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Michigan Letters to the Editor: How many hunters does the youth hunt produce?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 29, 2023, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Streamers and Pennsylvania trout stream comes to life for author
A natural trellis arches over this section of Cross Fork Creek, the latticework structurally formed by interlocking tree branches, mostly hemlocks but also white pine, sycamores and a few scrubby maples hardly worth mentioning.

Notes off a soiled cuff: Thoughts on proposed raid on Pennsylvania’s Game Fund
Ironically, the idea to raid the Game Fund to help resolve the state’s budget impasse may have been given to state senators by the leader of the Game Commission.
A few months ago, when

Ohio Letters to the Editor: Are trail cameras an absolute must for Ohio deer hunters?
I used to use trail cameras, but I became disillusioned with them. Do we really need them? Let’s just hunt using our own powers of observation.

Commentary: Deer are not to blame for all problems in Pennsylvania’s forests
At the turn of the millennium, the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and groups like the Quality Deer Management Association told Pennsylvania hunters that deer were responsible for every forest

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Confiscate ATVs and UTVs
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 29, 2023 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

Foraging this fall? Here’s how to do it safely and responsibly
Not terribly long ago, foraging and collecting wild and medicinal edibles was limited to a relatively small subset of outdoors enthusiasts. Nowadays, it seems downright trendy to forage. Just like the other outdoor pursuits we

Remembering Jimmy Robinson, a Minnesota duck-hunting legend
On the day a Minnesota duck-hunting legend died, duck hunting died a little, too. Jimmy Robinson, gone at 88 on June 21, 1986.
You may not understand.
Many Minnesota duck hunters – possibly

Crossbows in Minnesota: Let’s look at what their use could mean for deer hunting
There’s no doubt about it, legalization of crossbows for all during Minnesota’s archery season is the big-ticket change for the 2023 deer season. I’ve heard lots of chatter about it the past couple of months