Our Winter Newsletter has arrived, and another fine one it is. Beginning with the cover, there is a beautiful colored picture of our newest trail shelter, courtesy of Larry Holtzapple of Wellsboro.
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Right: Ronald Anderson, age 78, of Dover, shot this nice 10-point buck at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 26, in Windfall, near Crossfork. This was Anderson’s 35th Pennsylvania buck.
Every year as hunting season comes to end and the winter months set in, we expect those tiny snow tornadoes, spinning columns of snow lasting only for a few moments, to be bouncing across the …
Birds seem to be all around us. We don’t really understand how hard it is for birds to navigate their world, or how much human activity has made this navigation more difficult. Like people, bi…
A n empty whitetail buck tag. How can that be? Boy, things sure seemed promising way back at the start of archery season with the number of available target bucks on my list. Those either elud…
For those who like statistics, here are a few relating to the Susquehannock Trail System. This may provide an inkling as to what all is involved in trail maintenance.
Now that a new year is upon us, what activities do you enjoy between the end of deer and the start of spring turkey season?
Wow, a brand new year! It’s also a new year for our trail club, and we have already begun to make plans for a better STS.
After again reading the story of Gerry Largay getting lost along the Appalachian Trail, and eventually dying in the Maine woods, I can’t help but wonder why these things happen in the first pl…
The 2023 Step Outdoors Winter Outings Series kicks off on New Year’s Day this Sunday, Jan. 1, with three free First Day hikes and a 5K, none of which require pre-registration, according to org…
Pennsylvania is the only state to have a firearms deer season during which only flintlock rifles and handguns can be used. It’s a season where you truly partake in a primitive experience.
Well, by the time you are reading this Governor Tom Wolf has already signed the legislation to allow doe tags to be sold through the HuntFishPa Automated online licenses sales system.
Another little (we hope) taste of winter came through as I write this Dec. 15. It’s hard to say what we’ll get. They like to change the forecast frequently.
Mars currently dominates our night sky. Rising just as the sun sets, and very high in the sky all night, it is the brightest object in the sky other than the moon and Jupiter.
Somehow I missed mentioning the December full moon, known by several names, the Full Cold Moon being the most common. It’s also known as the Moon Before Yule and the Full Long Night Moon.
It’s early December and the morning temperature is right at 32 degrees, barely past freezing. I adjust the sling on my shoulder so the .308 caliber deer rifle carries more balanced.
Bird watchers, especially those who regularly feed birds, may recall the winter finch irruption that I wrote about two years ago. Well, get ready for the return of several northern winter finc…
The deer hunting season is winding down and, if you haven’t filled your tag yet, it can get a little frustrating or disappointing on a few fronts.
With the Christmas holiday fast approaching, and with folks kind of cutting back on the spending for gifts, we have a suggestion which might just appeal to some. And that is a STC membership.
It may not seem like winter just yet, but we know it’s just around the corner, and with it comes all sorts of weather. Most of the time our winters aren’t too bad, but some times it can and do…
Well, here we are already into the first week of rifle deer season. Many a hunter is wondering how we got to this point so quickly. It seems just a few weeks ago that we were anticipating the …
At most events when we share our telescopes with the public, we are asked “What power is your telescope?”
Potter County’s backwoods offers a peaceful way to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. One of the best ways to truly experience the calm and peacefulness of Potter County is …
Have you noticed as you get older that you have begun to hunt at a slower pace? Of course, we don’t admit that age has anything to do with it.
Maybe it’s not a coincidence that Thanksgiving follows Veteran’s Day by less than two weeks. We have so much to be thankful for and our vets should be up there pretty high on our list.
When the leaves have turned and fallen and cooler morning temperatures call for a flannel shirt, many anglers in Pennsylvania have forgotten about trout fishing.
