Hunting
Ohio Mixed Bag: Nature center opens at Caesar Creek State Park
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio DNR (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz recently opened a newly renovated nature center at Caesar Creek State Park.
Ohio Insider: Readers respond to call for feedback on poaching punishments
Man, did I touch a nerve a couple of issues back with my column in this space detailing two big poaching cases prosecuted by the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife.
I probably received more
Tom Venesky: Time for Pennsylvania to follow other states’ lead when it comes to turkey management?
Pennsylvania is a top turkey hunting state, but we’re not alone.
And one of the other hotspot states is changing things up in ways that might benefit the turkey population, and hunters, in Pennsylvania.
The story of the heaviest bear taken during Pennsylvania’s 2025 season
Nate Miller, a 38-year-old construction worker from Beaver County, had the hunt of a lifetime on the opening day of Pennsylvania’s regular firearms bear season.
Miller’s friend, Dan Druschel, provided Miller with the GPS
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Two-day regulated deer hunt at Presque Isle State Park
Sixty-two hunters participated in a regulated hunt in Presque Isle State Park and harvested 14 antlerless deer and two bucks over a two-day special hunt.
Whitetails are survival machines in winter; here’s how they do it
While the Upper Midwest has experienced some bouts of mild weather the past few weeks, it’s undeniable that winter is here. We’ve gone through a few blizzards, 40-mph winds, and temperatures that didn’t crack double
Record catfish, massive ice storm highlight Michigan’s 2025 outdoors
There was no shortage of eye-popping news stories on the pages of Michigan Outdoor News last year. From confirming breeding cougars in the Upper Peninsula to a state record fish and a massive ice storm,
Steve Piatt: The stay-at-home hunter
It is Saturday, Dec. 6, 7:15 a.m., the second Saturday of Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season.
My wife, Paula, has been settled into her tree stand for the past hour as she looks to connect
Les Winkeler: It’s been a good year of long walks, talks with Milo
Although my wife and I are approaching the age where buying green bananas is considered speculative, we decided to bring a puppy into our home in late summer of 2023.
Since golden retrievers have
