
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.
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Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 26, 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.

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

Flathead catfish, opportunistic predators native to the Mississippi River basin, have the potential to decimate native and recreational fisheries, disrupting ecosystems in rivers where they become established after their introduction or invasion from a nearby

The true impact of the current outbreak of epizootic hemorrhagic disease, or EHD, in deer throughout Pennsylvania won’t be known until the first frost arrives this fall, but it’s possible several regions are affected.

Fall fishing is underway as dry conditions persist. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report on Sept. 19, 2025.

All mentored hunters – including those under 7 years old – would get big-game harvest tags with their permits if a proposal before the Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners is given final approval.
The

After seeing several posts and photos of “turkey jewels” – which are the gizzard stones from harvested gobblers – I thought these were another item to add to the fan, beard and spurs. So I

Legendary rocker Ozzy Osbourne, tragically, is dead, but I know how I’m going to honor his memory this fall.
I’ll press in my earbuds, put on “Ironman,” or some other Black Sabbath standard, and

Undertake any weeklong fishing trip and you’ll undoubtedly return home with plenty of pictures. After all, you’re fishing all week, every day. You should be able to catch fish in a bathtub on that schedule.
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