Opinions
Michigan Letters to the Editor: Reader on one-buck rule in the UP: get the facts straight
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 28, 2026 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Commentary: If you consider the work, Michigan’s most valuable insect is… the mayfly
Mention Michigan’s wildlife, and most people picture white-tailed deer, brook trout, loons, or perhaps the monarch butterfly. Few would nominate an insect as the state’s most valuable animal. Yet if one insect vanished from Michigan,
Ralph Loos: So many rule changes for Michigan deer hunters, so many different ways to confuse them
We can all imagine what conversations between hunters and COs will sound like this season, especially if a hunter follows his or her habits instead of his or her aforementioned shiny new rulebook – or,
Gretchen Steele: When the regulations become a hunt of their own
There was a time when preparing for hunting season in Illinois meant finding a place to hunt, checking the weather, sighting in the gun or bow, and maybe negotiating with a dog that had discovered
Steve Pollick: ‘Perch hunting’ tough business, but worth it on Lake Erie
It was a promising mid-August morning, weather-wise, on western Lake Erie and fishing buddy Steve Hathaway and I decided go perch hunting.
Yes, perch “hunting,” not fishing. That was because despite ideal moderate weather
Tom Venesky: Wardens working alone threatens the safety of Pennsylvania officers
Nearly 16 years ago on a secluded back road in Adams County, Pa., Wildlife Conservation Officer Dave Grove was shot and killed while investigating a poaching incident.
He was alone. If Grove had someone
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Fix the algal issues on waters of Lake Erie once and for all
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 28, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
Ohio Insider: Drone surveys show deer at or near healthy levels in counties hit hard by EHD last year
It’s well known by now that thousands of southeast Ohio whitetails succumbed to epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) last summer.
The epidemic was so bad, in fact, that it caused the ODNR Division of Wildlife
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Call the columnist beach boy
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 28, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
