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February 28, 2026

Five tips to put you on more shed deer antlers

It’s been said before: Shed hunting is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Think about it: Any given buck can literally travel for miles from when deer begin dropping antlers in December until the last buck has shed in April. How are you supposed to know where a given deer was at the exact moment he shed an antler? Here are five tips to point you in the right direction.

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Tyler Frantz: Some of the most frigid hunts are memories frozen in time

Drafting this column in early February, there is no way of accurately predicting the weather when this issue of Pennsylvania Outdoor News goes to press, but as I gaze out the window of my home office on this quiet Friday evening, the snow is still falling and it’s cold as a “you know what.”
Our dear pal Phil saw his shadow again, and all the weather reports seem to validate his prognostication with extreme cold warnings, -20 wind chills, and dangerous wind advisories over the next 24 hours.

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Wisconsin’s suggested 2026 waterfowl rules similar to 2025

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources’ Waterfowl Advisory Committee met at the Mead Wildlife Area Feb. 16 and recommended 2026 waterfowl regulations very similar to 2025 regulations.
Hunters now will have until March 6 to express their opinions on the proposals at several meetings and online.

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Remembering Mike Conlin, a staunch advocate for Illinois fisheries

Mike Conlin, whose footprints and pawprints can be found on just about every tool used to build the Illinois DNR’s Division of Fisheries over a magical four-decade period, died Feb. 12 at the age of 81. 
A 38-year career with DNR began as a fisheries biologist and later included 30 years as Illinois’ Chief of Fisheries. Conlin retired from DNR in 2009 as director of the Office of Resource Conservation. 

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