
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: What about trout traditions?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 6, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 6, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

As we approach the June 14 opening of traditional bass season in Pennsylvania, it’s hard to believe that it has been 25 long years since the state made a major change to its fishing regulations.<br

I just wrapped up a nine-day northern grouse tour. During this trip I put over 2,000 miles on my truck in an effort to photograph the four grouse species found in the Upper Midwest. These
Tyler State Park in Bucks County, Pa., was closed on Memorial Day following the death of a park employee who disappeared two days before.
The body of Alec Campbell, 38 years old, a Delaware

It’s an age-old question: Of fish and fishermen, who’s smarter? A recent magazine article stated that salmon have an IQ of 130.
Darn. That’s smarter than me. Maybe it’s because salmon are full

May was super soggy in most of Pennsylvania, dampening excitement for fishing and boating at a time of year when they should have been ramping up.
“This is our 40th year in business, and

After rebounding in recent decades due to conservation efforts, the number of once-imperiled peregrine falcons in the U.S. has been dropping again in some places due to the bird flu that has decimated other avian

Pennsylvania bowhunters, for the first time in recorded history, tagged more bucks last season than firearms hunters.
And a substantial majority of those bowhunter-killed bucks were shot with crossbows. This turnaround has some Pennsylvania

We all know what to do. Identify legal game, aim, squeeze, tag, drag, skin, eat.
Yet we also know that things often fall apart after the “Identify legal game” part. We shake, we fumble,
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