Opinions
Wisconsin State Roundup: Why did the DNR’s chief game warden not present Shikar Safari Club award at NRB meeting?
You’ll find a news story by veteran reporter Tim Eisele on Brian Knepper, a Wisconsin DNR game warden who received this year’s Shikar Safari Club award at the Dec. 13 Natural Resources Board meeting in
Notes off a soiled cuff: Tom Boop’s deer column elicits mixed opinions from Pennsylvania hunters
I asked him why the tragedy affected him so deeply, given that he didn’t know Seville, and his response will no doubt resonate with many aging hunters. “I will turn 69 in a few days,
Tom Venesky: Culling of barred owls in Northwest offers a predator lesson for Pennsylvania
While the Pennsylvania Game Commission considers bringing a predator back onto the landscape, the federal government is set to embark on an ambitious plan to remove a predator in other states.
There are differences
Steve Griffin: Whitetails adapt, and hunters need to adapt, too
The white-tailed deer is known as one of Nature’s most adaptable animals. Hunters do, and need to, adapt, too.
The whitetail has shifted smoothly through any number of environmental and human societal changes. It expanded
Commentary: Groups celebrate as federal ‘electronic Duck Stamp’ bill nears finish line
Several groups chimed in last week, lauding U.S. House passage of the Duck Stamp Modernization Act, which would increase accessibility to the stamp required of the nation’s waterfowlers. Here are a few of the responses.
Jeffrey Frischkorn: America is a nation of riflemen
I walk past the parked steel gun cabinet more frequently that I prefer – much more frequently, in fact.
Indeed, my movements shadow what was easily the preferred place to pull out a firearm:
Jeff Frischkorn: Our angling and hunting lives are but a short glimpse
It was cold. More than enough cold, in fact, for someone who hadn’t felt the touch of a deer-gun-season winter day in a number of years.
Try three, or maybe it’s been four. Possibly
Streams of Thought: Wolf saga in Midwestern states takes another turn
Recent developments probably won’t find those who advocate for state management of the federally protected species in a celebratory mood. As this edition of Outdoor News headed to the print shop, we awaited information from
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Wolves – and humans, too – have the right to hunt
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 22, 2023, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
