Outdoors

UNIVERSITY PARK — Fall is one of the best times of the year to be outside in Pennsylvania. The changing colors of the leaves and cool, crisp air are i...

Wow, it’s fall again and the weather is noticeably cooling, the streams are up and lake temperatures are down. I should have been born twins to take a...

For me and for many other hunters, the best time of the year is upon us. Fall is my favorite season, mostly because of it being hunting season. My pre...

To bag a giant buck requires more than luck nowadays. True, you may be lucky and stumble onto a wall hanger, but the most successful hunters first loc...

If you were to ask me a month ago how the turkey population was looking in our area, I would have said it was extremely poor. I observed several batch...

Lilian Millet and Brayden Dach both take a podium spot with Millet finishing second place in the International Bunker style Trap event at the Junior O...

With just 15 bull elk archery tags awarded through the state's lottery this year, Centre County hunter Michael Skvarla had already experienced some ma...

This subject has been slowly gaining more and more of my attention and has now reached the point I feel it needs addressed. Speaking with a wide varie...

COUDERSPORT — Ten women graduated from the Ruffed Grouse Society’s Women’s Introduction to Wingshooting program recently held at the Black Forest Cons...

The Allegheny National Forest was to open 144 forest roads Saturday to allow hunters access, with an additional nine forest roads opening at later dat...

It’s the second week of archery season, daylight's fading, you can’t help thinking of dinner. You turn and look behind you one last time. To your abso...

A $290,300 state grant will support construction of a new ATV trail in Elk County, one of two motorized recreation projects receiving funding in the 7...

COLUMBIA — Pennsylvania’s outdoor recreation economy grew by $1.5 billion in 2024, reaching $20.4 billion and supporting more than 177,000 jobs and $9...

JOHNSONBURG — “Adapt or die” is an adage known by many. The Rolfe Beagle Club in Johnsonburg is the perfect example of a club that has changed over ti...

JOHNSONBURG — Hunters harvested 21 coyotes and eleven crows during the 2026 Rolfe Beagle Club's 10-day Statewide Coyote and Crow Hunt. The event, held...

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 ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State researchers are studying a tapeworm found in Pennsylvania wildlife that can spread to dogs and humans. Echinococcus often...

Near Benezette, September daylight slowly dissolves the darkness, the world evolving from impenetrable black, to dark grey, indistinct forms gradually...

CLEARFIELD — Six new all-terrain vehicle connector routes have been approved in Elk and Potter counties, expanding access to the Elk County Trail of D...

JOHNSONBURG — Sept. 15 is the final day to register for the Phil Fitch Memorial Chukar Challenge, scheduled for Sept. 19. The Rolfe Birddoggers will h...