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Commentary: It’s time to issue more bear licenses in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources claims it needs to raise the cost of hunting and fishing licenses because the number of hunters is declining, which is not entirely true.
The number of deer

Ohio Insider: Get Kidz Hooked program is introducing hundreds of kids to fishing in fourth year
Solomon Curtis was once one of the kids that he is so desperately trying to reach today through an innovative fishing program in Ohio.
“Four years ago, I told my wife that I wanted

Michigan Letters to the Editor: Selling Michigan game fish is not a good idea for anyone
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 14, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Outdoor Observations: Michigan’s wild turkey population has come a long way
Winter is slowly fading and it won’t be long before warm spring breezes replace the snow and cold. Along with the arrival of spring comes one of my favorite pastimes – spring turkey hunting.

Ohio Letters to the Editor: Clearing the air on Salt Fork well fire story inacurracies
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 14, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Harvest does first before bucks
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 14, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Commentary: Time to adjust regs on transferring a mentor’s antlerless tags in Pennsylvania
I read with interest Ben Moyer’s recent column about tags being transferred (or “sacrificed,” as he worded it) to a mentored youngster. I wholeheartedly agree that we need to be recruiting more hunters to the

Bill Hilts, Jr.: Reel maintenance is important for fishing success
The stage is set. You are feeling lucky as you are out fishing in Lake Ontario in early May off Wilson, N.Y. Fishing has been very good for king salmon and the spring Lake Ontario

Steve Pollick: Ohioans mark buzzards ‘return’ as a sign of spring, but what if they never left?
The 68th annual Buzzard Day celebrations in and around Hinckley, Ohio, are set for the weekend of March 15 and 16, and they are as much a sign of the end of winter and start