Opinions
Dan Ladd: Earning a second buck will force New York hunters to decide
There’s a situation I keep thinking about since the New York DEC rolled out the latest proposed regulations designed to encourage hunters to take more antlerless deer.
It involved a botched chance at a
Patrick Durkin: GoWild crash elicits angry reactions from Wisconsin turkey hunters
“Thundering herd problem.”
That’s how IT (information technology) folks diagnose uncommon, but not rare, calamities when computer systems collapse as people stampede websites to buy coveted tickets for concerts, playoff games or hunting licenses.
Commentary: Your Wisconsin Conservation Congress needs you
As the Wisconsin spring hearings approached, in the spring of 1978, there were noticeable articles in newspapers. There were more outdoor writers then.
Each spring, about that time, they each wrote an inspiring piece
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Here’s how NRB, DNR can make deer hunting fun once again
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 3, 2026 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Getting ready for the ‘inland’ trout opener in New York
April 1 is opening day for the inland trout regular season in New York. It still generates excitement within the angling community, although not as much as when I was a kid over 50 years
Commentary: Why we need a ‘Walk On Wildside’ conservation plan in Minnesota
Since the 1930s, hunters have paid for wildlife conservation through license fees and Pittman-Robertson excise taxes on guns and ammunition. Anglers pay through Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Act.
Citizens in general were typically ignored relating to wildlife
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Now there’s an idea: Advocating for imposing personal limits!
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 27, 2026 edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Outdoor Insights: Lead ammo, tackle debate rages on at Minnesota, federal level
The Minnesota and federal governments are debating lead ammo and fishing tackle again.
Where population-level effects exist for a species, I believe lead bans are fair game. The feds made the right decision banning
Tom Venesky: Concern over appointment process for Pennsylvania Game, Fish & Boat commissioners
The appointment process for members of the Pennsylvania Game Commission and Fish & Boat has the potential to, one day, be a disaster for hunters and anglers.
But it can all be avoided. The
