As usual, come the weekend, I begin thinking about what next week’s column should be. What often happens is that someone I am talking with will tell me about an interesting wildlife encounter they had, and that becomes the spark that ignites my next story. Recently, a friend told me about seeing a red fox
I’m sure it’s no secret that I love to fish, and over the years I’ve pursued a lot of different species, and one of my favorites was northern pike. My fishing buddies and I made frequent trips to the St. Lawrence River in New York to pursue pike and for good reason — the pike
I’m not sure how many people are aware of it, but Pennsylvania has an official state bird, and it’s the ruffed grouse. The ruffed grouse has been the official state bird since 1931. Of course, the hunting crowd is well acquainted with the ruffed grouse, as it’s been hunted for many years. “Hunted” is a
What should I fish for today? As we move into those warmer days of spring, wondering what to fish for on any given day is no doubt a question that plagues many of us. All right; it may not plague many of us, but for those who have the fishing bug, it’s something we give
Obviously, we outdoor types pay close attention to opening days, especially the opening of trout season and the deer gun hunting season. While the opening of the gun deer season is still a ways off, our trout season is now underway. I’ll be honest, I don’t trout fish on opening day because I like to
Now that the regular trout season is underway, there will no doubt be a pretty good number of fishermen hitting the streams and lakes. I’ll be honest, I’m a pretty serious and dedicated trout fisherman, and I hope to be on a number of different streams over the next few weeks as well. Since I
