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Michigan Letters to the Editor: Where is the Michigan DNR’s 2024 Hunting Digest?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 25, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Outdoor Observations: Will southern Michigan hunters heed the call to shoot more antlerless deer this season?
There is a saying that goes, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.” I credit the DNR for heeding that call when it comes to increasing the antlerless harvest in southern Michigan.

Ohio Letters to the Editor: Another way to look at Ohio’s controlled hunt money
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 25, 2024, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Come on, fair is fair for rifles
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Oct. 25, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Vin T. Sparano: Hard to beat lever-action guns in the backwoods
In some of my recent gun magazines, I’m now detecting a trend in our guns. Most noticeably, the wonderful return and focus on our beloved lever-action guns…the cowboy guns of yesteryear.
Anyone who has

Jeremiah Haas: Sportsmen provide much value to our communities
The American sportsman continues to be characterized with negative descriptions by some, being described as a gun-toting, blood-thirsty neanderthal hoping to shoot Bambi with a bazooka. Sadly, some people believe that.
However, the reality

Ohio Insider: Good news on the turkey front
Ohio’s turkey biologists say the state is finally stringing together some good years of wild turkey hatches.
According to information released in early October by the ODNR Division of Wildlife, the state’s wild turkey

Ron Schara: Black Hills turkey license cap another example of hunters fighting with hunters, and it won’t end well
The eight-member citizens commission for the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department voted recently to continue pitting hunters against hunters. It’s nothing new.
In this case, members of the South Dakota Wildlife Federation

Kirk Schnitker: Is the Minnesota DNR breaking rules by using neonics?
Neonicotinoids, often called neonics, are a type of pesticide known for their negative effects on non-target insects. They’re used to kill farm crop pests such as aphids, but they also kill bees, butterflies, and many