P.J. Reilly

2 weeks ago | mahoningmatters.com | P.J. Reilly

Pennsylvania hunters bagged more deer this past season than they have in over two decades. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission's estimated harvest numbers for the 2024-25 hunting season, hunters here shot 476,880 deer in total, including 175,280 bucks and 301,600 antlerless deer. That's the most total deer shot since 2002, when Pennsylvania hunters bagged 517,529 deer. That's the highest buck harvest since 2001, when hunters took 203,247 bucks.

2 weeks ago | lancasteronline.com | P.J. Reilly

Pennsylvania hunters bagged more deer this past season than they have in over two decades. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s estimated harvest numbers for the 2024-25 hunting season, hunters here shot 476,880 deer in total, including 175,280 bucks and 301,600 antlerless deer. That’s the most total deer shot since 2002, when Pennsylvania hunters bagged 517,529 deer. That’s the highest buck harvest since 2001, when hunters took 203,247 bucks.

1 month ago | mahoningmatters.com | P.J. Reilly

It all starts Saturday, March 29. Pennsylvania's 2025 trout season kicks off at 8 a.m. March 29 with the Mentored Youth Trout Day. Trout fishing then closes at 7:30 p.m. until it reopens with the big, statewide season opener at 8 a.m. April 5. In Lancaster County, 25 streams and Muddy Run Recreation Reservoir have been stocked with about 30,000 brook, rainbow and brook trout ahead of the March 29 youth day.

1 month ago | lancasteronline.com | P.J. Reilly

It all starts Saturday, March 29. Pennsylvania’s 2025 trout season kicks off at 8 a.m. March 29 with the Mentored Youth Trout Day. Trout fishing then closes at 7:30 p.m. until it reopens with the big, statewide season opener at 8 a.m. April 5. In Lancaster County, 25 streams and Muddy Run Recreation Reservoir have been stocked with about 30,000 brook, rainbow and brook trout ahead of the March 29 youth day.

1 month ago | mahoningmatters.com | P.J. Reilly

"Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone" - Paul Tillich, German-born philosopher. Winter is winding down. The days are getting longer. The sun is growing warmer - on some days. And I'm tired of being cooped up inside. This is the time of year when I start to crave solitude in the outdoors - fresh air and elbow room. There's plenty of solitude to be found in northern Pennsylvania.