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Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Don’t take antlers from road-killed deer without a permit
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the July 18, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.

Bass Pro Shops to open new Clifton Park store July 30 in New York
Bass Pro Shops is coming to the Capital District. The new outlet, the company’s fourth in New York, is set to open with its traditional Evening for Conservation on Wednesday, July 30.
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Ohio Mixed Bag: Deerassic Classic set for its annual run on Aug. 1-2 in Cambridge
This summer’s Deerassic Classic is set to run this year on Aug. 1-2 in Cambridge at Deerassic Park.
Entertainers scheduled for this year are country music artists Tyler Farr on Friday night, and Nate

Ryan Rothstein: Minnesota’s transition zone is a whitetail haven
When we talk about deer habitat, most people’s minds travel straight to woods and forests. And while deer are often considered a forest animal, there’s actually not much for a deer to eat in truly

Streams of Thought: Litterers, vandals ruin access opportunities on a Minnesota Wildlife Management Area
Some old DNR friends of mine used to joke that before they erected shiny news signs on state lands, they considered first taking them to a gun range to “pre-emptively” put a round of bird

Lawmaker grills Pennsylvania Game Commission on land swap
A state legislator is criticizing a land swap involving the Pennsylvania Game Commission as a violation of the Pittman- Robertson Act.
In late June, the state House and Senate voted to approve a bill

Floating the Delaware River — a northeastern water with many attractions
We’ve all heard of George Washington crossing the Delaware River and surprising the Hessian soldiers during the Revolutionary War. I have crossed the Delaware scores of times, usually to get to a job site, a

Patrick Durkin: Youth-only hunts often trigger petty opposition
Even though Wisconsin’s hunter numbers have tumbled the past quarter-century, some adults get all pouty about the state’s two-day youth-only hunts for deer, waterfowl, and turkeys, especially when kids enjoy a little success.
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Ohio Cuffs & Collars: Suspect exceeds the deer bag limit in Crawford County
Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the July 18, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.