Opinions
The Ethical Hunter
It is easy to find a newspaper story about hunters doing or acting poorly, doing things that reflect negatively on all of us, or endangering the lives of others. We owe it to the greater
State Rifle Association calls Chicago Mayor’s gun plan ‘divisive’
The Illinois State Rifle Association today called Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s gun control plan “unnecessary, divisive, and unenforceable.” Reacting to Emanuel’s announcement on Thursday of a statewide gun licensing program, ISRA Executive Director Richard Pearson
Late ice-fishing walleye jigging actions
Our sole job when fishing any species is to attract an individual and get it to bite. As the hard-water walleye season winds down, I’m using a lot of vertical jigging spoons and short-shanked jigs.
House Bill 2034 – Legislation that should go nowhere
By now, House Bill 2034, Rep. Mike Hanna’s Antlerless Deer Harvest Committee bill, and reactions to it, have been covered by several Pennsylvania Outdoor News stories, columns and blogs. I think it’s a bad bill
Gun owners all across state would have to register weapons under Chicago mayor’s proposal
Gun owners in Illinois have a new reason to believe Chicago rules the rest of the state. On Thursday, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel proposed statewide legislation that would require handgun owners statewide to register their
Seize the opportunity: Separate the basins
With an engineering background, I can well understand the axiom that goes “it seemed like a good idea at the time.” After all, the construction of the 363-mile-long Erie Canal was a marvel of 19th
Final deer season tally checks in at 219,698
Columbus – The DNR Division of Wildlife announced that 219,698 deer were taken during Ohio’s 2011-12 hunting season, compared to 239,379 in the 2010-11 season. The top three counties with the highest number of deer
How much is too much?
How far are we willing to go in the fight against invasive species such as zebra mussels? I’ve been pondering that question a lot lately. The DNR already has announced that, beginning with this spring’s
Illinois Outdoor News still very much alive, but DNR’s Outdoor Illinois to cease publication
DNR’s budget crisis has claimed another victim: Outdoor Illinois Magazine, a glossy magazine that trumpeted DNR’s programs and Illinois state parks and nature will cease publication after the March issue. There’s always been some confusion
