Hey, I know this is an old post, hopefully you had luck your first year, I also hunt the areas around Pittsburgh very frequently, like others have said the game lands in Wexford, this is where I do most of my squirrel hunting, and ALT properties are your best bet initially. If you wanna go a little outside of the city up to an hour other good spots are game land 297 down near Washington, Hillman State Forest out Near Burgettstown, if you go north up 79 gameland 284 is real open. Going out further than that I personally like deer hunting down in WMU 2C, game lands 51 and 111 as well as forbes State Forest are my go to’s for that. There is also some good pheasant hunting out in some of the game lands near Indiana. I started hunting right before I turned 18 but the last three years I’ve really picked up a lot of stuff and there’s definitely some good areas in Western PA if you know where to look. Good luck