Opinions
Ohio Insider: Some final thoughts from the state’s spring 2025 turkey season
We’re a bit more than a month removed from the 2025 spring turkey season closing in Ohio. To get some perspective on the success of the season, I contacted Mark Wiley, who’s in charge of
Ohio Letters to the Editor: 3-D archery provides plethora of benefits for outdoorsmen
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 18, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
Outdoor Observations: Brenda Smoke wins grand prize in inaugural Michigan Outdoor News Best Turkey Photo Contest
Congratulations to all the hunters who entered our inaugural Michigan Outdoor News Best Turkey Photo Contest.
Whether you earned a prize or not, you are all winners through enjoying a successful spring hunting season
Tom Venesky: Should Pennsylvania have a wildlife management unit system for bear hunting?
A bear crossed the road in front of me the other day, and something was different.
In the past, if a bear was spotted along the road, in the neighborhood – or anywhere –
Michigan Letters to the Editor: A permit that would allow deer baiting is a bad idea
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 18, 2025, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Did newbies hunt on one of the state ‘game-less’ lands?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 18, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Streams of Thought: Litterers, vandals ruin access opportunities on a Minnesota Wildlife Management Area
Some old DNR friends of mine used to joke that before they erected shiny news signs on state lands, they considered first taking them to a gun range to “pre-emptively” put a round of bird
Patrick Durkin: Youth-only hunts often trigger petty opposition
Even though Wisconsin’s hunter numbers have tumbled the past quarter-century, some adults get all pouty about the state’s two-day youth-only hunts for deer, waterfowl, and turkeys, especially when kids enjoy a little success.
During
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Lower Great Lakes Office in New York conducting important work for native species and the habitat they call home
When it comes to native fish species such as lake sturgeon, lake trout, and brook trout (to name but a few), the Lower Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Conservation office located in Basom, N.Y., (part
