Opinions
Steve Piatt: Numbers that jumped out from the 2024 deer harvest report in New York
I’m a numbers guy, from batting averages to golf handicaps to goals and assists. So, when the New York DEC finally releases its highly detailed whitetail harvest report for the past season, I dive into
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Lower fish limits for forward-facing sonar users
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 11, 2025, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Illinois Letters to the Editor: New law allowing more nuisance permits misguided
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 11, 2025, edition of Illinois Outdoor News.
Ralph Loos: Catfish getting due spotlight on Wabash River from Illinois, Indiana researchers
A lot of attention given to catfish in Illinois is focused inland – on the hundreds of lakes and farm ponds that hold channel cats, blue cats, and flatheads.
The Mississippi, Illinois, and Ohio
State Roundup: A mostly positive outlook for Wisconsin pheasant, ruffed grouse hunters
Wisconsin’s pheasant and ruffed grouse prospects for this fall came in from the DNR last week, with the news mostly positive for small game hunters.
According to a DNR press release, results of the
Dan Ladd: New York’s summer sport shows face challenges
Behind the scenes at this and any newspaper is what we call an editorial calendar. It serves a number of purposes, one obviously being related to content that appears in this publication that is assigned
New York Letters to the Editor: No excuse for one hunter to shoot another hunter
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 11, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News.
Wisconsin Letters to the Editor: A truce in the Buena Vista greater prairie chicken wars
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 11, 2025, edition of Wisconsin Outdoor News.
Steve Griffin: With a little effort we can slow spread of invasives
There’s two things we tend not to realize about aquatic vegetation, the stuff we call weeds: how important good ones are to the fish we love, and the threats invasive newcomers pose to the lakes
