Opinions
Ralph Loos: Trappers’ top successes in Illinois were raccoons and . . . opossums?
The story about trappers commissioned to protect duck nesting sites from raccoons, coyotes and foxes offers fantasy fodder for any Midwesterner with dreams of running a real trapline.
There aren’t many of us around.
New York Letters to the Editor: Pheasants need new approach
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 17, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News.
Dan Ladd: Clock ticking for taking mandatory boating safety course in New York
Count me among those who have procrastinated in taking what is soon to be a mandatory boating safety course for operators of motorized watercraft in New York.
In case you’re not familiar with what
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Green Bay ‘trib’ violations not as bad as it was made to sound
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 17, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Dean Bortz: When it comes to the chore list, it’s never ‘just’ for me
So here it was, opening weekend of Wisconsin’s 2024 fishing season and even though plenty of work had been accomplished leading up to Saturday, May 4, the chore list still looked fairly foreboding.
Typically,
Notes off a soiled cuff: Thoughts on turkeys, CWD in Pennsylvania, and more
By now, you likely have heard about researchers in Texas reporting last month on a case in which two deer hunters contracted a rare and fatal brain disease after eating venison from deer that may
Commentary: Public input important to Wisconsin deer work
County Deer Advisory Committees (CDACs) are done with this year’s work, but how much does members’ efforts impact all the variables that influence deer numbers, as their charter requires? The truth is, CDAC members are
Wisconsin State Roundup: A look at turkey harvest, and ways to contact your senators about wolf delisting bill
A quick look at the turkey kill so far shows that as of May 7, hunters had registered 32,417 birds. Zone 1 registrations topped the list with 9,111 birds, with Zone 3 hunters next at
Steve Griffin: Sometimes fishing is just “catch ’em then eat ’em”
A writer friend posted a Facebook dispatch in which he said he’d harvested a steelhead for the first time in many years.
He said it without any apparent shame, and there’s every reason to
