Will COVID keep hunting camp-goers at home this rifle season in Pa.?
It remains to be seen, but with a huge increase of infections the country and our state is facing now, many reasonable hunters may skip their rifle season trips this year.
On the Trail by Ron Steffe
Death of close farming friend hurts
Losing someone who graciously shared his land with many hunters is a sad thing in Pennsylvania.
In Pennsylvania, troubling news about smallmouth bass, plastics in Susquehanna River
Plastics in the stomachs of smallies speaks volumes about pollution.
Easing into the best of deer hunting in Pennsylvania
Cooler weather, shorter days and whitetails' interest turning to breeding makes for great deer hunting.
Pennsylvania archery hunting significantly gaining in popularity
Archery hunters and harvest numbers showing strong increases in Pennsylvania.
Time again to examine chronic wasting disease in Pennsylvania
CWD remains a highly serious threat to white-tailed deer and elk populations in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania hunting seasons – please hurry
To be hunting once again in Pennsylvania will lower stress of COVID-19.
Saving Pennsylvania's ruffed grouse
Declining numbers of state bird beyond worrisome in Pennsylvania.
Whitetail population appears to be thriving in Pennsylvania
Evening rides through deer country show a high number of healthy-looking deer.
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat has significant future plans for trout management
PFBC reveals strategy for management of both wild and hatchery trout and their waters over the next four years.
Does repeated catch-and-release of trout hurt fisheries?
Questions surround how well trout do after numerous releases.
A tribute to a special hunting dog
The owner's accounts showed that a total of 570 rabbits were harvested off of this exceptional rabbit dog.
Wild weather week for wild turkey hunting
It made for difficult first week of spring gobbler hunting in Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania students enjoying bonus time for trout fishing
With all this extra time, high school and college students are spending many hours trout fishing.
Feathered fishing experts beating anglers to trout stocked in Pennsylvania
Double-crested cormorants in Pennsylvania enjoying benefits of stocked trout without human competition.
Now’s a good time to spend extra hours with nature
With the coronavirus placing people at home beyond their usual timeframe, spending additional hours within nature’s settings becomes an excellent benefit.
Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission pledges money to promoting fishing by Hispanic families
Hispanic families in Berks County to benefit from fishing programs specially aimed at increasing their angling participation.
Pennsylvania Game Commission’s proposal for rifle season is controversial
Many not pleased with PGC’s proposal to reinstate statewide concurrent anterless and antlered season.
Snow geese coming to Pennsylvania early this year
Call it climate change, a freakish mild winter or little snow cover, but huge flocks of greater snow geese have made their way into Pennsylvania, especially the southeastern portion-much earlier than normal.
Pennsylvania’s old stone fences – the stitching that binds our hunting lands
Now conscious of them and what they once meant and mean now, the blogger hopes some future hunters who trek the woods he has understand just what those old piles of stones and rocks represent.
Two wishes for Pennsylvania outdoors in 2020
The outdoor world of Pennsylvania has many needs, but these are this blogger's top two.
Pennsylvania Saturday rifle opener didn’t seem different from customary Monday start
It's all about the same when it comes to hunter numbers and harvested deer.
A most dreadful waste in Pennsylvania
The carnage of deer and other wildlife hit on Pennsylvania highways is a horrifying loss of one of the state's most important and loved resources.
The distinctive character of archery season
Deer hunting during archery season combines challenge, work, beauty and a different animal compared to later gun seasons.
Pennsylvania’s golden mountainsides beckon hunters
For hunters in Pennsylvania, time spent in the woods allows one to connect with a range of colors and wildlife movement.
About This Blog
Ron Steffe grew up in the farm country of Berks County, where he still resides today. His first hunting outings began at the age of 8. Those episodes consisted of following close behind his father on small game hunts, a broken .22 rifle in hand, with which he pretended to shoot his share of fleeing quarry. His angling experiences started at about the same time. A member of the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association and the Outdoor Writers of America Association, he has been published locally, statewide and nationally, most often reflecting upon first-hand outdoor experiences, in which he still fully engages today.
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