Hunting PA

The experiences of a Pennsylvania hunter and trapper.

Browsing Posts published in February, 2010

Trapping season ended yesterday. I had a fairly slow season due to a very reduced trap line mainly because of college work. I ended the season with only one possum, but I still had a good season. There is nothing quite like taking a walk every day through the snow in single digit temperatures. I [...]

Today I did some target shooting with my muzzleloader. I am still trying to work up the best load for a round ball with my gun, but this is one of the better groups I shot today. This five shot group was shot at 50 yards using a .490 Cast Round Ball, square cut pillow [...]

According to an article on United Press International’s website a California duck hunter was shot in the back. The dog accidentally discharged the shotgun while the hunter went to retrieve some duck decoys. The No. 2 shot traveled 15 feet striking the hunter in the upper left back. The Merced County Sheriff’s office said that [...]

It started snow pretty good late this afternoon and it was still snow last time I looked. The weather says we are supposed to have about a foot of snow by sometime tomorrow. It will be fun finding my traps in the snow tomorrow. I shot a very small possum the other night trying to [...]

Well, Google’s blogger is no longer going to support FTP blogs. So, I have switched over to wordpress and am so far quite impressed with it. All my old posts and user submitted comments were transferred to this new blog so everything that used to be on this site is still here you just have [...]