The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners recently met in Harrisburg to give final approval to the 2024-25 hunting and trapping seasons and bag limits.One significant decision made during the meeting was in Wildlife Management Units 4A, 4D and 5A, in that an extended firearms season for antlerles …

Off-Season Practice and PreparationSpring for most, is a date on the calendar. It’s hope for those who spend their winters in offices, homes, and commuter lanes.It’s as if most of the people you talk to only consider the world to exist when the temperature is above 70 degrees.That’s when we don’t …

Putting your boots on in a parking area with the sun just rising over a field, you can see opportunity with every patch of open grass and hedgerow. This is how so many of these hunts begin. When you load some shells in your orange vest, sometimes tattered with generations of thorns, grab your shotgu …

As a deer hunter, you rely on your gear as any other professional relies on their tools.Carpenters, mechanics, cooks, hairdressers, even doctors know what they need to reach for to be successful. You also know the importance of scent control when you’re in the woods to outsmart a target that will sm …

Update: July 2021The Pennsylvania Game Commission has since updated its website to HuntFishPA.gov. To learn the current way to check on the status of your PA Antlerless Deer Tag Application – visit the updated blog post here!How To Check The Status of Your Pennsylvania Antlerless Deer Tag …

HuntFishPA: A New Mobile-Friendly Outdoor Licensing WebsiteThe PA Game Commission and the PA Fish and Boat Commission worked together to launch HuntFishPA, a new singular website for hunters, anglers, and boaters in the Keystone State. The new site, HuntFishPA, replaces the old Pennsylvania Automati …

Tradition, there’s plenty of it this time of year. The time of year when you look at the calendar a few more times than you normally would. A time of year when you spend those vacation days as carefully as you do your hard-earned dollars. Making that time off last and giving yourself as much valuabl …

Buying a New Compound BowBuying a new compound bow is a big purchase no doubt about it. It’s something you’re going to spend a lot of time with sharing both successes and frustrations. A fairly serious investment for most of us, you want to make sure buyer’s remorse and disappointment are the last t …

Gear Up for the Big WoodsBig woods whitetail hunting is about as challenging as it gets. Not only do hunters have to deal with long treks across mountainous terrain, but the lack of agricultural food sources and typically lower deer densities test even the best woodsmanship. There’s no one piece o …

No matter on which side of the conversation you were on, history will be made this hunting season in Pennsylvania. For the first time ever, hunters will be legally allowed to hunt deer and bear on a Sunday expanding opportunities for hunters whose time is at a premium with work, school, and other fa …