Tips & Features
Pennsylvania reader stories: Shanty offers up one more buck for an ailing hunter
On Dec. 26, 2022, family friend Roberta “Bert” Rumfelt lost her battle with cancer. One of her last wishes was for my brother Carl Benner to hunt the 2023 Pennsylvania deer rifle season from her
Coyote hunting broken down into basics
Coyote hunting is familiar in some ways, unique in others. It can be a blend of skills learned from other animals, such as scouting for deer or choosing a location to call for turkeys. Then
So many options: What to consider when buying a fishing rod
Even an experienced angler can walk into a store that sells fishing rods and quickly become baffled.
In a small shop, there may be a couple dozen rods from which to choose. In a
Ask a fisheries biologist: Diet overlap among game fish
The diet of predatory fish is always a topic of interest for anglers, though for varying reasons. Anglers chasing muskies might want to understand the fish’s diet to better target it with their presentations. Other
Follow these five rules of shed-hunting etiquette
Shed hunting in Minnesota is still blissfully unregulated. Meanwhile, some Western states now have seasons and even require completion of an online ethics course or the purchase of a conservation stamp prior to shed hunting.
Steve Carney: An ice season recap, and a word on the Winter Severity Index
What a weird ice-fishing season this year!
The season has to go down as the strangest that I can remember. It started out just fine, but as the season progressed, ice conditions kept a
Pennsylvania veterans group duck hunt in Lake Erie was a frigid but fantastic experience
The northeast U.S. experienced frigid temperatures, snow and high winds during January, forcing waterfowl to begin migrating along the Atlantic Flyway.
One of their stops is Presque Isle Bay in Lake Erie in Pennsylvania.
Minnesota’s Pro Fishing Tip of the Week: Pressured fish? Get the lead out
When I’m forced to ice fish within a pressured community fishing spot or on a body of water full of conditioned/pressured fish, I get the lead out.
There is no doubt that most ice
Sixty-six straight days of hunting pays off with 190-class whitetail from Michigan
Sixty-six straight days of whitetail hunting finally paid off for Cass County, Mich., hunter Roger Pankey when he shot the biggest buck of his life on Dec. 5, 2023.
“I hunted every day, twice
