Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 20, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News.
Except for an arranged recent absence, it has been my privilege to write this “Ridgelines” column for every edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News since the publication’s inception in 2003. Our editor, and my friend, Jeff
Although it was a little belated, an Erie County, Pa., man boated the birthday gift of his dreams when he caught a monster muskie on Lake Erie May 25.
Scott Bielanin, of Harborcreek, caught
The Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Southwest Region recently announced details related to a lengthy investigation involving the illegal taking of 11 white-tailed deer and one gray fox.
The offenses occurred in Cambria County between 2023-24,
Crappie, bass, walleye bites strong in many waters. Here’s a look at the Pennsylvania fishing report from across the state on June 12, 2025.
Legislation that would fully repeal Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting ban passed the state House of Representatives June 11 and was sent to the Senate for consideration.
Introduced by Rep. Mandy Steele, D-Allegheny, House Bill 1431
The summer sun was pushing its way over the far eastern fringe of trees, the sky around it a bright yellow gold. I stood quietly, listening to the stream bubbling, the birds singing and the
A two-wheeled journey on a gently winding paved road was nearing an end. Within a few miles, I’d be pushing the bars of a Kawasaki KLR650 to veer from asphalt onto a path less traveled.<br
Dunkard Creek is a lovely stream, flowing eastward for 37 miles, snaking back-and-forth across the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border to join the Monongahela River near Mount Morris, Greene County. For anglers and paddlers from central Pennsylvania,
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