Opinions
Michigan Letters to the Editor: Why are Great Lakes’ lake whitefish declining but not gizzard shad?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 19, 2025 edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Concern for the future of Ohio’s environment
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 19, 2025 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
Ohio Insider: A history lesson on the state’s gun deer season
I’m writing this column amidst the traditional gun week for deer in Ohio.
If you will allow, I thought it would be fun to look back on the origins of the Buckeye State’s gun
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Alternate bow, firearms seasons
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 19, 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Commentary: Pennsylvania needs to merge agencies or at least simplify regulations
It’s time! In fact the time is long overdue.
That fact was driven home to me a few weeks ago when I went to sight in an old friend’s rifle for him at the
Notes off a soiled cuff: Upcoming Pennsylvania flintlock season last of its kind
Now that the firearms deer hunting season is over and the holidays are upon us, it’s an appropriate time to point out that Pennsylvania is the only state that still offers a primitive flintlock season,
Reflecting on half a century of Wisconsin deer hunting
Fifteen minutes after squeezing the trigger, I was dumbfounded. The shot at the buck was only a little more than 50 yards and my crosshairs had been squarely on its shoulder.
As it ran
Ryan Rothstein: Why I switched to copper (and steel) ammunition
I remember the first time I saw the imaging from a study investigating lead fragmentation on shot game.
The area of impact was obvious on the gray and blue slide, a neat bullet hole
Streams of Thought: Minnesota deer kill numbers have always made headlines, even in D.C.
Until there’s just a bit more finality regarding the results of Minnesota’s 2025 deer-hunting seasons, let’s for now settle for a brief update.
As of earlier this week, with a “CWD hunt” on tap,
