Opinions
Dan Ladd: Is there any good news for New York gun owners?
There’s been some hope coming down the pike lately for New York gun owners, mostly because of two recent developments at the national level. First is the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, introduced into Congress
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Some readers blaming the wrong people on carcass tagging
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 21, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Habitat vs. renewable energy: What can be done to lessen the impact on wildlife?
In 2024, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) counted just 288 male prairie chickens on 37 leks, or breeding sites, in the state. All were on state-owned properties in central Wisconsin, with 73% of
Tom Venesky: Timing of new CWD cases in Pennsylvania poses risk
Years ago, as chronic wasting disease was starting to spread across south-central Pennsylvania and northward, I asked a biologist friend if he thought the disease would ever turn up where I live in Luzerne County.<br
Bill Hilts, Jr.: NWTF Hall of Fame call is a worthy honor for New York’s Ernie Calandrelli
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill
Ernie Calandrelli of Lewiston, N.Y., truly believes he is one of the luckiest
Mike Raykovicz: Care for trail cams to prolong their life
I thought I was done. My hunting clothes were cleaned, and my rifle was given a thorough scrubbing, but there was one thing I neglected to do. I realized I forgot to properly care for
Dean Bortz: Spring hearing update, and is work being done to halt the return of numbered deer units in Wisconsin?
What we’re going to talk about here today – a possible change in Wisconsin’s deer unit boundaries to numbered units in the two forest zones and a preview of the April 14 spring fish and
Outdoor Insights: Will introduced elk adjust well to predators on the landscape in Minnesota’s northeast?
The DNR held two public meetings this week on the plan to start reintroducing elk to northeastern Minnesota by spring 2026. If you couldn’t make the meetings, you still can chime in on the plan,
Ben Moyer: Pennsylvania’s Under 7 mentor rule a beneficial filter
You can’t call it a controversy, and certainly not a conflict. But you could fairly consider it debate, in the best sense of the word, defined by Webster’s, as a noun: “a regulated discussion of
