Opinions
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.
Mike Raykovicz: A little maintenance to gear ends another memorable hunting season
Here it is the middle of February and I’m just getting around to putting away my hunting gear until next season. I know there are rabbits, grouse, hares, and even squirrels to hunt until the
Commentary: A few ‘bad actors,’ and millions of reservation acres in Utah closed to hunting
One of the vivid images from my childhood memory is that of the reaction of the community when my grandparents decided they needed to “post” their farm. I had no idea what the red and
With non-residents, all is not created equal when it comes to hunting, fishing license cost
And as I am preparing this piece, I am just a few days out from my second Florida wild hog hunt in one year in that state. The third if you count the one in
Notes off a soiled cuff: Many show up to make their voices heard at Pennsylvania Game Commission meeting
Long-time Pennsylvania Game Commission watchers think the 62 people who testified at the Jan. 27 meeting is an all-time record.
During the height of the “deer wars” in the early 2000s, there were meeting
