Hunting
Ohio Mixed Bag: CRP opens enrollment period
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced recently the 2026 enrollment periods for both the continuous and general Conservation Reserve Program (CRP), marking 40 years since the program was first opened for enrollment.
Ohio’s 2025-26 deer hunters ‘successful as they’ve ever been’ outside of areas impacted by EHD
Athens, Ohio — The conclusion of Ohio’s 2025-2026 needs to include an asterisk.
Commentary: In a hard Pennsylvania winter like this, cutting browse helps wildlife
The article in a recent issue of Pennsylvania Outdoor News about deer feeders in the Northern Tier brought back good memories of my first job with the Bureau of Forestry.
For many years, most
New game wardens join Pennsylvania Game Commission ranks
Adam Beinhauer, of Pittsburgh (Lancaster County); Wade Clark III, of Apollo (Bedford County); Benjamin Conklin, of Effort (Carbon County); Joseph D’Andrea, of Congers, N.Y. (Carbon County); Joshua Elchin, of Windber (Blair County); Peter Havens, of
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Big game scoring event to be held in Dallas
The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently announced that it will hold a big game scoring session at the Northeast Regional Headquarters building at 3917 Memorial Highway here on Saturday, March 21.
Balancing wildlife and agriculture the topic at Pennsylvania town hall meeting
In a continuing joint effort to provide solutions to crop damage by deer, the state Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau and Hunters Sharing the Harvest held a town hall meeting Feb.
Wisconsin’s Hannah Stolz, sister of U.S. gold medalist Jordan Stolz, has talent of her own with taxidermy
Hannah Stolz of the town of Wayne, Wis., in Washington County was judged to have the best mount at the 2023 National Taxidermists Association Convention held July 20-23 in Sioux falls, S.D.
The convention
Iron County bear among oldest ever harvested in Michigan
A half-mount of an average-looking adult black bear was just added to the walls of Luckey’s Sport Shop in Iron River, Mich.
But the story behind that mount is far from average. The adult
Robert Ford named manager for Ohio Division of Wildlife in northwest
Robert (Bob) Ford was recently appointed manager of the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s District Two in northwest Ohio.
A Guernsey County native, Ford’s appointment caps a 30-year career in the district that began
