Opinions
Remembering Rick McDermott, a man of many hats in New York’s sporting community
The passing of Rick McDermott, founder and president of the New York Crossbow Coalition, and wearer of many hats in the sporting community – once again reminds so many of us how short and fragile
Wisconsin State Roundup: A few thoughts on fishing sonar, and Washington sportsmen’s group sues sitting governor
If most anglers are like yours truly we’d have very little to worry about when it comes to the stability of fisheries and forward facing sonar (FFS), which apparently makes the underwater world appear as
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: A little bit on torque, horsepower, and visiting beautiful Butternut area
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 30, 2023 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Forever remembering former Wisconsin Natural Resources Board member Jane Wiley
Jane Wiley called me in the summer of 2004 and asked to have lunch. It must have been late July, as I had just flown home from Edmonton, Alberta, with my latest Airedale puppy, Nightsun
Learning more about S3DA with National Conservation Coordinator Patty Reel
One of the more exciting parts of the S3DA Eastern National Championship recently held at Rend Lake’s gorgeous archery course in Illinois was knowing that I would finally have an opportunity to catch up in
Acquiring antlerless hunting license in Pennsylvania turned out to be slow and difficult
The morning of June 26, I signed on to my Hunt Pa. internet account at 7:52 a.m. There was a nice countdown to the 8 o’clock start, when we hunters could begin the process of
Know your emergency contact possibilities when on the Great Lakes
I came out of a popular Lake Michigan harbor a few weeks ago and spotted a person in a boat a few hundred yards away waving a boat cushion.
“Something’s wrong,” I said to
Smoke, drought create bizarre spring landscape in Pennsylvania
The outdoors can be a harsh place.
Winter is the season when the natural landscape often takes a cruel turn, defined by frozen ground, frigid temperatures and chilling winds. The dull, barren winter landscape
Familiar New York tournament anglers highlight another record day with giant 9-pound smallmouth
You’ve heard the age-old adage that lightning doesn’t strike twice in the same spot. But for Tom Russell and his fishing partner Eric Sullivan, both of Albion, N.Y., it appears that lightning did strike twice
