A friend who writes about the outdoors for a newspaper in eastern Pennsylvania coined a phrase I like and have borrowed often. He calls those who trudge onto a frozen lake, bore a hole through the ice, then drop down a line, the 鈥淔rozen Chosen.鈥� He鈥檚 an avid ice-fisherman himself and with ...
The 2017 deer season is history, not unlike an anticipated holiday feast that鈥檚 over too soon. For the Game Commission, which regulates the hunt, available measures to assess the season are limited. The number of licenses sold, and the deer-take total are the only criteria for gauging success ...
Deer hunting holds many pleasures, and people who hunt deer do so for a range of reasons. Surveys of hunter motivations reveal that some participants are drawn to the intimate contact with nature and place that hunting deer offers. Others are lured by the technical facets, and enjoy using trail ...
Even when you鈥檙e expecting it, standing behind a pointing-dog whose stance tells you it鈥檚 about to happen, the flush of a ring-necked pheasant rooster knocks you off your game. That鈥檚 part of why you go.His flashy plumage, so garish yet so harmoniously blended, initiates the surprise. ...
Almost as celebrated nowadays as deer season, Pennsylvania鈥檚 statewide firearms black bear season is scheduled for Nov. 18-22. Hunters with a valid bear license can also take a bear Nov. 29-Dec. 2 鈥� during the deer season 鈥� in Wildlife Management Unit 2C, which is roughly the mountain ...
I like duck-hunting鈥攏ot because I know what I鈥檓 doing, but because it鈥檚 something novel, outside our upland outdoor norm, and I get to use my camo-kayak, which adds a mild sense of adventure.In this region, hunting ducks is not in our DNA, so to speak. Here, unlike places where wetlands ...
