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Popular Pennsylvania outdoor writer starts new chapter in his life after retirement
After penning his final story for Lancaster LNP – his 1,645th in a 37-year career – Ad Crable immediately began hearing from readers.
At last count, more than 300 fans had reached out to

Lasers protecting pheasants at Pennsylvania’s Northumberland game farm
After an avian influenza outbreak resulted in the loss of nearly 100,000 pheasants on his farm, Mike Martz was determined to employ every measure he could to avoid a repeat occurrence.
The owner of

CWD confirmed in wild deer in two new Minnesota deer permit areas
Two adult male deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in two deer permit areas without previous confirmed cases of the disease.
One deer was harvested in DPA 266 near Hawley in Clay County

Big decoy shows coming to Cleveland in March
It’s the largest collecting and carving event in the Midwest. Two shows on the same weekend at the same location.
The Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association (ODCCA) and the Great Lakes Decoy Association

Ohio’s record buck kill already set during 2024-25 season with time remaining
Deer hunters in Ohio are approaching the finish line, and the last baton hand-off saw a seamless transfer.
During the recently concluded four-day statewide muzzleloading deer hunting season (Jan. 4-7), hunters killed 13,476 white-tailed

Tom Venesky: Antler restrictions hinder CWD control in Pennsylvania
I don’t mind antler point restrictions, but they’re not for everybody.
While the general consensus is larger bucks have increased since the Pennsylvania Game Commission implemented antler point restrictions in 2002, there have been

Balancing wildlife, agriculture is topic of farm show session in Pennsylvania
In a joint effort to address concerns and reports of increased deer pressure on agriculture crops across the state, a joint town hall meeting was held on Jan. 9 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show to

34 CWD positive whitetails found so far from Michigan’s 2024-25 season
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources confirmed chronic wasting disease is now in 14 Michigan counties after a buck in Mecosta County tested positive this season.
A total of 307 deer in Michigan have

Andrew Zysek: Remembering a long winter on a trap line
The following story took place during the 2018-19 trapping season on a section of federal lands called the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. I had been going through a rough time at this point of my