
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Merger of agencies a no-brainer
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 2, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 2, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Deer drives always made me uneasy. I’ve participated in plenty, and admit it can be a fun way to hunt. But no matter how fast-paced the action was, the risk was always inherent. And obvious.<br

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 19, 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

It’s time! In fact the time is long overdue.
That fact was driven home to me a few weeks ago when I went to sight in an old friend’s rifle for him at the

Now that the firearms deer hunting season is over and the holidays are upon us, it’s an appropriate time to point out that Pennsylvania is the only state that still offers a primitive flintlock season,

For something that is the norm across the country, the idea of merging Pennsylvania’s game and fish agencies wouldn’t seem like a hard thing to do.
But Pennsylvania isn’t like other states. The Pennsylvania

Investments to conserve, restore, and manage fish and wildlife pump billions into the economy, fueling jobs, powering the $1.1 trillion outdoor recreation industry, and rivaling major U.S. sectors.
A new report, “Conservation Economy in

The Pennsylvania Game Commission needs to get very aggressive with harvesting the nest robbers in our woods.
Raccoons, skunks, opossums and fishers are running rampant because low fur prices have dictated a steep decline

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 5, 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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