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Pennsylvania’s Shirley Grenoble fondly remembered as trailblazer for women in hunting
As a teenager in the 1980s, Joanie Haidle felt like she was the only woman who loved to hunt.
And then she heard about Shirley Grenoble. She picked up a hunting magazine at the

Dean Bortz: I’d settle for another deer season just like 2021
Not being a prophet, nor clairvoyant by any means, I have no way of knowing how the rest of the 2025 hunting seasons will play out. I’ll just hope everyone in our hunting group can

Minnesota climate plan has eye on natural, working lands
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has received public input on its updated climate action framework to ensure the state’s goals to become carbon-neutral by 2050.
Of the various goals and aspects outlined in this

New land purchase is a possibility for Ohio DNR
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) is facing a unique opportunity to expand its public lands in southern Ohio.
Division of Wildlife Chief Kendra Wecker said The Scioto Land Company, a producer of newsprint, approached the

A scant 521 turkeys killed during the fall hunt in Ohio
If Ohio’s turkey hunters thought this year’s fall season drifted off the centerline, they’d have dead-centered the bull’s-eye.
Even so, the results of Ohio’s 2025 fall turkey season still largely fell in line with

Ohio’s whitetail bowhunt harvest lags a little from last year’s kill
Ohio archery hunters checked 46,359 white-tailed deer through Sunday, Nov. 2, which includes the first six weekends of bowhunting, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The 2025-26 statewide archery season began on

Ohio’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Nov. 13, 2025
Fall saugeye, crappie bite picks up on inland. A look at the Ohio fishing and hunting report on Nov. 13, 2025.

Allegations of baiting, trespassing surface against Pennsylvania game warden
Just before the deadline for this week’s print issue of Pennsylvania Outdoor News, a spokesman for the Pennsylvania Game Commission confirmed that the agency was aware of serious allegations made against one of its game

Bob Ziehmer named COO of Mule Deer Foundation
The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) announced this week that Bob Ziehmer, a nationally respected conservation leader and long-time advocate for hunters and wildlife, has been named Chief Operating Officer of the Mule Deer Foundation and