Hunting
The 2025 Ohio Outdoor News year in review
The year of 2025 in the pages of Ohio Outdoor News began and ended with state records in the fishing category.
In between were a lot more stories that made the cut for this
Ohio’s young deer hunters experience good hunt during 2025 youth season
Nearly 10,000 Ohio deer hunters age 17 and under helped fill their family freezers with venison in late November.
During the Nov. 22 and Nov. 23, Ohio youth-only deer firearms hunting season, the state’s
Ohio Insider: A history lesson on the state’s gun deer season
I’m writing this column amidst the traditional gun week for deer in Ohio.
If you will allow, I thought it would be fun to look back on the origins of the Buckeye State’s gun
First-ever Congressional rollbacks of public land use now law
On December 11, President Donald Trump signed a series of Congressional resolutions into law that rolled back Resource Management Plans (RMPs) and RMP amendments for millions of acres of Bureau of Land Management lands in
Experience waterfowl hunting on Pennsylvania State Game Land 214
Pennsylvania is blessed with many forms of wild game and birds to hunt.
Waterfowl is often at the top of that list at this time of year in a few locales in this state.
A quick chat with Backcountry Hunters and Anglers’ Ryan Callaghan
Ryan Callaghan is best known for being a content creator for MeatEater, a company that provides content related to hunting, fishing and conservation through its website, podcasts and other media.
Called “Cal” by many, he
Candidates sought for Pennsylvania Game Commission board
The Governor’s Advisory Council for Hunting, Fishing and Conservation is seeking qualified candidates interested in serving the Pennsylvania Game Commission as commissioners in the following regions.
Mixed Bag: Deer with “Pet” spray-painted on its sides found in Lebanon County on opening day
A deer with the word “pet” spray-painted on its sides in bright orange letters was found wandering around a community in Lebanon County on the first day of rifle deer season.
Commentary: Pennsylvania needs to merge agencies or at least simplify regulations
It’s time! In fact the time is long overdue.
That fact was driven home to me a few weeks ago when I went to sight in an old friend’s rifle for him at the
