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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 5, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 5, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

We’ve had a lot of strange messages from readers over the years, but this one left in late May takes the cake:
“I’m calling about a dead deer right along Rt. 119 just as

The Pennsylvania Game Commission is taking to the air to fight invasive plant species.
The agency began using drones to apply herbicide targeting non-native, invasive plant species in 2025, focusing on wetland areas. Among

It is difficult to earn a triple trophy award – a Pennsylvania buck, bear and wild turkey in the same license year. It is even more difficult for a married couple to achieve it during

Two bald eaglets died in recent weeks in their tree nest in Pittsburgh, and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is the presumed cause.
Six-week old GH4 and GH3 began exhibiting signs of illness, including

You name the fish, the bite heated up in late May. Here’s the Pennsylvania fishing report from across the state on May 28, 2026.

I remember like it was yesterday. I was standing with a friend, when we heard a single shot on the opposite mountain, some distance away.
I said, “that was my dad!” At the time,

Sneaking along the shadows of towering hemlocks with a 3-weight fly-rod in hand, the cool mist of a favorite wild trout stream cuts the heat of a sultry summer day.
Dappled sunlight dances through

Skip the sonar and snorkels.
Underwater drones could be the future of monitoring freshwater fisheries. David Argent, a PennWest California University fisheries and wildlife sciences professor, used a drone last year to evaluate aquatic
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