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The other day, as I made my way to the entrance of my favorite grocery store, a movement on the pavement caught my attention. Scurrying toward the building’s brick facade was a super spider of …
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By SANDY LONG
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7/5/23
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At the risk of waxing poetic, I caught myself thinking this week where I would be if not for the light of the moon.
I was thinking not merely about the things I could take for granted, but …
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By HUNTER HILL
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7/5/23
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On a sunny morning in early June, I had gotten the motorcycle out to visit some folks in Dingman Township.
Going down a gentle hill, I saw a car trying to park on the side of the road. At the …
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By SCOTT RANDO
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6/28/23
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When I began to fish—and I don’t mean fly fish, just good old-fashioned pond, bobber, shiner-for-bait fishing—there were few if any girls or women fishing. At least I didn’t …
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By TONY BONAVIST
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6/28/23
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There are those who talk, and those who walk their talk. Without question, Kathy Michell was the latter, a fiercely dedicated licensed wildlife rehabilitator whose graceful physical appearance …
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By SANDY LONG
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6/21/23
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I get pretty tired. I’m not allowed to say I get more tired than my wife for obvious reasons, but nonetheless, I do run out of energy at least once a day.
Sometimes I flat-out run out of …
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By HUNTER HILL
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6/21/23
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Spring into early summer is the time when you might hear the most bird calls and see the most activity in fields and forests across the region.
Animals are engaged in courtship and breeding; …
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By SCOTT RANDO
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6/14/23
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According to the historical record, the parachute dry fly was likely invented sometime in the 1920s. That same record also indicated that the pattern was first patented in the U.S. and England by …
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By TONY BONAVIST
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6/14/23
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When I pulled into a local gas station the other day, I noticed the victim of a collision lying near the entrance.
It was easy to identify the species with a quick glance at the distinctive …
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By SANDY LONG
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6/9/23
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Hunter Hill is taking a column-week off, so this is a story from 2019. A lifetime ago! Enjoy.
Have you ever had one of those weeks where you seem to run into more wildlife than you normally do, …
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By HUNTER HILL
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6/7/23
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In my travels during the spring, I usually notice the distinct trilling of American toads from early May until early June.
I hear the calls from lakes and ponds, but also along rivers; it seems …
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By SCOTT RANDO
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5/31/23
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When I arrived in Missoula, MT, with my friend Joe after a long cross-country bus ride, the first river I saw was the Clark Fork.
At the time, we were enrolled as students at the University of …
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By TONY BONAVIST
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5/31/23
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“When the red, red robin comes bob, bob bobbin’ along, along—there’ll be no more sobbing when he starts throbbing his own sweet song,” declared Harry Woods when he wrote …
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By SANDY LONG
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5/24/23
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I’ve been joking with family and friends that this column has become more of a ‘this week on the farm’ update, as opposed to the well rounded, all-inclusive country-living column …
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By HUNTER HILL
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5/24/23
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5/19/22
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The vagaries of the little sulphur mayfly hatch
[Photo gallery]
As a longtime angler, I’ve had trouble finding rising trout during almost every mayfly hatch that occurs each year along rivers in the Catskills. All species, it seems, provide their own set of …
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By TONY BONAVIST
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7/14/21
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Graphic Designer Amanda Reed shot this great video and other awesome action pics of dock dogs and so much more while visiting the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg PA. Click Here to read …
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2/5/19
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