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New York Letters to the Editor: Ammo background checks were part of the plan all along
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 15, 2023, edition of New York Outdoor News.

Dan Ladd: Hard to blame Remington for leaving New York
When Smith & Wesson announced in 2021 that it was leaving Massachusetts, and taking over 700 jobs with them, many wondered if one day Remington would eventually do the same here in New York by

Commentary: Can northern Wisconsin’s deer camp tradition survive?
I sense there are fewer deer camps in Wisconsin’s Northwoods with each passing year. The sentimental side of me is saddened by the changes that have taken place with the traditional nine-day gun deer season.

State Roundup: Frustration related to Wisconsin deer hunting has been building for years
There are a lot of threads sticking out of this rip that’s the 2023 gun deer season, so don’t make the mistake of grabbing one thread and pulling to its end, thinking you’ll find an

Tom Venesky: Trappers need to treat animals with respect
My first trapping teachers were people I never met, but whose words taught me so much.
In his classic book “Gone for the Day,” Ned Smith’s passages about his experiences trapping red foxes sparked

Winterizing your boat means more than just focusing on mechanical parts
A spring “shakedown cruise,” is normal practice for many boaters. This is when they go to the lake specifically to check to make sure everything is working as it should be after a winter of

Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Two significant problems exist with state’s new wakeboat bill, and plenty of deer thoughts
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 15, 2023, print edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.

University of Wisconsin students, staff work worthy cause with Green Bay wild rice restoration project
A story about the Green Bay wild rice restoration project serves as one more reminder of just how fortunate we are here in Wisconsin to have so many volunteers who invest their time, talent, and

Ben Moyer: Selfless steelhead angler an example all can learn from
Hopefully, the young man described below is an Outdoor News reader and will recognize himself here. I didn’t ask him, as the moment was his. There was no call to identify myself in that way,