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Ohio Letters to the Editor: Canada gets better end of walleye stick on Lake Erie
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 15, 2024, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Commentary: Many Ohio fish species adjust routines during spring spawning urges
As St. Patrick and Mother Nature begin rolling out the green, runners of all types will take to sidewalks, dash along in organized races, down park trails, and through the rivers and streams to help

Ohio Insider: Would you take part in an antlerless-only hunt during a deer season?
We covered a lot of ground in rounding up the numbers on the recently completed 2023-2024 deer season in the last edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
But, there was one item left over from

Notes off a soiled cuff: A merger of Pennsylvania’s Game, Fish & Boat commissions possible?
Seven or eight years ago – after decades of trying – I decided to stop attempting to convince readers and leaders that the Game and Fish & Boat commissions should be merged, because having separate

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Cathy Beck obit well done
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published from the March 15, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Commentary: Some Pennsylvania streams should not be stocked with trout
This photo, borrowed from the Little Beaver Historical Society, was taken at the North Fork Little Beaver Creek in Beaver County, Pa. My father told me many stories about the great panfish and bass fishing

Bill Hilts, Jr.: New York’s Erie Canal System is a fishing secret
In 2025, the Erie Canal will be celebrating a milestone of historic significance. It will be the 200th Anniversary of the continuous operation of “Clinton’s Ditch,” a manmade marvel in its day that focused initially

Dan Ladd: One hunter’s take on crossbows and compounds
I’m not sure the crossbow debate in New York is ever going to go away.
Even if the state legislature were to eventually pass legislation allowing crossbows during the entire archery season – which

Tyler Frantz: Competing in Scholastic 3-D Archery helps a young Pennsylvania archer grow
When my son, Foster, and I walked into the archery room at Palmyra Sportsmen’s Association in Pennsylvania during a Field Day event a few months ago, we unofficially began the journey of competition archery. <br