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Bucket-list fish to target? Give me big bull bluegills every time!
For two consecutive editions recently, Ohio Outdoor News Editor Mike Moore crafted a “Sounding Board” question for selected readers basically querying them on their bucket list fishing trip destination.
Up swam “muskie” from one

Pay attention to sub-surface currents to put more walleyes in your boat
The looks were all the same: seven people wondering what the heck just happened.
After a 25-minute trolling pass with 11 fish caught, we were halfway through our return pass and had nothing, zip,

No wild pheasants in Pennsylvania? State Pheasants Forever chapter keeps giving
Pheasants Forever stands out among groups because its work benefits the environment and society, beyond the welfare of its species of interest – the ring-necked pheasant. Pheasants Forever promotes and helps to implement agricultural practices

October means hunting season across New York: Here are the highlights coming soon
For now, New York’s pilot junior hunting program has an extension. None of that will be on the minds of junior hunters – those ages 12 to 15 – when along with their mentors they

New York’s statewide hunting and fishing report on Sept. 28, 2023
No matter if you’re in the woods or on the water, autumn is a special time of year. A look at the hunting and fishing report from across New York on Sept. 28, 2023.

For those willing to hike, Iowa’s South Skunk Wildlife Area offers off-the-beaten-path experience
A 40-foot strip of wild plum-lined land leads from the one-and-only parking lot on the north end of the South Skunk Wildlife Area, to a large remote floodplain grassland in southern Jasper County.
“If

Belly boating for brookies: Get to those hard-to-access hotspots
Brook trout, Michigan’s state fish, often are associated with tiny, jump-across creeks. Angling means belly-crawling to their edges so you don’t spook them before dropping an earthworm or grasshopper into the often gin-clear water to

Is there a way to protect black bear cubs during hunting season in Pennsylvania?
I always cringed whenever a tiny cub showed up at the check station during bear season.
It is perfectly fine to shoot a cub during any of the bear seasons, but when I

Streams of Thought: Another memorable Minnesota duck opener behind us
A friend and freelance writer for this newspaper caught crappies and killed ducks on the same lake, about four miles from my house, last weekend.
I didn’t join him because A) he didn’t ask