No matter what your primary objective outdoors, there is always some bonus to enjoy. In early May, common objectives are a big, glossy turkey gobbler, a creel of silvery trout or a bag of morels.While I’ve sought all these prizes, one bonus I always welcome is encountering a box turtle. ...
It’s fortunate that kids think about fishing differently than adults. To a kid, every fishing trip is an adventure. I know this because when I was a kid, our neighbor, Art Thomas, worked at the pipeline compressor station (then known as Texas Eastern) at Lemont Furnace. As an employee, Art ...
Mundane would be a good word to describe most text messages. But occasionally a standout dispatch will appear on that illuminated screen — like this one from a friend who lives on the shoulder of Mount Davis in Somerset County: “Aggressive grouse here. Come over and see him when you ...
Kids and fishing; the two go together so naturally that we often forget that fishing with kids merits special considerations.A little planning on the part of adults can make a child’s early fishing experiences a rewarding springboard to a lifetime of angling.The Fish and Boat Commission’s ...
I returned home one evening last week and proudly informed my wife Kathy that I’d “graduated to a half-gallon of milk.”That’s the maximum weight my doctor advised picking up with my right arm. But those 64 ounces are a big improvement. For the past two months, a cup of coffee was my ...
They’re hard to miss — now that they’re gone. Ash trees, some of the most valuable and important trees in American forests, have died by the millions over the past five years, killed by an invasive beetle called the emerald ash borer. Foresters are not optimistic. Many believe the borer ...
