Pennsylvania’s statewide fishing report on Nov. 2, 2023
Staff Report
November 2, 2023
Fewer anglers out as fall fishing is slowing down. A look at the fishing report from across Pennsylvania on Nov. 2, 2023.
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Pennsylvania big woods trip shows we’re not the only hunters out there
Tyler Frantz
November 2, 2023
Somewhere around 2 a.m., my deep slumber was abruptly awakened by the shrill cadence of barks, yips and howls. Taking a moment to get my bearings, I remembered I was visiting my buddy Julian’s camp
Man who cheated in Lake Erie fishing tournament facing new Pennsylvania charges, this time deer related
Deborah Weisberg
November 2, 2023
A Mercer County man convicted of cheating in a high-stakes Lake Erie walleye tournament is now accused of poaching three white-tailed deer.
Chase Cominsky, 36, of Hermitage, Pa., was charged Oct. 23 with two
New York DEC seeking help from Great Lakes waterfowl hunters
Staff Report
October 30, 2023
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is asking for help from both New York and Pennsylvania duck hunters in an effort to update waterfowl consumption advisories.
Those who hunt ducks in
Tales of the top unexpected encounters over 45 years of hunting
Steve Stanko
October 29, 2023
Over a 45-year hunting career, I’ve had many memorable encounters with wildlife. Sometimes those encounters were with the particular species of game I was hunting at the time, but more often, they were not. <br
Now it begins: The rut is just getting started
Ron Steffe
October 28, 2023
Just about all deer experts, both hunters and the science-based research variety, agree that the breeding between female and male whitetails can be broken down into three separate phases.
First is the “pre
Proposing a ‘Plan B’ for Pennsylvania’s fall trout stocking
Ben Moyer
October 28, 2023
I was present on a small mountain stream when the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s truck arrived for the creek’s scheduled fall stocking. The air was crisp and held that intoxicating autumn tang – a
Run them down: Pursuing flocks of turkeys is an enjoyable fall challenge
Richard Tate
October 27, 2023
With the Pennsylvania Game Commission enacting more restrictive rules governing the autumn turkey hunting season in an effort to reduce the number of birds taken during the fall, turkey hunters have to make the most
Pennsylvania’s new fish and game commissioner appointment process a fairer approach
Tom Venesky
October 27, 2023
For several years one thing has been missing from the process used to fill vacant seats on the Pennsylvania game and fish boards: fairness.
Typically, when a seat became vacant, the sitting commissioner
