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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.

Wheat gene could save the American chestnut
Much discourse has focused around genetically-modified crops – corn, soybeans, small grains – that are processed into the food we eat. I think the concern is unfounded and GMO crops are actually beneficial when it

Harsh Pennsylvania weather interrupts kids’ fishing day
Rainy skies and cold temperatures bring some difficult trout angling for Pennsylvania’s kids on their mentored youth day.

No bones about it: the right fillet knife matters
I have several different fillet knives, and depending on the fish I’m cleaning, use one appropriate for the job. All of my fillet knives feature sharp, durable, thin, and flexible blades.

Testing for CWD without thinning the deer herd? A ‘better way’ indeed
They’re hunting for new tools to detect CWD in deer without relying on deer culling.
Lindsay Thomas, Jr. of the National Deer Association recently addressed three separate research projects. One, at the University of