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2 days ago | 
readingeagle.com | Tom Tatum
By Tom TatumIt’s that time of year here in our neck of Penn’s Woods when it’s prime nesting season for our feathered friends. Case in point: our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds.
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3 days ago | 
pottsmerc.com | Tom Tatum
It’s that time of year here in our neck of Penn’s Woods when it’s prime nesting season for our feathered friends. Case in point: our home in Northbrook is now surrounded by nesting birds.
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1 week ago | 
dailylocal.com | Tom Tatum
Perhaps celebrated Scottish poet Robert Burns said it best in his poem ‘To a Mouse’ where he declared “The best laid plans of mice and men do often go awry.” I submit that this prophecy especially applies to anything having to do with a boat. I was reminded of this last week when my own best laid boating plans would also unexpectedly go awry.
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2 weeks ago | 
mcall.com | Tom Tatum
It seems like Pennsylvania’s bruins keep getting bigger and brawnier. That’s something this past season’s bear harvest report, recently released by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), confirms once again. Originally Published: April 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM EDT
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2 weeks ago | 
dailylocal.com | Tom Tatum
It seems like Pennsylvania’s bruins keep getting bigger and brawnier. That’s something this past season’s bear harvest report, recently released by the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC), confirms once again. “Pennsylvania is home to lots and lots of great bear-friendly habitat, areas with abundant and varied food sources and thick cover,” said Brandon Snavely, the Game Commission’s black bear biologist.
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2 weeks ago | 
citizensvoice.com | Tom Tatum
Few things can quicken the pulse of a Pennsylvania hunter as much as the sound of a Tom turkey’s gobble both near and far. With opening day of the state’s spring gobbler season less than a week away, serious turkey hunters are practicing their calling techniques, patterning their shotguns and scouting their favorite turkey woods in anticipation of the opportunity to bag one of those prized big bronze birds. The 2025 spring gobbler season is just about here.
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3 weeks ago | 
dailylocal.com | Tom Tatum
Few things can quicken the pulse of a Pennsylvania hunter as much as the sound of a Tom turkey’s gobble both near and far. With opening day of the state’s spring gobbler season less than two weeks away, serious turkey hunters are practicing their calling techniques, patterning their shotguns, and scouting their favorite turkey woods in anticipation of the opportunity to bag one of those prized big bronze birds. The 2025 spring gobbler season is just about here.
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1 month ago | 
dailylocal.com | Tom Tatum
By Tom TatumAccording to the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) the fortunes of the state’s deer hunters considerably improved this past season to the tune of about 11% more deer harvested in the 2024-25 hunting seasons than they did the year before. That’s according to recently released PGC deer harvest estimates. The statewide 2024-25 harvest is estimated at 476,880 deer, 175,280 of them antlered deer and 301,600 antlerless.
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1 month ago | 
timesherald.com | Tom Tatum |Tony Di Domizio |Rachel Ravina
SUBSCRIBER ONLY April 14, 2025 at 9:48 a.m. “This is just one proactive step in responsible financial stewardship, and it’s not just about...
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1 month ago | 
dailylocal.com | Tom Tatum
When I arrived at my preferred “fishin’ hole” for Pennsylvania’s opening day for trout season on Saturday morning, I expected a full house of early rising anglers would have already filled the available parking spots. But as I pulled up just a few minutes past 7 a.m. for the 8 a.m. opener I was pleasantly surprised that only one car had already beaten me to it. Subscribe to continue reading this article. Originally Published: April 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM EDT
