Last year, legislation to repeal Pennsylvania’s longtime ban on general Sunday hunting passed the state Senate. This was Senate Bill 67, which had also gained preliminary approval in the House of Representatives before the legislative session expired and with it another opportunity for ...

Fishing tournaments are a popular activity for some anglers, while others loathe such endeavors as a corruption of a sport they enjoy. To each his own, I suppose, but organized fishing tournaments at so many levels are now in place, that competition fishing is not going away and continues to ...

PINE GROVE — The buffet line inside the fire hall in rural Pennsylvania was a familiar sight last weekend as a crowd of about 150 people heaped dinner onto their plates before sitting down to eat, hear a little live music and wait for the raffle. Aside from a couple of vegetable dishes that ...

With all the snow, ice and frigid weather lately, it seems a little out of place to be announcing the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission is set to begin its annual trout-stocking efforts next week, but that is indeed the situation. The statewide trout season for 2025 will begin on ...

At its regular quarterly meeting last weekend, the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners gave preliminary approval to the 2025-26 hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits. No major changes to the general hunting seasons for deer, bear, wild turkey and small game were proposed. All those ...

Once again this winter, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is requesting the public to report sightings of turkey flocks. Information on the location of wintertime turkeys helps Game Commission wildlife managers determine possible sites for live-trapping turkeys for ongoing population ...