Sure, it’s fall and the hunting crowd is spending a lot of time roaming the woods and fields in search of game, and you never know what you might encounter. Sometimes, however, we have wildlife encounters even when not in hunting situations. Case in point, a couple of weeks ago, I went out to my
While at coffee the other morning with the gang, the subject of coyotes came up. One of the guys showed us a photograph of a coyote that was recently trapped near his home in the Lairdsville area. It was a pretty good-sized coyote weighing in at around 50 pounds. During the conversation somebody else mentioned
Well, first off, I obviously don’t have the answer to the title for this week’s story. If I had that answer, I would nail my buck right away every season, and I can assure you that has not been the case. Like most other hunters, I try my best to figure out where to hunt
A couple of this year’s Pennsylvania bear seasons are now over; the archery season and the muzzleloader season have ended, but the regular firearms season will run from November 22-25. Pennsylvania offers some pretty good bear hunting, and it looks like this year could offer some pretty good hunting again. I know I have seen
I know this time of year, most of the outdoor gang is gravitating towards the various hunting seasons, but for those of us who also include fishing in our outdoor adventures, this is still a good time to hit the water. I’ll admit that the fishing opportunities have been a little tough late this summer
When you talk about pheasant hunting in Pennsylvania these days, there’s probably a lot of younger hunters wondering what that’s all about. I grew up in northwestern Pennsylvania, and I’ll admit that seeing or finding a pheasant other than a small number of stocked birds was a difficult task. I never hunted pheasant until I
