Today I hiked around the Trexler Nature Preserve. Pennsylvania is doing a thing this year where they are allowing hunting on three Sundays, this past Sunday being one of those weekends. It’s very odd to me that the state lets people hunt and hike in the same areas, but many of the state parks here seem to be on state game lands. Regardless, I wanted to play it safe and not have my head mounted on someone’s wall, so I stuck to the nature preserve where most of the trail was on open lands and did not allow hunting. I started on the Border Trail which actually goes around the entire preserve and then crossed over Jorden Creek to make a loop back to the trail head. During the hike I crossed path with a deer and saw plenty of birds in the open fields. It was a short hike, just a little over 5 miles with a lot of ups and downs in the hills. I was happy to get out for a bit and enjoy the outdoors.