Opinions
New York Letters to the Editor: X-bow supporters feeling guilty they don’t have practice time
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 5, 2025 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Dan Ladd: Be careful relying on artificial intelligence for your info on outdoor regulations
Artificial intelligence is seemingly everywhere, and that includes things relative to the outdoors.
Try a Google search of anything from the latest guns or gear to perhaps a hunting or fishing destination and see
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: And the vote goes to … Gooch’s
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 5, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Commentary: A few suggestions to help hunters harvest more does where needed
Deer hunters have gradually and reluctantly moved past the old mindset of avoiding doe harvests. In some parts of Wisconsin protecting does is important, but for much of the state deer populations have exploded and
Mike Raykovicz: A ‘modest’ proposal for a doe season
When Jonathan Swift wrote “A Modest Proposal” in 1729, it was widely regarded as an inflammatory essay. In his essay, Swift suggested that the children of the starving Irish poor be sold so as not
Commentary: Make sure your outdoors ‘last call’ doesn’t come with regrets
The outdoors – Mother Nature – offers each of us intriguing experiences away from large social crowds of humans. Our learning experiences and personal privacies will never be matched. The feel of a hard-fighting fish.
Outdoor Insights: Taking a deeper look into state and tribal harvest levels on Minnesota’s Lake Mille Lacs
Anglers and surrounding businesses received a shot of good news last week when the Minnesota DNR announced it was liberalizing the walleye limit for Mille Lacs effective last Saturday, Aug. 23. Anglers may now keep
Bill Hilts, Jr.: New handicapped access lift unveiled at Dunkirk, N.Y.
We all know what an absolute blessing New York shares in its Great Lakes resources. Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, and the Niagara River is the angling trilogy that is second to none in the world
Commentary: What to do about declining North American duck populations
We, the Old Duck Managers Group, are retired Minnesota DNR and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists who worked on waterfowl management, research, and/or law enforcement our entire careers. We have watched as ducks have
