Opinions
Outdoor Insights: No evidence CWD has jumped the species barrier, but don’t take foot off the gas in CWD management, proper venison handling
News stories erupted nationwide based on a 376-word scientific journal abstract by the American Academy of Neurology on April 9. It suggested there might be a connection between a couple of people who died (the
Jeremiah Haas: Mother Nature doesn’t follow ‘the book’
According to the outdoor rule book, walleyes spawn at 42 degrees on wind-swept shorelines over rock on a full moon! Big fish eggs are no good because they are from old females. Ducks and geese
Ron Steffe: With age comes a different experience in anticipation of opening days
Aging sure eases the stirring and sleeplessness that are part of hunting and fishing seasons’ beginnings.
Just yesterday, I started packing (at least piling in the garage) everything I’ll need when I head to
Ohio’s Lake Metroparks undertaking herculean effort in building new Fairport park
Paul Palagyi casually swung his left hand toward the distant Fairport Harbor breakwater and adjacent iconic Grand River-West breakwater lighthouse: All maybe two-plus miles away.
Yet in a very real sense Palagyi’s vision extended
Tom Bahti: Examining high deer numbers on a farm in Wisconsin’s Waupaca County
Since the late 1970s I’ve been extremely fortunate to have deer hunting access to the Hill farm in northeast Waupaca County. The farm was owned by Allie and Lulabelle Hill. Lulabelle was a childhood friend
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: DNR has lost its way
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 3, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Mike Raykovicz: Thoughts on New York tree stand injuries, turkeys and bald eagles
It wasn’t too long ago state game agencies throughout the country didn’t track tree stand related accidents as “hunting” accidents or incidents. That changed in 2017 when Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos directed
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Hunter skeptical of CWD, DNR’s effort to curb disease in deer
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 3, 2024, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: Some readers not happy with story regarding hunter attitudes toward culling to combat CWD in Illinois
The thing about sticking your arm in the den of an angry raccoon is that you usually know you’re sticking your arm in the den of an angry raccoon. But you do it anyway.
