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Michigan’s statewide fishing and hunting report on Oct. 4, 2024
Hunters warming up; salmon still hitting in rivers. A look at the Michigan fishing and hunting report on Oct. 4, 2024.

Pennsylvania Game commissioners approve land acquisitions, mining deals
Pennsylvania game commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting, approved seven acquisitions – one donation, five purchases and one exchange – that would add more than 1,000 acres to state game lands.

Pennsylvania Game Commission shooting ranges are being renovated
Across Pennsylvania, on state game lands, the Game Commission has established shooting ranges, many of which have begun to receive a number of updates and improvements.
Todd Holmes, the agency’s shooting sports coordinator,

Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Fall, winter trout stocking begins
Beginning Oct. 1 and continuing through mid-December, the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission will stock approximately 116,500 hatchery raised adult rainbow, brown and brook trout in 118 stream sections and lakes.

Weather puts damper on opening weekend of Ohio’s archery deer season
The fingertips of now-fizzling Hurricane Helene scraped Ohio over the state’s opening weekend of the archery deer-hunting season, Saturday, Sept. 28.
It didn’t go well, but considering the devastation, lives lost, and more than

Ryan Rothstein: Don’t sleep on October cold fronts
The more things change, the more things stay the same, or so the phrase goes. While I’m not necessarily a subscriber to that philosophy, there’s no doubt it rings true for certain aspects of the

Oak Duke: The dreaded October lull; what is it?
Myth or reality? Each and every whitetail archery season during October, bowhunters report a lull, or slow time when activity and deer, mainly buck sightings, drop off.
Some bowhunters even quit hunting, saying, “I’ll

Pennsylvania Game Commission mulls ways to address crop damage complaints
Programs to help farmers address crop damage are underutilized, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission is exploring ways to help address the issue.
During the commission’s Sept. 20 quarterly meeting, board President Scott Foradora said

Going solo or with a buddy after bears in New York? Here are keys to success
Taking a black bear is considered quite a feat in New York, since the average rate of success usually runs below 2%.
The methods of how to hunt them vary, but the most consistent