4. In a large saucepan melt butter on medium heat. Once melted add flour to combine. Cook for at least 1-2 minutes stirring often (do not burn).
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Southeast Minnesota-based outdoors writer and regular Outdoor News contributor Scott Bestul, age 64, died Saturday morning, April 19, after a 2.5-year battle with a gastrointestinal stromal tumor.
Bestul’s outdoors writing focused on a number of topics including turkey hunting, stream trout, and muskie fishing, but he was best known for his white-tailed deer hunting expertise, especially in the bluff country of southeast Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and northeast Iowa.
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission, at its recent meeting, announced that 1,312,000 antlerless deer licenses will be allocated statewide for 2025-26, which is up from the 1,186,000 licenses allocated for 2024-25 – an increase of about 10%.
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A number of changes meant to update and improve Pennsylvania’s elk license application system were given final approval at the Game Commission’s April 12 meeting.
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission has charged multiple individuals, including three juveniles and three adults, in Susquehanna County following an in-depth investigation into illegal poaching activities that resulted in the unlawful killing of numerous deer and other wildlife.
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There will be intermittent interruptions to the Scotia Range Complex this spring on State Game Land 176 in Centre County, depending on weather conditions. Shooters should be aware that the rifle range will be under construction starting at that time and is anticipated to be unavailable until mid-June.
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At their April 12 quarterly meeting, Pennsylvania game commissioners gave final approval to four changes to the agency’s agricultural deer control permit program, which allows farmers to address deer damage through hunters harvesting additional antlerless deer on enrolled farms and in longer hunting seasons.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 25, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission’s trout stocking program isn’t well. What ails it? Money troubles. The commission recently staved off cuts to stocked trout by taking enormous taxpayer bailouts.
Over $100 million from a pool of tax money, Capital Funds, that’s intended for public infrastructure (roads, bridges, etc.) was instead used to pay for hatchery maintenance the commission couldn’t afford. So did this huge sum of taxpayer money solve the agency’s hatchery money troubles?
Commentary: Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission should cut back on trout stocking Read More »
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