
Outdoor Insights: Wild deer for sale? Idea still deserves a hard pass
A buddy sent me a link to a story that appeared in The Atlantic Monthly back in January.
Titled “Eat More Deer – America is letting good meat go to waste,” the piece advocated
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A buddy sent me a link to a story that appeared in The Atlantic Monthly back in January.
Titled “Eat More Deer – America is letting good meat go to waste,” the piece advocated

In watching the town hall meeting held Feb. 11 at the Great American Outdoor Show focused on crop damage by deer (see this story), I was struck – as I always am – by the

The article in a recent issue of Pennsylvania Outdoor News about deer feeders in the Northern Tier brought back good memories of my first job with the Bureau of Forestry.
For many years, most

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 27, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

A recent measure approved by the Pennsylvania Game Commission board trashes the seriousness of chronic wasting disease.
For years, we’ve been told that moving high-risk parts — spine, brain, lymph nodes (which are located

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 13, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Got a snarky note from a reader recently commenting on our use of “doe” tags in a headline above a story about antlerless licenses.
The guy proceeded to explain how the antlerless category also

With all the talk recently about antiquated laws and regulations, one of the most obvious is often overlooked.
For some reason, harvested deer in Pennsylvania can only be tagged in the ear and nowhere

After reading Tom Venesky’s recent column and a few Letters to the Editor advocating for no tags for children under the age of 7, I want to point out another side of the story.
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