Opinions
Commentary: For Minnesota deer hunters, safe hunts are successful hunts
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been planning for this weekend’s Minnesota firearms deer opener since the day last year’s season ended. I’ve pondered my equipment, where I’ll place my stand and my kids’ stands,
Ben Moyer: Magazine ad a public lands wake-up for Pennsylvania
An ad in a current outdoor magazine points out what Pennsylvanians’ future access to public land for hunting and fishing could lose if politicians who have stated we have too much state game land acreage
Bob Gwizdz: Can we improve pheasant hunting in Michigan?
For the past 20 years or so, I’ve been opening Michigan’s pheasant season in the Thumb at my buddy Tom Lounsbury’s property.
It’s usually a large handful of guys (and occasional gals), many with ties
Outdoor Insights: Participate in “gut pile” study this Minnesota deer hunting season
Good luck to firearms deer hunters starting this season, and reminder that it’s not too late to participate in the ongoing “gut pile” study. I checked in with Ellen Candler last week regarding the status
Steve Pollick: Ohio DNR’s ups and downs in first 75 years
The “DNR.” To many hunters, anglers, and other outdoors folks in many states, Ohio included, that is shorthand for The Law.
But that is a pretty narrow, sometimes even adversarial, view. It is one
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Fishing guides might want to chime in on live sonar issues
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 8, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Jeff Frischkorn: Ohio Division of Wildlife publishes expenditures for 2024
The Ohio Division of Wildlife’s money tree is watered by the state’s anglers and hunters. Even the greenbacks from the federal government pour from funds supported in one fashion or another by sportsmen and sportswomen.<br
Commentary: Rules of gun safety important to follow regardless of experience
As another hunting season begins, I was abruptly reminded how easy one gun safety slip-up can quickly ruin a day afield.
After my second dove hunt of the season, I dismantled my antique
Michigan Outdoor Observations: Abide by hunter orange laws, stay safe this season
The issue of hunter orange surfaces every year about this time. Many, if not most, hunters have concerns that the blaze orange color scares away deer. “It makes you stand out like a giant pumpkin,”
