WI Daily Update: What hunters need to know as bear season opens
Wisconsin’s bear season opens Sept. 9 with more than 15,000
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September 7, 2026
Ron Schara: Thinking back on some of the best deer camp stories
It’s almost deer camp time.
Sadly, I won’t be there. Our camp ended a few years ago. Aged hunters; lost hunting land. And so it goes. The camp memories go on, however. Wonderful memories, of course.
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Megan Plete: Late summer is the sweet spot of kayaking season
Late summer and early fall offer a little bit of everything: warm afternoons, cooler mornings, fewer biting insects, lighter water traffic, and the first signs of changing leaves along the shoreline.
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MN Daily Update: Tougher waterfowling conditions on Marsh, Lac qui Parle lakes
The early teal and Canada goose hunts are underway, but
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Pennsylvania’s disbanded deputies are still looking for answers
Several deputy game wardens said a decision by the Pennsylvania Game Commission at the beginning of the year made them question if the program was going to be phased out.
In August, they received an answer, but it was still a surprise. Kale Geiswite is a deputy game warden in Union County. He called a joint move by the Game Commission and Fish & Boat Commission to disband the deputy law enforcement program “appalling and cowardly,” and he’s still waiting for a reason behind the decision.
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Pennsylvania stocking fewer steelhead in recent years
Pennsylvania anglers may begin to see fewer steelhead in Lake Erie tributaries this fall as a result of stocking reductions that began three years ago.
After decades of stocking about 1 million smolts a year, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission began in 2024 to taper its numbers by more than half following a disease scare at the Tionesta State Fish Hatchery.
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