing. It was the 1970s and hockey was growing by leaps and bounds in
Ohio’s first signs of spring? The skunks are out!
Forget Punxsutawney Phil and Buckeye Chuck. Ohio’s true harbinger of spring is the skunk. These first warm days, skunks are busy creatures. Their distinctive scent wafts in nightly breezes and evidence of their disregard of

Repairs to Lehigh River dam key to trout summer survival
Let’s hope the mail moves quickly. If it does, it could be a life-saver for trout in the Lehigh River. During its meeting last week to announce the Francis E. Walter Dam water release dates,

Dock in downtown Cleveland and take in the city
Downtown Cleveland will become a port for those recreational boaters looking to tie up and take in a ball game, visit the Great Lakes Science Center, or tour the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Hunters gaining ground in SE Michigan
With hunters and snowmobilers fighting to maintain their right to use the Huron-Manistee National Forest, and hunting property being nibbled away here and there around the state, it is quite nice to see what’s happening

Spring preview, without the rod
I think it may have been a Norman Rockwell painting. The little kid is standing with his nose and hands pressed against the glass, staring at the counter with its gumballs, taffy sticks and chocolate

Morels don’t gobble – and create their own hunting challenge
With all the talk about turkey hunting, I can’t help but to get a little giddy. I now know how a tween-aged girl at a Justin Bierber concert must feel. Even though the gobbling gobblers

Still not sure if there are wild cougars in state
There are folks in Pennsylvania who continue to insist that there are wild, reproducing mountain lions left in this state. Dozens of “sightings” occur here each year, but to the best of my knowledge there