hunting

Over the years, I’ve had lots of encounters with bears. I’ve written about a few of them before. Of all these little adventures, it seems most occur w...

EMPORIUM — Its numbers may have been more modest, but the result was largely the same. A week after piling up 560 yards of offense, including a combin...

Take notice in, say about late afternoon, and you’ll see that the shadows cast by the sun are becoming longer. Also, while scanning a forested ridgeli...

HARRISBURG — If you haven’t yet purchased your 2020-21 Pennsylvania hunting license, now might be the time. The new license year began July 1, meaning...

I freely admit to my addiction to most things related to firearms. One of my special weaknesses involves admiring “classic” rifles and shotguns. I mig...

HARRISBURG — With expanded Sunday hunting for big game and an archery deer season that reaches deeper than ever into the whitetail rut, 2020 is sure t...

From the time I was just a kid, I’ve always enjoyed hunting stories. The first-hand accounts of the hunting adventures of friends and relatives, wheth...

KANE — The bird doggers of Elk County announced the winners of their Bird Dog Challenge run at the Rolfe Beagle Club in Johnsonburg. The Bird Dog Chal...

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...

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...

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...

When I was fifteen, I had a really miserable deer season. I shot up a whole box of 30.06 ammo without nicking a hair on a doe’s butt. When I couldn’t ...

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...

KANE — The Ruffed Grouse Society and Mt. Jewett Sportsmen’s Club will offer a Women’s Introduction to Wingshooting program this summer. Training will ...

Historic Downtown Bradford will again host a two-week long “Quilt Hunt,” taking place from Saturday until March 28. This hunt, in honor of March being...

As a young hunter, I listened with great interest to any advice offered by old-timers and the (probably unfounded) opinions of my young chums. Subject...

SALAMANCA, N.Y. — Avid sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts are invited to the annual Sportsman Show that is set for today and Sunday at the Seneca Alleg...

The Pa. Game Commission’s January meeting sets the stage for proposed game law and regulation changes for the coming license year. Friday’s session in...