Opinions
Outdoor Insights: Another liberal duck season for 2027?
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week released its annual waterfowl population survey, and despite mallard numbers dropping below 6 million birds, the Adaptive Harvest Management formula is again recommending a liberal duck season
Commentary: It’s time for some serious ‘trash talk’ in Michigan’s UP
It’s time for some trash talking in Michigan.
Specifically, garbage receptacles at many UP waysides, rest areas, and scenic turnouts maintained by the Department of Transportation that are supposed to provide residents and visitors
Tom Venesky: A slam-dunk opportunity for hunters, anglers in Pennsylvania
Perhaps the biggest appeal about hunting and fishing is the challenge.
It’s not always easy to shoot a grouse rocketing through hemlocks or finesse a bucketmouth bass through a tangle of lily pads. It’s
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Loons not surviving? Got eagles and trumpeter swans?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 11, 2026 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Michigan Letters to the Editor: Some words for commercial anglers taking walleye, trout
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 11, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: Michigan DNR’s ‘flush report’ offers bird hunters something to dream about
Bird hunters may or may not agree with me on this – depending on whether they hunt with a dog or don’t – but I submit to you that the “flush” is the most exciting
Commentary: An informed, nuanced view of the end of the deputies programs in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Game Commission and Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission deputy conservation officers were both an asset to the agencies and a liability. I believe the end of the deputy programs, if not absolutely necessary, was
Steve Piatt: When it comes to hunting and fishing, it’s simply memories for me, no statistics
I admittedly spend a bit too much time on Facebook, using it with the best of intentions, connecting with friends and fellow sportsmen, but then too often detouring into mindless stuff like old Seinfeld highlights,
Jeffrey Frischkorn: Striving to be a well-rounded conservationist in a tough political climate
“The person who agrees with you 80% of the time is a friend and an ally – not a 20% traitor.” — Ronald Reagan
We are in peculiar political times, even reminiscent of antebellum
