Hunting News
Before 2024
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Thoughts on Pennsylvania’s Deer Management Assistance ProgramWe have heard so much anger expressed by hunters in the weeks since the Game Commission announced that it is, for the first time, issuing Deer Management Assist...
- Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Lifetime license terminationReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 1, 2023 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News. The post Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Lifetim...
- Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: PGC shooting range closed for repairsThe Pennsylvania Game Commission shooting range located on State Game Land 206 in Ross Township, Luzerne County, was expected to reopen in early September after...
- Pennsylvania’s Cranberry Glade Lake has mechanical malfunction on its water-control structureSouthwest Regional Director Jason Farabaugh recently announced that the Pennsylvania Game Commission has been made aware of a mechanical malfunction of the wate...
- Legislators need to be involved in hunting issuesIt is easy to say that legislators shouldn’t weigh in on hunting issues. And it’s noble to believe that the Pennsylvania Game Commission is a truly independ...
- Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Man charged with feeding bears after Facebook video postedField reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers published in the Sept. 1, 2023 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News. The post Penns...
- Taste of the Wild: Bear fat and wild hazelnut toffeeForaging for nuts is not for the faint of heart. The actual foraging is easy, and many folks will head out and gather up buckets full of walnuts, acorns, or haz...
- Pennsylvania’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoor-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Sept. 1, 2023 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News. The post Pennsylvania’...
- Star Watch: What do we know about Saturn and its rings?Nothing leaves an impression like looking through the eyepiece of a telescope and seeing Saturn and its rings for the first time. Saturn has the distinction of ...
- Canoe Creek Lake is little-known muskie hotspot in PennsylvaniaAs summer transitions to fall, and both the water and air temperatures start to cool, muskie fishermen become excited. They know that some of the most productiv...
- Loons add to angling outings, but why are they so drawn to us?You’d think a creature as regal as the common loon would have the instincts and intelligence to follow boats other than mine when seeking easy meals of dead b...
- West Okoboji bluegills are on the move: Here’s how to stay on the biteIt seems to happen every year about the time the Iowa State Fair comes around. The bluegill bite, which has been so consistent for the past couple of months on ...
- MN Daily Update: Weigh in on state’s proposed special fishing regulationsThe Minnesota DNR is looking for public input on proposed special fishing regulations for multiple fish species and lakes across the state. Here are the details...
- Preparing the wood pile brings back great memoriesCutting firewood is hard work, plain and simple. If you use firewood to heat your home or hunting camp, or like to maintain a regular stack of firewood for the ...
- The story of the 29-year largemouth bassI should have never caught that big bass back in 1989. We were at the lake to rake leaves in late October. It was Oct. 22, to be exact, because ever since I hav...