Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Loved the Hemingway series
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 29, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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August 25, 2025
Notes off a soiled cuff: The option of using semi-automatic rifles coming for Pennsylvania deer hunters?
One could reasonably suggest that no lawmaker ever has had such a big effect on hunting in Pennsylvania as Sen. Dan Laughlin, R-Erie.
After all, he is the father of all-weekend hunting here, shepherding through the General Assembly over a number of years the recently passed bill to lift the ban on Sunday hunting – the prospect of which gave game commissioners five years ago cover to change the opening day of deer season from Monday to Saturday.
Outdoor horoscopes for the week of Aug. 25 to Aug. 31, 2025
♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) You’ll rise before
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MN Daily Update: Increase to the walleye limit on Lake Mille Lacs
The Minnesota DNR announced that starting on Aug. 23, anglers
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Here’s how to make sure you’re getting the right shotgun for you
Shotgunners looking to purchase their first shotgun or upgrade to a new one from a hand-me-down should consider several factors in their decision.
Outdoor News spoke with Jason Gentz, of Gentz Sporting Arms, at his shotgun exhibit at Game Fair in Ramsey, Minn., and asked him for some helpful insights he uses to get his clients lined up for a shotgun. Gentz is a Minnesota-based fine firearms dealer who takes pride in working with his clients to help them find a shotgun or rifle that they will be happy with for a long time.
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Michigan Natural Resources Commission resolves to manage problem coyotes
The Michigan Natural Resources Commission earlier this month approved a resolution some have interpreted as a plan to reinstate a year-round coyote hunting season, but that’s not accurate.
“It’s a political spin,” NRC Commissioner Dave Anthony told Michigan Outdoor News. “We’re all working so coyotes can be removed where they’re a problem. That’s our goal. We also want to protect the quiet period so animals have time to raise their young.”
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WI Daily Update: DNR encourages hunters to enroll now in hunter education course
Fall hunting seasons are coming, and the Wisconsin DNR is
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The perch and the walleye: Same family, (very) distant relatives
Although my professional career has involved figuring out how populations and species are evolutionarily related to one another, I’d never stopped to think about perch and walleyes – other than the countless times I’ve discussed with someone about how I love to catch perch because they taste like walleyes. After all, they’re in the same family.
But does being in the same family mean they are closely related?
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Bob Zink: Looking at the coexistence of dogs and traps
Last winter, a friend of mine was in a northern Minnesota state forest, legally cutting down a Christmas tree. His two Drahthaars were nearby, both with tracking collars. The dogs were close by my friend, who could track them with the GPS collars; they were not running wild.
One of the dogs began to make unusual noises, and my friend assumed the dog had encountered a raccoon or skunk – which is usually bad for them.
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