Opinions
Ralph Loos: Michigan’s reliable hunting traditions got an update (upgrade?) this season
More than any other collection of like-minded individuals, hunters tend to get stuck in their ways — and I say that as a hunter who tends to get stuck in his ways.
There’s comfort
Commentary: Seasons of change and the circle of life
The wheel of my granddaughter’s bike spun lazily around while I sat watching, mesmerized by the sun on the chrome. I thought about the shape of the wheel, with no apparent beginning or end …
Commentary: The missing piece in Pennsylvania wildlife conservation
Today, Pennsylvania has abundant deer, turkeys and black bears, a growing elk herd, recovering raptors and river otters, healthy trout fisheries, and millions of acres of forests, wetlands, farms and mountains supporting extraordinary wildlife diversity.
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Missing all of the old-school traditions of the fall season
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 25, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
Ohio Insider: New website makes it easier to order native trees and seedlings
The tree nursery, just a few years old out by Zanesville, currently has about a half million trees growing on the property with the ultimate goal of growing up to 1.5 million trees, according to
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Use drones over private property
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 25, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Notes off a soiled cuff: Pennsylvania among leaders when it comes to antlerless harvest
The National Deer Association’s most recent Deer Report might interest you. It compiled white-tailed deer harvest statistics for the 2024-25 hunting season, including antlerless deer harvest per square mile.
Pennsylvania came close to leading
Commentary: You can teach an old dog to hunt
The old saying is that you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Yet bird hunters who’ve tried know better.
While few would argue that an 8-week-old puppy offers the greatest opportunity to shape
Steve Sarley: Keep or release? It should be up to the ‘catcher’
There are some words and terms that are so basic, they really don’t have to be explained. I am sure that you have all heard the term “catch and release.” It refers to the concept
