Outdoors

Oct. 18 to 25 is when muzzleloader hunters can hunt antlerless deer in Pennsylvania. Youth and senior hunters can rifle hunt for antlerless deer Oct. ...

“Oh, he’s just telling stories,” someone commented. I was shocked; why had this person spoken so? Was it jealousy of the attention it drew to the stor...

The one thing that has made deer hunting more fun and enjoyable for me more recently has been running trail cameras. Trail cams are a game changer for...

Something's absent since I’ve returned from Africa. My luggage wasn’t lost and though there was a temporary mixup in Paris where the baggage people co...

KANE — Emily Boyd, small game mammal specialist with the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), was the keynote speaker at the Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum...

Break out the brush pants, your favorite shotgun and, of course, a fluorescent orange hat and vest. Pennsylvania’s pheasant season is winging its way ...

The opening day of the Pennsylvania archery season has always been the start to my hunting season. When the archery opener arrives, I know it’s go tim...

JOHNSONBURG — Rolfe Beagle Club, an active bird dog and sportsmen’s group in Johnsonburg, completed the fourth segment of an intensive wetland improve...

Reacting properly after your shot is a critical decision often made under extreme excitement and emotion. Trophy antlers make even seasoned hunters go...

PITTSBURGH (TNS) — They dove and snorkeled in the Mercer County portion of the Shenango River the second week of September to locate Pennsylvania's ra...

HARRISBURG — With fall having arrived in Pennsylvania, anglers can mark their calendars to take advantage of stocked trout fishing opportunities on do...

Forced to pick one tool that has completely changed the sport of hunting, it would be the cell phone. Throughout my 27-year hunting career, a lot of c...

Inside today’s edition: Venture into the Alleghenies — your seasonal guide to scenic escapes and regional highlights across the Twin Tiers. Don’t miss...

Pennsylvania’s statewide  archery deer season kicks off on Oct. 4 and runs through Nov. 21, then comes back in from Dec. 26-Jan. 19. While that’s all ...

For some, hunting season has already started here in the Keystone State. Canada geese came in season Sept. 1 and squirrels are now legal to hunt since...

Scouring the bushveld is an exciting and time-consuming process. The animals are difficult, almost impossible to see as quickly as necessary for a suc...

Conservation efforts in Western Pennsylvania have led to the remarkable restoration of the river otter. It means not only the return in numbers of one...

It’s time, once again, to get off the beaten path and go for a drive on state game lands. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is providing the opportunit...

ELDRED — A hunter/trapper education class will be offered at the Eldred Conservation Club from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. All participants must be at ...

After a 7-hour flight to Amsterdam, 5-hour layover, then an 11-hour to Johannesburg, followed by a 4-hour drive to the lodge my daughter and I collaps...