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Ohio duck stamp entries being accepted through Feb. 1
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is accepting submissions for the Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp art competition through Sunday, Feb. 1. The winner of this year’s competition will have their work featured on the
Ohio Mixed Bag: Fishing expo rolls into capital city
The National Fishing Expo in Columbus closes out the month of January in Ohio’s capital city.
This year’s expo runs from Friday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb. 1 at the Ohio Expo Center on
More than 13,000 deer fall during Ohio’s muzzleloader hunt
Ohio’s 2026 muzzleloader hunters killed 421 fewer animals than they did during its 2025 counterpart. Still, a harvest of 13,055 whitetails is nothing to sneeze at, either.
Even so, both years showed declines from
Partnerships lead to novel elk habitat project in Pennsylvania
A major habitat initiative is underway in the Moshannon State Forest just northeast of Parker Dam State Park, in Clearfield County, Pa. Boots-on-the-ground work began in 2025, with the first two areas cleared and planted
Commentary: Growing old in the outdoors can be a daunting task
There are special feelings and apprehensions as folks get older. As an aging hunter and fisherman, I began noting this 16 years ago at age 50.
Mortality, limitations of certain activities, and the sadness
Notes off a soiled cuff: Debate over Pennsylvania’s deer opener date rages on
In the two weeks leading up to the Game Commission meeting that was to be held Jan. 23-24, all that Pennsylvania hunters were talking about was the agency’s controversial proposal to move the opening of
Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Baiting in York County on the individual’s own property and the neighbor’s
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: New park manager at Little Buffalo State Park
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced the appointment of Jim Eckert as the manager Little Buffalo State Park in Perry County, which includes the 88-acre Holman Lake.
Pennsylvania’s Mike Lapp first in NWTF Legacy Callmaker series
Edgefield, S.C. — It was the fall of 1989 when Mike Lapp, of Honey Brook, Pa., harvested his first gobbler. He was in his 20s in the woods with coworkers who had invited him to
