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New York Letters to the Editor: Letter writer forgetting the cardinal rule of safety
The crossbow has no more effective range and is no more silent than the normal vertical compound bow. The crossbow fires a vaned shaft, propelled from an energized string or cable, just like a vertical

Dan Ladd: Out-of-state firearm and hunting issues should be eyed by New Yorkers
Perhaps the biggest question in New York as of late pertaining to court and lawsuit activity does not stem from the ongoing NRA civil trial in New York City, but rather the ruling at the

Ron Steffe: Stocked pheasants fattening foxes in Pennsylvania
A couple of weeks ago, a few friends I often hunt alongside headed to a mid-state camp in Pennsylvania where two of them are members, to do some late season rabbit hunting.
The

Kirk Schnitker: Minnesota government failing to properly address neonicotinoids harmful to the natural world
Last summer, I read an article from the Xerces Society – an advocacy organization whose stated goal is invertebrate conservation – that indicated many states were taking great steps to better regulate and reduce pesticide

Commentary: One in-person field day won’t cut it for hunter safety training
I am a certified DNR hunter safety instructor and have been for roughly 15 years. I am writing about the Wisconsin DNR’s push to use the virtual world for hunter safety training, as well as

Steve Griffin: Show a little respect for the lowly dogfish
We’d seen several catfish swim beneath us as we sat side-by-side in a battered flip-over shelter on a rare corner of Michigan’s Saginaw Bay that was topped with fishable ice this winter.
We’d watched

Tom Venesky: Restrictions on Raystown Lake fishing tourneys in Pennsylvania don’t float
For a boater who likes to fly, Raystown Lake is a mecca within Pennsylvania. There are no speed or horsepower restrictions at the lake, so boaters on Raystown can throttle down and make some waves.<br

Wisconsin State Roundup: Ban on antlerless harvest up north well intentioned, but not what’s needed
A new legislative bill that would ban antlerless deer harvest for four years in the Northern Forest Region may be well intentioned, but that’s not what we need in the north.
If that’s the

Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Agrees with Wydeven on key point: remove wolves from ESL
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 23, 2024, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.