Opinions
Dan Ladd: Looking into the factors that dictate a hunter’s harvest choice
A few editions back our online poll queried bowhunters on what they desired to harvest for an early season deer. This included mature bucks, antlerless deer, any buck or any deer.
The results weren’t
Ralph Loos: Illinois deer and turkey hunters both facing a numbers problem
For 16 or 17 years in a row, I’ve gotten the same phone call from 16 or 17 different deer hunters just before the gun season.
“You’re always writing about how good of shape
Commentary: Defending the Boundary Waters, and our outdoor legacy, from short-term politics
The fight to protect the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is far from over.
America’s public lands, waters, and wildlife are facing threats from the current administration and Congress that could irreversibly change our
New York Letters to the Editor: Cornell should pay for Lyme disease research, not feds
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 14, 2025 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Dan Ladd: What’s the deal with trail cameras on New York state lands?
Hunters reading the New York 2025-26 Hunting & Trapping Regulations Guide made an interesting discovery that had not been in previously printed editions of DEC’s annual publication.
On pages 18 and 19 it says
Commentary: And we call it deer hunting
There comes a time in mid-November, weeks after the kaleidoscope of color has faded, when my thoughts turn towards steely gray skies and drab woods hopefully coated with a few inches of fresh snow.
Ron Schara: A deer is not an elk: explanation necessary?
In a recent Minnesota DNR news release, deer hunters were reminded to refresh their ability to know the difference between deer and elk. Why? You can’t shoot elk, dudes.
A case can be made,
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Reader offers thoughts on trout stream management
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 14, 2025 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Commentary: How young is too young to hunt?
When the question arises as to how old a youngster should be to hunt big game, the answer varies by state. Here in New York, a 12-year-old can hunt deer provided they have completed a
