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Commentary: DNR Tribal Unit in Michigan has become a defender of gillnets
The proposed consent decree over Great Lakes treaty water fishing undoes a $14 million investment made by the state of Michigan and tribes in the previous decree and represents an about face by the DNR

Michigan Letters to the Editor: Thank you to CO Jeff Ginn
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the March 31, 2023 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.

Sunday deer opener in Pennsylvania would be an attractive, but risky alternative
Another constructive aspect of the conflict over when to open deer season in Pennsylvania less is that some hunters have suggested alternatives that carry appeal for both Monday and Saturday opening day proponents. Put bluntly,

Ohio Insider: Success of blue catfish is a management success story from Central Ohio’s Hoover Reservoir
If you want evidence of a fish management success story you don’t have to look any further than Central Ohio’s Hoover Reservoir.
The four-fish daily split bag limit for catfish has been dropped at

Commentary: Ohio’s new trout stocking plan will take some digestion
ODNR has made new plans for trout stocking dubbed “Rainbow Trout Stocking Reset,” and it doesn’t include Adams Lake. After the last stocking this spring, you may as well put away your rooster tails and

Ohio Letters of the Editor: Declare open season on raccoon abundance
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the March 31, 2023 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Outdoors folks have opinions on Bigfoot
My brother and I hunted deer in a couple of remote, heavily timbered and brushy valleys in Hocking County for many years, and every time he did a walk through a certain stand of big

Reader sees toxic results in Pennsylvania from East Palestine train derailment
Reader Richard Eiler was nice about it, but he wanted us to know we’d been misled. Our story in the last issue, headlined “No fish, wildlife effects in Pa. from train derailment,” had clearly annoyed

Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Where were senior exemptions for antler restrictions 20 years ago?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor from the March 31, 2023 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.