Opinions
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Reader in search of turkey nest predator identification
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 26, 2025 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
Ohio Insider: Waterfowl biologist in right place at right time to offer life-saving help
This past spring, Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife waterfowl biologist Dave Sherman found himself in the exact right place at the exact right time.
Back in early May, Sherman was working on a pump
Commentary: Opposition to Freeman Run trout stocking experiment in Pennsylvania overblown
I am primarily a wild trout angler, and I agree that, in general, Class A wild trout streams should not be stocked. However, I am amazed at all the attention, misinformation and exaggerated claims that
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Survey says … don’t ask
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 26, 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Notes off a soiled cuff: Should kids under age 7 really get tags under Pennsylvania’s Mentored Hunting Program?
Pennsylvania Game commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting, voted preliminarily to give all mentored hunters – including those under 7 years old – deer harvest tags. But there was disagreement on the board and the
Jeremiah Haas: Much we can learn from elephants
Recently, I was told the story about elephant populations in Africa, and the role each gender has for a stable population. Back in the 1990s, Kruger National Park in South Africa, was faced with a
Mike Raykovicz: Take advantage of New York’s revamped Angler Achievement Awards Program
The late Tom Yacovella, of Utica, N.Y., was a member of the New York State Outdoorsman Hall of Fame and a good friend of mine. When he and his wife, JoAnn, lived here in the
Ron Schara: It’s fall game survey season, and the numbers will be crunched
It’s game survey season, in case you haven’t noticed – a time for raising expectations. Or lowering them.
Recently, outdoors headlines have been filled with surveys about pheasant counts, duck numbers, grouse counts …
Steve Sarley: Butkus? Rodman? My toughest athlete is an angler
There have been a lot of tough guys who have played for our Chicago sports teams. Who is the toughest athlete that you can think of, past or present?
In football, I offer the
