Opinions
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: No coverage of habitat loss
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 31 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Commentary: Pennsylvania Game Commission fending off sharks circling the agency’s funds
For the purpose of full disclosure, I am a grateful and happily retired former Pennsylvania Game Commission employee who was fortunate to work for the agency for 35 years. In the 14 years since retiring,
Mike Raykovicz: Making me a believer in topwaters
Growing up, my friends and I fished for just two species. In the spring, it was trout, and in the summer, it was bass. Pocono mountain streams were our go-to spots for trout with the
Bill Hilts, Jr.: The legend of Pennsylvania lure-maker Joe Renosky keeps on ticking
It was an opportunity to go fishing on Lake Erie with Capt. Mark Mohr of One Mohr Sportfishing. That alone should have been enough incentive. That alone should have been enough incentive.
Toss in
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Thumbs-up to Ron Schara on taxes-for-docks column
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 24, 2026 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Outdoor Insights: Meet Griffith Pugh, a 20-year-old leader on Minnesota’s conservation scene
Walking into a public lands panel last Saturday at the Izaak Walton League of America’s national convention in Bloomington, an ominous reality struck this 50-something: I was one of the younger people present.
That’s
Illinois Letters to the Editor: To solve deer, quail, pheasant probs, issue more bobcat tags
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 24, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: Illinois has gradually shifted toward an older buck population
As you probably realize, I typically refuse to let numbers tell a story, because that’s why William Shakespeare and Dr. Seuss – and before them cavemen, though more likely cavewomen – invented words.
So
Commentary: Colonial-era land grants still impact Long Island sportsmen
In 1686, Thomas Dongan, “Capt. Generall Governor in Chiefe and Vice Admirall in and over the Province of Newyorke and Territoryes Depending thereon in America,” executed a patent granting the Trustees and freeholders of the
