Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Ohio duck stamp entries being accepted through Feb. 1The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is accepting submissions for the Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp art competition through Sunday, Feb. 1. The winner of this...
- Ohio Mixed Bag: Fishing expo rolls into capital cityThe National Fishing Expo in Columbus closes out the month of January in Ohio’s capital city. This year’s expo runs from Friday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb...
- More than 13,000 deer fall during Ohio’s muzzleloader huntOhio’s 2026 muzzleloader hunters killed 421 fewer animals than they did during its 2025 counterpart. Still, a harvest of 13,055 whitetails is nothing to sneez...
- MN Daily Update: Collect black spruce cones, make some cashYou can help grow Minnesota’s future forests by collecting black spruce cones for the DNR. It’s also a way to make some extra cash this winter. Listen here ...
- Partnerships lead to novel elk habitat project in PennsylvaniaA major habitat initiative is underway in the Moshannon State Forest just northeast of Parker Dam State Park, in Clearfield County, Pa. Boots-on-the-ground work...
- Commentary: Growing old in the outdoors can be a daunting taskThere are special feelings and apprehensions as folks get older. As an aging hunter and fisherman, I began noting this 16 years ago at age 50. Mortality, limita...
- WI Daily Update: Register now for hunter education classesThe Wisconsin DNR reminds potential hunters to register today for spring hunter education classes so you can be ready to enjoy fall hunts. Listen here for detai...
- Notes off a soiled cuff: Debate over Pennsylvania’s deer opener date rages onIn the two weeks leading up to the Game Commission meeting that was to be held Jan. 23-24, all that Pennsylvania hunters were talking about was the agency’s c...
- Ohio Letters to the Editor: Poachers stole game from legitimate hunters in OhioReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News. The post Ohio Letters to the Editor: Poachers stole game fro...
- Ohio Insider: Ice fishing possibilities?I’d really like to do some ice fishing this winter, but I’m not so sure that will be a real possibility. As of this writing on Jan. 13, there was no ice any...
- Lots of good reasons to love Hills Creek Lake ice in north-central PennsylvaniaWonderful Hills Creek Lake in Tioga County is rich with beautiful bluegills, and it’s one of my favorite places to go ice fishing. But unfortunately the mediu...
- Star Watch: The sun, moon and tidesThe Moon’s gravitational pull on Earth, combined with other forces, causes our surface water to be redistributed into bulges on the side closest and the side ...
- Pennsylvania’s Outdoor CalendarA look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Pennsylvania published in the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Outdoor News. The post Pennsylvania’s Outdoor Ca...
- Pennsylvania Cuffs & Collars: Baiting in York County on the individual’s own property and the neighbor’sPennsylvania cuffs and collars are field reports from Wildlife Game Wardens. These reports are from the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Outdoor News. The post Pennsylv...
- Taste of the Wild: Roasted spruce grouseAllowing one bird per person, folks would contribute from their harvest. Since root vegetables held well, the meal would be rounded out with Yukon gold potatoes...