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New York Letters to the Editor: Age 10 is too young to hunt big game
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 3, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News.

Commentary: New York gun owners need to take action, get involved and vote
I have been a reader of New York Outdoor News for quite a while now and find the paper very informative and interesting. It is a good news media.
For the last three to

Dan Ladd: Seize the momentum of New York’s youth hunting programs
This time around I took the same youth in consecutive years, a first for me. Unfortunately, unlike last year when we had a bird tagged by 6:30 a.m., we weren’t so lucky this year. Four

Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Bill Rands was spot on with his views of northern forest deer
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the May 3, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

Patrick Durkin: Researchers say ‘feds’ should manage deer herd
Three researchers from Cornell University and UW-Madison think the federal government should take the lead on managing the nation’s deer and elk, arguing that hunters and state wildlife agencies aren’t controlling the herds’ impacts on

Tom Venesky: What’s in a name when it comes to move to rebrand Pennsylvania Game Commission?
There is a movement underway to change the name of the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Well, perhaps “movement” is too strong of a word. A more fitting term to describe the effort is “attempt,” and

Commentary: Fawns become a rare sight with does in northern Wisconsin
After reading Bills Rands’ Commentary on northern Wisconsin’s deer herd I feel it is my obligation to share my observations on the topic.
I started hunting in the Chequamegon National Forest in southern Ashland

State Roundup: Great news for Wisconsin’s lake sturgeon
Great news on the sturgeon front early last week when the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced more than two months ahead of the June 30 deadline that the agency will not be listing the

Dean Bortz: Wisconsin’s Bayfield County deer issues same as other northern counties
Attending the Bayfield County Deer Advisory Committee meeting in Washburn, Wis., on the night of April 23 made me wonder why we have not yet gone back to using the former “numbered units” that were