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Hunting license sales down slightly through the first half of the fiscal year in Pennsylvania
Sales of general hunting licenses in Pennsylvania declined by nearly 2% in the first half of the fiscal year, with a total of 820,086 licenses sold from mid-June through Nov. 30.
The 1.79%

Here are ways to impress your non-hunting friends and family around the table this holiday season
Some traumas are impossible to forget. The case of my late great-aunt’s Christmas goose is one of those such episodes.
Let me explain. Christmas with my feral Irish clan has always been a wild

When bowhunting fails, simply watch black-capped chickadees
They took me onto private ground in Bureau County and brought extra equipment for me to borrow. They chose a tree right next to a beautiful prairie re-creation on the top of a hill. The

Wisconsin Wardens at Work: ‘Admin’ wardens go afield for deer season
DNR game wardens may have dreamed of becoming a field warden because they love being out in Wisconsin’s natural resources. They know protecting those resources comes before personal recreation, and that means working the nine-day

Jeremiah Haas: Hunters should take advantage of post-season shopping
A new year begins as most of our hunting seasons end. It is a great time to pick up some deals as retailers discount items for the year. However, like any sale, you need to

Steve McComas: Here’s a celebration fish can appreciate
Ice on a lake doesn’t freeze all at once – it sputters and hesitates and then the edges stiffen. Whole-lake ice formation comes from the slow dance of rearranging water molecules.
Lake ice always

Changes coming to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission in 2025
Changeover is coming to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission this new year, but what that means for fish and wildlife management remains to be seen.
“There will be some new faces on the commission,
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Local conservationists get national award
The U.S. Forest Service recently announced that three leaders of the annual Allegheny River Cleanup have received the 2024 Outstanding Wild and Scenic Rivers Stewardship award.

Ohio Insider: Many to thank after 20 years of publishing Ohio Outdoor News
I am proud to say that you are reading the first issue of our 20th year of publishing Ohio Outdoor News.
God willing, there will be 20 more. And then some. At the end