Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
November 18, 2024
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Nov. 22, 2024, edition of Outdoor News.
Hunting
Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: Campfires temporarily banned on game lands
Staff and News Reports
November 18, 2024
With much of Pennsylvania abnormally dry, and wildfires impacting many areas, the Game Commission on Nov. 5 temporarily prohibiting the building of fires on state game lands.
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Pace of repairs a bridge too far
Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor
November 18, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Nov. 22, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Saugeye minimum length removed from Ohio lakes, and 2025 spring turkey seasons set
DNR Report
November 18, 2024
The Ohio Wildlife Council voted to approve changes to site-specific regulations for walleye, saugeye, and sauger fishing as well as to set the spring 2025 wild turkey hunting season during its regularly scheduled meeting on
101-year-old Pennsylvania hunter has a ‘tremendous drive’
Deborah Weisberg
November 18, 2024
Pennsylvania’s Ray Swingle passed the one century mark Oct. 9 by shooting an eight-point buck with a 17.75-inch spread on the Susquehanna County farm where he was born.
He’d hoped to bag the deer
Michigan bear hunters see season similar to last year’s
Bill Parker
November 18, 2024
Despite unseasonably warm weather throughout much of the season, bear hunters in Michigan reported good success.
“Overall, we had really good hunter success across the state. We heard positive reports about the number of
Pennsylvania Game Commission backs off on private lands proposal
Tom Venesky
November 18, 2024
The Pennsylvania Game Commission is moving forward with part of its plan to spend some of the $500-plus million derived mainly from gas lease revenue on game lands.
The spending plan dates back to
Early deer kill slides down a bit in Ohio
Jeff Frischkorn
November 18, 2024
Going into the peak of the rut in Ohio, the take (harvest, in wildlife management lingo) of deer has slid when compared to the same period in 2023.
Through Nov. 3, Ohio archery hunters
Deer Management Assistance Program units established in two new Pennsylvania counties in response to CWD detections
Pennsylvania Game Commission Reports
November 18, 2024
In Pennsylvania’s fight against chronic wasting disease, deer hunters are the first line of defense.
And in Armstrong and York counties, where new Deer Management Assistance Program units have been established in response to
