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2012-05-20 00:14:29
Trout and turkey seasons opened in April, but May is warbler season. No license required, just binoculars and a field guide.
2012-05-20 00:14:11
Moments after the sun crossed the hilly horizon, two sets of gobbles resonated from across the valley.
2012-05-20 00:12:35
It's not about the trout. Images from the Post-Gazette's annual Trout Photo Contest show more than the fish.
2012-05-18 15:25:22
Lake Erie: Charter captains reported big lake trout catches at about 55 feet as the fish continued their migration to deeper waters ...
2012-05-13 00:28:44
Golden scaled with an upturned mouth and bright red fins and tail, the 15-inch fish looked like a giant minnow swimming in a wash bucket.
2012-05-13 00:26:39
The magic number is 60. That's the water temperature which, combined with prolonged hours of daylight, triggers changes
2012-05-13 00:03:58
Last year was tough on Pennsylvania boaters. Recreational boating accidents claimed 22 lives in 2011.
2012-05-09 15:39:47
No one is born with an innate understanding of nature and how to relate to it in a civilized world. It's acquired knowledge.
2012-05-09 15:39:33
Last year, on April 24, I wrote that ruby-throated hummingbirds were back early. This year they are setting early return records.
2012-05-09 15:39:33
Two Cumberland County men felt the bite of fines for the illegal possession of timber rattlesnakes.
2012-05-09 15:32:17
The unofficial start of Pennsylvania's 2012 fishing season arrives March 31 when trout season opens in the state's 18 southeastern counties.
2012-05-09 15:20:06
The opening of trout season is just three weekends out, and most of the regional fly tying courses are wrapping up.
2012-05-09 15:19:54
If you've never walked on a thick spongy layer of forest leaf litter, blame invasive earthworms.
2012-05-09 15:19:54
The deer harvest is up, with hunters in Pennsylvania killing more deer during 2011-12 seasons than in the previous license year.
2012-05-09 15:00:47
The three-year, $21 million rehabilitation of Allegheny County's largest lake is virtually complete.
2012-05-09 15:00:44
Have you heard of an increase in the deer tick population this year?" writes Dave Fahrner of Pittsburgh.
2012-05-09 14:42:03
Adam Pritts may have devised for himself the perfect job description.
2012-05-09 14:41:44
A drop in the number of registered boats on Pennsylvania waterways has predictably contributed to a decline in boating accidents.
2012-05-09 14:41:43
Gov. Tom Corbett has cut a lot from the state government, but last week he added something.
2012-05-09 14:41:43
Shortly after noon on the last day of February, the thermometer on my porch read 62 degrees.
2012-05-09 14:23:38
In 1990, 18 years after the Clean Water Act, Nine Mile Run was a toxic open sewer channeling waste from Wilkinsburg, Edgewood, Swissvale
2012-05-09 14:23:24
A fish consumption advisory warned of increased PCB contamination of carp and channel catfish caught in the Beaver River.
2012-05-09 14:23:23
Last week, while perusing Internet notes on Pennsylvania birding (http://birdingonthe.net), a subject line from Feb. 17 caught my eye.
2012-05-09 14:06:16
If there is a perfect bird to symbolize this time of year, it may be the raven. Its black plumage reflects little light.
2012-05-09 14:05:47
Asian carp are coming to a Great Lake near you.
2012-05-09 14:05:45
A whiteout is raging in Eastern Pennsylvania.
2012-05-09 13:44:23
A successful plan is a beautiful thing, especially when the story grows from an apparent failure.
2012-05-09 13:43:56
According to the 2006 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife Associated Recreation, approximately 143,000 Pennsylvanians
2012-05-09 13:43:55
Shortly after the turn of the 20th century, the Pennsylvania Game Commission began petitioning the state Legislature to license hunting as
2012-05-09 13:43:53
Science-based wildlife management or commerce-driven population control?
2012-05-09 13:43:52
The National Park Foundation and retail outfitter L.L.Bean are on a mission.
2012-05-06 00:30:14
The Wildlife Management Unit with the highest increase in antlerless deer allocations is northcentral 2G.
2012-05-06 00:29:18
Some Baby Boomers might be surprised to learn that, yes, there is such a thing as a flying squirrel.
2012-05-06 00:24:25
In a few weeks, broods of turkeys will begin to appear in woods and along country roads.
2012-05-06 00:22:09
Show off your catch through May 13 in the Post-Gazette's annual Trout Photo Contest.
2012-04-29 00:23:03
Among the biggest changes enacted last week by the Board of Game Commissioners are provisions expanding bear hunting.
2012-04-29 00:12:03
Katherine Yanni, 7, of Wexford caught her rainbow trout from a canoe on North Park Lake using pink Powerbait.
2012-04-29 00:10:36
A recent discovery put me in a turkey state of mind.
2012-04-29 00:08:37
Survey results released last week showed most hunters generally supported some antler restrictions and half supported hunting seasons.
2012-04-29 00:07:10
Take your picnic beyond hotdogs and hamburgers with easy-to-make upscale entrees and side dishes.
2012-04-22 22:42:32
A bull elk taken in 2011 had the largest rack ever registered in Pennsylvania.
2012-04-22 22:42:18
It's noteworthy in turkey hunting circles to get a Mexican or Canadian Slam -- shooting birds in those countries.
2012-04-17 17:23:11
Anglers have turned their attention to brown, rainbow and brook trout in a statewide season that opened Saturday.
2012-04-15 15:53:30
"The Bluebird Effect: Uncommon Bonds with Common Birds" (Houghton Mifflin) by wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose collects 25 essays.
2012-04-15 00:11:08
Show off your catch now through May 13 in the Post-Gazette's annual Trout Photo Contest.
2012-04-15 00:06:40
The record-setting warm winter almost certainly will impact hunters during spring gobbler season.
2012-04-14 17:10:06
The state Fish and Boat Commission has sold about 20 percent more fishing licenses than at this time last year.
2012-04-12 20:22:49
A roundup of what's biting where on the region's waterways.
2012-04-08 00:31:32
Fish live at the mercy of their environment. The quality of the water in which they live sets limits on their lives.
2012-04-08 00:10:31
A bobber and bait, a calm pool or lake, and a warm spring day. For a lot of anglers, it doesn't get much better.
2012-04-08 00:06:14
The spotted bass is native to Pennsylvania, but not these spots.
2012-04-01 00:25:04
Depending on how you fish, trout can seem persnickety and selective or opportunistic and voracious. Both perceptions are accurate.
2012-04-01 00:05:01
In the first week of March, Pennsylvania Game Commission officials euthanized a female black bear in Cook, Westmoreland County.
2012-04-01 00:04:21
My wife has a cousin who, like many anglers, lives for opening day of trout season. In most of Pennsylvania, that's April 14.
