Check out this article about elk “hunting.”
[John Martone] paid $8,000 to bag his trophy on the 1,200-acre Mountain View Elk Ranch, a private facility surrounded by a high fence where elk are bred to produce giant antlers and hunters are guaranteed the biggest elk they can afford.
Guaranteed? As in, you don’t ever go home [...]

Check out this story about the 4th largest non-typical whitetail….taken in our sister state — Ohio!
On Saturday, December 9, 2006 in Xenia, Ohio at the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife’s Headquarters, history was made when the formal announcement of Johnathan Schmucker’s 34-point non-typical white-tailed deer score was 291 2/8 Boone and [...]

With Christmas just a few days away, I am suffering from a major quandary–do I shop tomorrow for those last-minute gifts (or at least start my shopping), or do I head to the River to fish?
Which river you ask?  The River.  The Susquehanna.  Specifically, the Narrows.  The Bass are just lined up there right now.  [...]

Smith & Wesson announced that it will acquire Thompson/Center Arms, a 40-year-old, privately-held maker of premium hunting firearms, for $102 million in cash. Thompson/Center Arms, headquartered in Rochester, New Hampshire, is the maker of Contender and Encore interchangeable firearm systems, muzzle-loading rifles, black-powder guns, and rimfire rifles. The purchase price for Thompson/Center Arms includes the [...]

An alert reader sent me this photo (click on it for a larger picture), taken this year at Deer Camp.
Like so many hunters, this camp didn’t see any deer.  They did, however, still put some meat on the table.  Look closely at what is hanging on the meat pole!
A warden came in while they were [...]

What has seven legs, male and female sex organs, a white tail, and knobby antlers?
You guessed it, a 7-legged hermaphroditic deer hit by a truck.
Read more here.
See pictures here.
Taste it here.

A recent article in the Patriot-News shows Sunday hunting is still an important issue to Pennsylvania sportsman. A new petition circulating targets this
The petition claims that “the current ban on Sunday hunting discriminates against the hard-working hunter and sportsman who might have to work six days a week … will also not allow children [...]

I was there when Everett shot his first deer; a large doe at 225 yards at the Boyington Plantation. Nice shot. The story was even better. We had been hunting the plantatiopn hard that year–without success. Everett posited that we were spooking the deer as we drove in at oh-dark-thirty every [...]

The 2006 Deer Rifle Season has been a great surprise so far. First, I trekked up to the cabin to hunt with some buddies. Now, remember, I almost didn’t even hunt this year, mainly because of Upward Football, but partly in a demonstration against the deer eradication policies of the Game Commission.
One of [...]