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Sydney Shaw was born into a hunting family. Her sister took to the sport early on, but Sydney had other interests and wasn’t all that enthusiastic abo...

I was soundly asleep and instantly irritated at some level in my subconscious when, for an unknown reason, my eyes opened. My body was perfectly relax...

Occasionally, you run into a gobbler too smart to fool. Scott Neely and I hunted one of these for three years. We nicknamed the big gobbler ‘The Tank....

Anyone who’s read my articles on spring gobbler hunting knows how often I mention the fact it is a sport fraught with perils. Here, Murphy’s Law rules...

Timing alone would make it special. Pennsylvania’s upcoming spring gobbler season – the state’s only big-game hunt outside of fall and winter – takes ...

Last hunting season found me pursuing my favorite game bird, the wild turkey. I’d seen a flock hunting squirrels and knew where they should be. Well, ...

BOBBER GOBBLERS: Lesli Barnett and Dave Saidoo are two kayakers with a passion for bobber gobbling. What is bobber gobbling? Bobber gobbling is the ac...

Opposition in all things is necessary for growth. As the prophet Lehi taught his son, “For it must needs be, that there is an opposition in all things...

After having spent a week hunting spring gobblers in Ohio with my buddy Jim Acker, I was apprehensive about our Pennsylvania season. When you never he...

The fishing was quite good this year, the weather fairly cooperative and my early mornings were spent in pursuit of the wily trout. On occasion as I s...

Beautiful bands of pink and gold streaked the eastern sky — the hills still black bulwarks against the coming dawn. As I waited a few minutes, several...

Well, the COVID-19 virus has really put a hurting on this country and changed how the world operates in every segment of our society. It has also thro...

After five days of hunting spring gobblers, I was beginning to feel the wear and tear. I’m pushing a wheelbarrow full of years, more decades than I ca...

By this time in the season, turkey hunters have begun to form opinions as to how the season is going. For those who have filled their tag(s), the seas...

Big old gobblers, their unpredictability, razor sharp eyesight, great hearing and absolute lack of curiosity can drive the best turkey hunters absolut...

As I have mentioned in earlier articles, people with obsessions — those who literally eat, drink and sleep their passions — are fascinating studies. W...

It’s spring gobbler season once again. Good grief. It’s a fact that few spring turkey hunters make it through the entire season without missing many m...

Did you get your bird? How many times will that question be asked over the course of spring gobbler season? It's hard to tell. Just asking that questi...

Over the last few decades, hunting spring gobblers has changed. Gone are the days when 12-gauge high brass loads were the only rounds you could use, b...

HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners this week gave preliminary approval to hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits for the 2...