Tips & Features
The story of the heaviest bear taken during Pennsylvania’s 2025 season
Nate Miller, a 38-year-old construction worker from Beaver County, had the hunt of a lifetime on the opening day of Pennsylvania’s regular firearms bear season.
Miller’s friend, Dan Druschel, provided Miller with the GPS
Whitetails are survival machines in winter; here’s how they do it
While the Upper Midwest has experienced some bouts of mild weather the past few weeks, it’s undeniable that winter is here. We’ve gone through a few blizzards, 40-mph winds, and temperatures that didn’t crack double
What to know if heading south for winter angling
Every year our family goes down to Florida for a trip, and I always make sure we are on a canal, beach or some place that gives my crew an opportunity to fish.
We
Steve Piatt: The stay-at-home hunter
It is Saturday, Dec. 6, 7:15 a.m., the second Saturday of Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season.
My wife, Paula, has been settled into her tree stand for the past hour as she looks to connect
Les Winkeler: It’s been a good year of long walks, talks with Milo
Although my wife and I are approaching the age where buying green bananas is considered speculative, we decided to bring a puppy into our home in late summer of 2023.
Since golden retrievers have
Spring tree planting tips to up your odds of success
A reforestation guide from the USDA and Green Infrastructure Center says more trees lead to less crime, better health, lower utility costs, less flooding, less asthma, fewer car accidents and higher property values, just to
Oak Duke: A great hunt during the heart of the whitetail rut
It’s bound to happen. Viewed from a big pine tree. Wind and thermal perfect, in my face, overlooking an active licking branch scrape in a funnel above an impenetrable bedding area.
Halloween, was a
Ryan Rothstein: It’s back to the basics for last-call whitetails
It’s amazing to me how much gusto I used to have for deer hunting.
Come hell or high water (or blizzards), my high school and college self would run headlong into the ground during
Gretchen Steele: New Year’s resolutions that keep us coming back
By the time this column finds its way to your kitchen table or the console of your truck, the calendar will be close to rolling over once again.
The Christmas lights may have already
