Opinions
Streams of Thought: Will audit of Minnesota timber harvest spur the DNR to emphasize wildlife again?
How Minnesota’s forested acres – on Wildlife Management Areas and in state forests, alike – are managed for timber harvest matters.
Few know that better than Tim Quincer who, on Sept. 9, retired as
Illinois Letters to the Editor: Outdoorsmen need to set better examples for youths
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: New ‘rewilding’ law in Illinois an open invite for skeptics among us
Anytime a missive begins “Illinois is the first state to . . .” or “Illinois has done what no other state has done . . .” most of us who’ve been around the block a
New York Letters to the Editor: Some are cheated by 500-foot X-bow setback distance rule
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Dan Ladd: What’s next for New York hunters in wake of crossbow expansion?
As the excitement of deer season looms, especially the opening of archery hunting seasons, the expanded crossbow hunting opportunities are an obvious highlight.
While certainly not every New York hunter is on board with
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: Make it easier for hunters to donate their antlerless deer
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 19, 2025 edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
State Roundup: Does Wisconsin put enough emphasis on catching poachers?
Outdoor News recently ran a story from a Boone and Crockett Club research project that, at first cut, tells us as few as 4% to 5% of all fish and game poaching violations are discovered
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Flipping out for water change fishing in New York’s Niagara River
When the winds of change blow on the Great Lakes, water is moved around – having a profound impact on where fish want to be. It was over 40 years ago when I first experienced
Mike Schoonveld: Time to feed those invasive carp another plan
If the first person to import Asian carp to North America was a Star Trek fan, when he turned them loose perhaps he repeated the traditional Vulcan phrase Mr. Spock often used, “Live long and
