Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- Maryland lowers limit to protect yellow perch after low recruitmentIn response to six years of low recruitment, Maryland recreational anglers who fish this year for yellow perch in tidal waters and freshwater streams and rivers...
- Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: New park manager at Little Buffalo State ParkThe Department of Conservation and Natural Resources recently announced the appointment of Jim Eckert as the manager Little Buffalo State Park in Perry County, ...
- Pennsylvania’s Mike Lapp first in NWTF Legacy Callmaker seriesEdgefield, S.C. — It was the fall of 1989 when Mike Lapp, of Honey Brook, Pa., harvested his first gobbler. He was in his 20s in the woods with coworkers who ...
- Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Drop antler requirement for senior huntersReader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News. The post Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Drop an...
- Data center in Pennsylvania seeks approval to discharge cooling water into Susquehanna RiverA data center in northeastern Pennsylvania is seeking approval from the state to discharge used cooling water into the Susquehanna River. The facility is owned ...
- MN Daily Update: A couple updates from Minnesota lakesRob Drieslein shares a couple items impacting two Minnesota lakes — one regarding zebra mussels from a Washington County water, and another related to the sto...
- WI Daily Update: ‘Camo and the Capitol’ event brings outdoor advocates to the state capitolA motivated group of 75 men and women in camo and blaze orange moved through the hall of the Wisconsin State Capitol on Jan. 7 in Madison to meet with state leg...
- Michigan DNR explains its financial status to state’s Natural Resources CommissionMichigan Department of Natural Resources officials presented the Natural Resources Commission with a budget overview in January, with a specific focus on the Ga...
- Pennsylvania Game Commission opts for Saturday after Thanksgiving deer openerIn giving preliminary approval to hunting seasons and bag limits at their Jan. 24 quarterly meeting, Pennsylvania game commissioners voted down a proposal to st...
- New York Reader Stories: It’s often best to listen to the old-timersIf you’ve ever had the opportunity, some might say “privilege,” of knowing an old-timer who has been there and done that, a seasoned old hunter who knows ...
- Just how good is your hunting dog’s nose?“That dog has a really good nose.” That statement, or some variation of it, has been uttered countless times. But what does it really mean? Well, for most o...
- Ryan Rothstein: ’Tis the season for browse work in the woodlotI can’t quite get a bead on this Minnesota winter. When it roared in over Thanksgiving weekend, I got a pit in my stomach. I was sure we were in for a crusher...
- Michigan commission approves use of new electronic kill tagsMichigan hunters and trappers will have additional tagging options for some animals they harvest this year following action taken earlier this month by the stat...
- Steve Sarley: Why do you fish? Motivations vary across IllinoisEditor’s Note: Steve Sarley, who is being honored by the Illinois Conservation Foundation as the “Outdoor Writer/Author of the Year” as part of its annual...
- These two sets will trap you coyotes this winterThere isn’t much of a coyote fur market and what coyotes you catch should be prime. They’re best in late November through late January. This is freezing wea...