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Bill proposed in Pennsylvania allowing license holders to select fish, game commissioners politics in its truest form
State representative Dave Maloney introduced legislation that would allow agency license buyers to nominate and vote for commissioner candidates.
At present, commissioners for both the Pennsylvania Game Commission and the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat

Commentary: Things are changing with waterfowl on Wisconsin waters of the Mississippi
This is in reply to Mark Kakatsch’s Oct. 20 Commentary stating that changing the start of the regular Canada goose season on the Mississippi River to begin on Sept. 16 instead of with the start

Outdoor Insights: What’s in a name when it comes to birds?
This newspaper printed a story last week about the American Ornithological Society’s plan to rename 80 species of North American birds named after people. We’re talking feathered friends like the Wilson’s phalarope, the Cooper’s hawk,

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Archery season taking an early toll on whitetails?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor printed in the Dec. 1, 2023, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Wisconsin bowhunter acted reasonably in killing cougar
Benjamin Karasch, of Eau Claire, is the bowhunter who killed a mountain lion Nov. 11 in Buffalo County, Wis., after it spotted him atop his ladder stand and stalked to within 13 yards.
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Efforts to change names of birds named after people divisive topic among ornithologists
It’s hard to escape the attention that the decision by the leadership of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) to change any bird name that was coined to honor a person to something more descriptive about

Commentary: It’s time to bring back Illinois’ deer check stations
On the opening weekend of firearms deer season in Illinois, I made the rounds, checking in to hear all the great deer stories.
I stopped at processors to see how the numbers looked and

State Roundup: Wisconsin’s Noll family runs much more than a dairy farm
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again now – one of the best things about working this job is getting to know a lot of the fine Wisconsin folks who go above and

Federal funding for research a good step toward keeping CWD at bay
Chronic wasting disease is of serious concern for both biologists and sportsmen here in New York and elsewhere.
CWD is 100% fatal for deer and the only way discovered so far to mitigate it