Opinions
Mixing work and play in New York’s North Country
When I came on board here at New York Outdoor News in March of 2020, I envisioned that part of the job would entail a little time on the road. It might be chasing stories
Bowhunting well-represented by pioneers like Jim Dougherty
Many folks don’t know that until 50 years ago, Wisconsin’s cars and trucks killed more deer by accident than bowhunters did on purpose.
In fact, some of us can remember when our whitetails were
Outdoor Insights: Minnesota DNR’s proposed regulation designed to grow bigger pike in popular Gull Lake chain near Brainerd
If you like healthy northern pike, then the Minnesota DNR’s proposal to implement a 30- to 40-inch protected slot on the Gull Lake chain north of Brainerd deserves your support. The agency has several special
Commentary: Prairie chicken/sharp-tailed grouse hybrids becoming more common to northwestern Minnesota
On an early, brisk April morning, I set up my ground blind at a prairie chicken lek in Norman County and waited for the show to begin. First one at a time, then in groups
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Predators equal wolves, and no, sportsmen don’t want ’em all dead
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 22, 2023, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
The ‘get ‘er done’ force that was Bob Kerans: Remembering Illinois Outdoor News’ Person of the Year
He was selected as our 2023 “Outdoor Person of the Year,” so early this spring I drove to his home in Decatur, Ill., to snap a photo of Bob Kerans holding his award.
His
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Bowhunting today is not as I remember it
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 22, 2023, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Commentary: Wisconsin DNR making terrible mistakes on waterfowl season, Mississippi River
I have finally come to see the public input process as a sham and an exercise in futility. I am now more than simply disappointed in staff and leadership of the Wisconsin DNR as they
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Great Lakes, rivers first places to look for big pike
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 22, 2023, print edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
