On April 12, the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners gave final approval to the 2025-26 hunting seasons and bag limits. With a few exceptions, the new seasons and bag limits are fundamentally the same as last year. The statewide archery bear season will be shortened from three weeks to ...

As we begin the second week of trout season, anglers will encounter a much different experience on the streams now compared to the opening weekend. There will be less fish left in most places, and those that managed to evade the onslaught of the first few days will be much harder to fool. ...

The statewide trout season opens next Saturday at 8 a.m. This annual rite of spring is something a great many anglers eagerly look forward to, and this year maybe a bit more than usual. Last year, the first few weeks of trout season were nearly a total bust because of the water conditions. ...

The Little Juniata River Association, a 700-plus member non-profit organization, announced that it will hold its 20th annual Riverbank Clean-up on Saturday, April 12. The LJRA has removed tons of trash, tires and assorted other items from more than 20 miles of riverbank and roadsides. Each ...

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 ...