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Pennsylvania’s Hunters Sharing the Harvest sees positive start for venison donations this year
Early reports from the last few days of the rifle deer season in Pennsylvania indicate venison donations to Hunters Sharing the Harvest are ahead of last year’s record pace.
According to Executive Director Randy

Initial phase of deer hunts in two Pittsburgh parks goes smoothly
The harvest count in Pittsburgh’s first-ever controlled bowhunt is 80 deer as of Dec. 9, when the program was paused for an 18-day break until after Christmas.
Archery began in two city parks –

More Christmas gift ideas for the outdoorsmen
Every year, I hear people fretting about what what to get their husband, wife, son, daughter, friends, or other family members for Christmas. If any of them are hunters, fishermen, campers, or if they enjoy

Ohio’s deer gun hunters were largely successful in 2023
Many deer hunters in Ohio laughed in the face of weather adversity during the statewide firearms season and still did better than just pretty well.
They came within 1.5% of the three-year average for the

Knocking on doors pays off in huge buck for Ohio bowhunter Zach Kemper
You have to knock on a lot of doors in order to get a place to hunt deer on private property in Ohio.
Zach Kemper, of Osgood in Darke County, took that to heart.

Commentary: Delta Waterfowl initiative aims to work with farmers to keep at-risk wetlands producing ducks in Canada
The Canadian prairie continues to lose its allure to breeding ducks. But Delta Waterfowl is working to expand the organization’s habitat conservation programs that provide farmers with annual incentive payments to retain the region’s critical

Michigan bear harvest slips slightly during 2023 season
Hunters registered a total of 1,905 black bears in Michigan during 2023 seasons, according to preliminary figures from the DNR. That total is down 68 animals from last year, but almost identical to the 1,907

Outdoors headlines: Here’s a look back on top stories from a big 2023 in Ohio
The year of 2023 was chock full of fine news stories that made the pages of Ohio Outdoor News.
From two Lake Erie tournament fishermen headed to jail to a 16-year-old record smallmouth bass,

Late season pheasant hunting offers great rewards for those willing to work for it
My late grandfather’s farewell performance as a pheasant hunter – a seven-decade recurring role – took center stage on a particularly brutal December day in eastern South Dakota in the mid-1990s.
I thought about