Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission awards R3 education grants to 17 fishing groupsThe Fish & Boat Commission announced Sept. 9 that it has awarded $196,832 in grant funding through its R3 Education Grant Program. Through this program, the com...
- Driving tours return to Pennsylvania state game landsIt’s time, once again, to get off the beaten path and go for a drive on state game lands. The Pennsylvania Game Commission is offering the opportunity to expl...
- Pennsylvania DCNR designates new ATV rural route in Tioga CountyPennsylvania Department of Transportation Secretary Mike Carroll and Pennsylvania State Forester Seth Cassell announced the first designated All-Terrain Vehicle...
- Special regulations floated for Philadelphia game landMany state game lands are special in their own ways. Few are unique for the same reasons that make 17.88-acre State Game Land 339 in Philadelphia different, tho...
- Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: More ag tags could be held at a timeHunters participating in the Agricultural Deer Control Program, or Ag Tag program, can receive as many permits as they obtain coupons for. But presently, Ag Tag...
- Pennsylvania man’s warrantless trespassing suit against PF&BC moves forwardA federal judge on Sept. 5 denied a motion to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Susquehanna County man challenging the constitutionality of a Pennsylvania statute ...
- Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Survey says … don’t askReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Sept. 26, 2025 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News. The post Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Survey...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Should kids under age 7 really get tags under Pennsylvania’s Mentored Hunting Program?Pennsylvania Game commissioners, at their recent quarterly meeting, voted preliminarily to give all mentored hunters – including those under 7 years old – d...
- WI Daily Update: Public comment open on updated wildlife action planThe Wisconsin DNR is seeking public comment on an updated wildlife action plan. Comment by Sept. 24. Listen here for more details. The post WI Daily Update: Pub...
- Invasive flathead catfish now the apex predator in Pennsylvania’s Susquehanna RiverFlathead catfish, opportunistic predators native to the Mississippi River basin, have the potential to decimate native and recreational fisheries, disrupting ec...
- MN Daily Update: Log your hunts this upland bird season to help with managementThe Minnesota DNR is asking upland bird hunters to log details about their hunts for grouse, woodcock, pheasants, prairie chickens, and partridge. Here’s how ...
- Outdoor horoscopes for the week of Sept. 22 to Sept. 28, 2025♈ Aries (March 21 – April 19) While squirrel hunting, you’ll line up a shot–only to have your dog chase it off first. He thinks he helped. ♉ Taurus (A...
- Looking back at the work of Frank Bellrose, a giant of waterfowl conservationAfter all these years, the memory is little more than a few images. I was a graduate student. My new wife, Kathleen, and I were coasting to a stop under the sha...
- Here’s why I need grouse hunting in my lifeI’m a casual grouse hunter at best. I don’t own a pointing dog or a double-barreled shotgun. I don’t anticipate the grouse opener in Minnesota with the sa...
- Jeremiah Haas: Much we can learn from elephantsRecently, I was told the story about elephant populations in Africa, and the role each gender has for a stable population. Back in the 1990s, Kruger National Pa...