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Drones being used to recover wounded deer: Is that a good thing?
When legislation was passed in 2018 to allow the use of blood-tracking dogs to recover big game, the move made sense.
Despite the fact that it took 10 years for the legislation to finally

Bulging costs cloud carp plan outlook as threat to Great Lakes continues
It’s nearly unanimous.
Invasive Asian carp shouldn’t have ever been allowed to be imported into the United States. Once they were imported, safeguards should have been in place to make sure they couldn’t escape.

Notes off a soiled cuff: A close look at catfish in Pennsylvania waters
“The Fish Commission is stocking truckloads of flathead catfish, an invasive species, into the Susquehanna River, which will ultimately destroy the smallmouth fishery,” he wrote.

Streams of Thought: Nicollet Conservation Club a worthy recipient of Outdoor Leaders Award, and what is South Dakota doing?
It’s my great honor to announce that the Nicollet Conservation Club has been named winner of Outdoor News’ 2023 Outdoor Leaders Award. The NCC joins a growing and distinguished list of organizations bestowed the award

Commentary: Archery, hunter ed threatened by Biden administration action
Hunter education, archery in schools, wilderness courses, and other outdoor-focused school activities provide unmatched enrichment opportunities for students from all walks of life. These programs provide critical life skills for students and, according to teachers

Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Teal are down; should early season proceed?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 18, 2023 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.

Pennsylvania fish stocking notice is overdue, deserves angler support
It’s a natural fact that dates back to the first bands of early humans. We do not like rules. A lot of anglers and organizations already know about the Notice of Stocking regulation adopted last

A Joe Fellegy selfie Q&A: Mosquitoes and fish issues
I’ll always remember how “old” (my term) Stearns County farmers caught far fewer crappies than I did through the ice of Lake Sagatagon, about 10 miles west of St. Cloud, back in the 1960s when

Outdoor Observations: Withholding federal funding for hunter education, archery in schools makes no sense
The Biden Administration didn’t do American schoolkids any favors recently when it announced it was pulling federal funding for hunter education classes and the very popular archery in the schools program.