I left work early and headed into the Allegheny National Forest. It was early bow season in Pennsylvania and I couldn't wait for the evening hunt. Several days ago I had set my treestand in a large maple tree. The location of the stand was in a steep valley. On one side of the stand, a tributary to the Tionesta River flowed past. On the other the side, the steep ravine rose up from the valley floor.
Read MoreI have a treestand location that’s basically just outside my backdoor that I call “Wi-Fi”. This stand got its name because it is close enough to my house that I still get a wi-fi connection from the router. Don’t let the fact that the stand skirts the tree line in my backyard fool you. This stand gets a lot of use, and many game animals have been seen and harvested from it. The close location of this stand to my house is extremely convenient, especially when time constraints from everyday life only allow for a short hunt after work. Because of this, “Wi-Fi” is my go-to hunting spot on the weekdays
Read MoreAs soon as I realized that the first weekend in June was free from any prior obligations, I immediately called up my two buddies from college. My hope was that they’d have an interest in backpacking into a small freestone stream to fish for native brook trout. As I suspected, both were more than happy to make the drive to northwest PA from the Cleveland area.
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