Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Guilty pleas from poachers in York CountyPennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens and Waterways Conservation Officers. These reports are from the Feb. 28, 2025, editi...
- Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Antler rules wrong for seniorsReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 28, 2025, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News. The post Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Antler...
- Nonresidents may pay more to hunt and fish in OhioIf approved by the Ohio Legislature this summer, nonresidents will pay more for their hunting and fishing licenses in Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine’s two-year budget...
- Michigan Natural Resources Commission mulls changes to bear hunt, raising concerns with someThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources proposed several changes in bear hunting license allocations and regulations at the Feb. 13 Natural Resources Commi...
- MN Daily Update: DNR honors 2024 Conservation Officer of the YearThe Minnesota DNR enforcement division recently announced awards for some of its staff. Here’s who was named the DNR’s 2024 Conservation Officer of the Year...
- Ben Moyer: Will hellbenders really get endangered species listing? Don’t hold your breathNever has there been a more unfortunate endangered species than the hellbender. Actually, the hellbender is a candidate Endangered species, not yet officially l...
- WI Daily Update: Working to boost grouse numbers in the state’s driftless regionEfforts are underway to boost the number of ruffed grouse in Wisconsin’s driftless region. Here’s what to know. The post WI Daily Update: Working to boost g...
- Flintlock group lobbies for fall primitive season in PennsylvaniaAll good things must come to an end. Or do they? When it comes to the only flintlock-specific muzzleloader season in the country, the Pennsylvania Federation of...
- Under late ice, perch action can be hot and heavy on Pennsylvania watersThe gold and green army was on the march. Their recognizance teams – all male lightweights – had been spotted and intercepted two days before. Since t...
- New York’s Adirondack deer hunting holds plenty of historyThe hunters were up and out of their camps early that morning on the West Canada Creek. Several of the men took the dogs into the mountains around the Stillwate...
- Pheasants Forever adds 119 acres to Pennsylvania state game lands in Schuylkill CountyPheasants Forever recently introduced the organization’s first permanent protection project in Pennsylvania. The 119-acre property in Schuylkill County connec...
- Three reasons winter is the most valuable time you can spend in the deer woods during the offseasonWhitetail season, even the opener of the archery season, is months away. Now is the time for ice fishing, shed hunting, and, soon enough, turkey scouting. There...
- Interested in running hounds for coyotes? Here’s what to knowThe day after the 2024, late muzzleloading deer season closed in New York, I was out shoveling the driveway, when in the distance I heard a vehicle splashing th...
- Jeremiah Haas: Lose some winter weight with these fun outdoor ‘chores’Most people have a habit of putting on a few extra pounds each winter due to less activity, holiday get-togethers or enjoying too many snacks at your favorite S...
- Nature Smart: A small, but effective, western predatorStone-cold killer predators come in all shapes and sizes in the natural world. We often think of large, menacing critters with long, sharp claws and razor-sharp...