Doyle Dietz

The view from the South Lookout at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (FILE)

BENEZETTE — Pity poor Polyphemus when it comes to getting an eye full of the wildlife in general and the Rocky Mountain Elk in particular on his odyssey to Pennsylvania’s elk range. There is perhaps no greater outdoors experience than get…

BENEZETTE - Pity poor Polyphemus when it comes to getting an eye full of the wildlife in general and the Rocky Mountain Elk in particular on his odyssey to Pennsylvania's elk range.

The view from the South Lookout at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (FILE)

There was a time when a softball-size purple mark surrounded by yellow on a goose hunter should mean they had – or at least should have had – a productive day. Hopefully, they were able to raise that arm when eating supper. What topped it o…

The view from the South Lookout at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (FILE)

Booking a specially priced youth pheasant hunt at Martz’s Gap View Hunting Preserve is a safe way for young hunters and dogs to get a start to the Pennsylvania hunting season in Pennsylvania. (DOYLE DIETZ/CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER)

DALMATIA - That audible groan coming collectively as one from my two great nephews after checking the Bloomsburg University football schedule meant

Proponents of a combined wildlife agency in Pennsylvania have to be pleased with the recent findings od the Wildlife Management Institute, which has completed its research study of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

The view from the South Lookout at Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Berks County, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025. (FILE)