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New York Letters to the Editor: Grouse hunting story brings back a lifetime of memories
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 20, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News.

Dan Ladd: New York’s Crossbow permit system going well for those who can’t shoot a vertical bow
With archery seasons approaching, I have had numerous recent inquiries on the street and from readers alike about the current crossbow situation in New York.
Many continue to ask if legislation had passed earlier

Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Ah hah! Now the plan becomes crystal clear
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 20, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Notes off a soiled cuff: Why so little talk of forward-facing sonar in Pennsylvania?
Why no talk here? We continue to be surprised that there is no conversation in Pennsylvania about the threat posed to fisheries by anglers using forward-facing sonar like there is in other states.
Mississippi

Michigan’s Mike Kelly is the champion the Saginaw Bay watershed needs
The 7,000 miles of rivers that flow through the 8,700 square miles of the Saginaw Bay watershed have a long history of ecological calamity.
Dioxins in the Tittabawassee River, PFAS in the Shiawassee River,

State Roundup: Wisconsin deer hunting begins, and more news on wolf delisting
Good luck to all archery deer hunters as that season gets underway in Wisconsin. As of the deadline for this issue, Sept. 12, my thermometer read 80 degrees. That doesn’t sound like bowhunting weather, but,

Steve Pollick: Amendment to wild hog bill in Ohio should allow some hunting
Ohio hunters would lose their opportunity to shoot “Hogzilla” under legislation that has passed the Ohio House of Representatives and which awaits action in the Senate when sessions resume this fall. Maybe that’s OK.

Commentary: Is it time to tweak the Ohio muzzleloader hunt?
Is it time for Ohio to consider an amendment to the muzzleloader season? Current muzzleloaders are hardly primitive, just narrowed down to one shot. What is the difference in weaponry other than the lack of

Ron Schara: On pocket gophers and Minnesota fisheries management
I screwed up. A fella talked to me at Game Fair and said my recent column in Outdoor News about my great skills as a trapper of pocket gophers included a big error.