The fall turkey season for bearded and unbearded birds got underway on October 31 throughout the state, but be aware that the length of the season varies considerably as you look at the different units. In my area of the state, WMUs 1B, 3D, 4C, and 4E are some of the first units to shut
Last week, while having morning coffee with the gang, on several different occasions, phones were being passed around to give everybody a look at what was captured on camera. I passed around one of my recent photos of a fisher that was taken by one of our trail cameras. Our cameras have captured fishers on
As we rapidly progress into the fall season, much of our thinking revolves around where the big bucks are hiding and where the turkeys are. While hunting begins to dominate our thoughts and conversation, it’s also true that some great fishing still exists. I’ll be honest, this year and especially through late summer, my fishing
It must be a sign that I’m getting older because now, when I hear somebody mention that pheasant season will be opening soon, I have a tendency to look back to the “good old days” of pursuing pheasants. I lived in western Pennsylvania until I moved into this area in the ‘70s. Western Pennsylvania was
As we all know, wildlife frequently makes use of verbal communication to communicate with other wildlife and even people. Coyotes howl sometimes, and certainly we hunters depend a lot on hearing a turkey’s gobble. While it’s less obvious, deer also communicate by making several sounds, and that’s especially true during the breeding process. Bucks and
When I was a high school student in western Pennsylvania back in the ’60s, if somebody said they saw a coyote, nobody would have believed it — but that’s certainly not the case anymore. Over the years, I have seen coyotes on several occasions, including dead ones along a highway, and now that we have
