Wood ducks are not your everyday waterfowl. For one thing, many hunters and birders consider the wood duck among North AmericaĢƵ most beautiful birds. The hen is plain but the drake displays a purple-green head, scarlet eye, chestnut breast, glossy yellow bill and a flamboyant white “choke ...
All things change over time, yet itĢƵ hard to single out any one thing that has changed as much as hunting.Today, when hunters around here talk hunting, you can bet the subject is deer, turkeys or bear. Younger hunters have never known anything different. But when hunters of my vintage were ...
Here, deep in PennsylvaniaĢƵ southwest corner, we encounter the phrase “three rivers” often. Of the three rivers referred to, we’re most familiar with the Monongahela. And if you’ve ever flown out of Pittsburgh International, blessed with clear weather and a window seat, you gaped at ...