Opinions
Ralph Loos: Deer permit ‘free for all’ isn’t helping the average hunter
For a long time now, deer hunters up and down Illinois have been asking for more chances to do what we do: hunt deer.
We’ve pointed to counties where deer are overpopulated and said,
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Handing out more free permits is not based on good science
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 6, 2026 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
New York Letters to the Editor: What’s eating deer entrails?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the March 6, 2026 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Dan Ladd: New York Legislative Sportsmen’s Caucus is your chance to be heard
If there’s ever a mid-week day to take off and get yourself to the State Capital, in Albany, it is Wednesday, March 11. That morning, from 9 a.m. until noon, the New York Legislative Sportsmen’s
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 March 6, 2026 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Melissa Bachman, keynote speaker at upcoming New York expo, is a mentor for women, youth hunters
Sport, travel and outdoors shows are a great way to network and meet people in the hunting and fishing fraternity.
In preparation for attending the Western New York Sport and Travel Expo at the
Commentary: Now is the time to move forward with federal wolf delisting
After 35-plus years of contentious actions and no permanent action on federal wolf delisting, it is time to move forward. Wisconsin has more wolves in developed areas than any other location in the hemisphere. Wisconsin
Mike Schoonveld: Coast Guard does about-face in regards to emergency signaling equipment
I can’t remember the exact number of Independence Days I’ve spent on boats.
Now, it’s often on my boat, a friend’s boat, and decades ago it was on my dad’s boat. Fishing is often
Commentary: Bag limits for Minnesota’s native rough fish better late than never
In 1875 the fish commissioners of Minnesota released their first annual report. They were wildly optimistic that whitefish would fuel a commercial fishing boom, if only they could eliminate the “vermin of the waters.”
