Finally! The official arrival of the first day of spring will occur on Friday, March 20, 2026, and after a much colder-than-usual winter, it couldn’t arrive soon enough! With warmer temperatures and intermittent rains, we should turn our attention to planning habitat work that will benefit all forms of wildlife. Probably the most important key
At the end of next week, spring will finally usher in warmer temperatures, and as the last of the remaining snow melts away (hopefully!), it’s the perfect time to get out and try your hand at hunting for shed antlers. If you have never looked for them before, you may well be in for a
The signs of spring are starting to appear. While the plump-breasted worm-eating robins are thought of by many folks as the harbinger of spring, often in my neck of the woods, the arrival of the eastern bluebirds to the yard and nearby trees is the first avian signal that spring is on the way. Over
If you have ever daydreamed about doing some hunting out west, there are some inexpensive opportunities available that won’t break the bank like a 2-week fully guided pack horse trip for elk and mule deer might do. You can actually have wonderful experiences hunting across Colorado, Montana, and Wyoming, or just about any of the
Throughout Pennsylvania and neighboring states, we are at the peak of the coyote breeding season. That means that we are in a prime time of the year to hunt one of our state’s most prolific predators. Both males and females are out and about during daylight hours more than usual, working up an appetite not
When it comes to enhancing our hunting opportunities, taking time to improve the habitat where we hunt is one of the greatest investments of time and money we can make. At a time when most folks are pulled in multiple directions by work and family commitments, and when dollars are sometimes in short supply, it
