Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
January 26, 2026
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Hunting
Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Baiting in York County on the individual’s own property and the neighbor’s
Staff Report
January 26, 2026
Pennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: New park manager at Little Buffalo State Park
Staff and News Reports
January 26, 2026
The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced the appointment of Jim Eckert as the manager Little Buffalo State Park in Perry County, which includes the 88-acre Holman Lake.
Pennsylvania’s Mike Lapp first in NWTF Legacy Callmaker series
NWTF
January 26, 2026
Edgefield, S.C. — It was the fall of 1989 when Mike Lapp, of Honey Brook, Pa., harvested his first gobbler. He was in his 20s in the woods with coworkers who had invited him to
Michigan DNR explains its financial status to state’s Natural Resources Commission
Victor Skinner
January 26, 2026
Michigan Department of Natural Resources officials presented the Natural Resources Commission with a budget overview in January, with a specific focus on the Game and Fish Protection Fund.
The GFP fund, which represents about
Pennsylvania Game Commission opts for Saturday after Thanksgiving deer opener
Jeff Mulhollem
January 25, 2026
In giving preliminary approval to hunting seasons and bag limits at their Jan. 24 quarterly meeting, Pennsylvania game commissioners voted down a proposal to start deer season the Saturday before Thanksgiving, instead keeping the opener
New York Reader Stories: It’s often best to listen to the old-timers
David Fogelsonger
January 25, 2026
If you’ve ever had the opportunity, some might say “privilege,” of knowing an old-timer who has been there and done that, a seasoned old hunter who knows the woods and who knows the game and
Just how good is your hunting dog’s nose?
Outdoor News
January 25, 2026
“That dog has a really good nose.”
That statement, or some variation of it, has been uttered countless times. But what does it really mean? Well, for most of us, it just means that
Ryan Rothstein: ’Tis the season for browse work in the woodlot
Ryan Rothstein
January 24, 2026
I can’t quite get a bead on this Minnesota winter. When it roared in over Thanksgiving weekend, I got a pit in my stomach. I was sure we were in for a crusher. Another half-foot
