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- Senators seem to be good with Pennsylvania Game Commission’s plans to spend reservesSix months after the Pennsylvania Game Commission avoided a plan by the state Senate to transfer $150 million from a $500 million reserve the agency was sitting...
- Pennsylvania Mixed Bag: New acting forest supervisor appointed for Allegheny National ForestThe U.S. Forest Service recently announced the appointment of Robert Heiar as the acting forest supervisor for the Allegheny National Forest. The post Pennsylva...
- Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Cathy Beck obit well doneReader-submitted letters to the editor published from the March 15, 2024, edition of Pennsylvania Outdoor News. The post Pennsylvania Letters to the Editor: Cat...
- Commentary: Some Pennsylvania streams should not be stocked with troutThis photo, borrowed from the Little Beaver Historical Society, was taken at the North Fork Little Beaver Creek in Beaver County, Pa. My father told me many sto...
- Hunting a whitetails’ security cover: Here are keys to consistent successGrowing up deer hunting during the shotgun season in southern Minnesota, I learned there was a general mindset about hunting deer-bedding areas: Just don’t do...
- Behind the scenes at Illinois Natural History Survey: Postdoctoral researcher, Jordan Hartman, active in eastern banded killifish researchJordan Hartman joined the Illinois Natural History Survey and the Collaborative Conservation Genomics Laboratory on Jan. 1 as a Postdoctoral Researcher with Dr....
- MN Daily Update: Alexandria CO named Conservation Officer of the YearThe Minnesota DNR enforcement division has named a longtime Alexandria-area conservation officer as it’s CO of the Year for 2023. Here are the details. The po...
- WI Daily Update: Tough conditions for shed hunters this springThis mild winter has created tough conditions for shed hunters this spring. Here’s what to know. The post WI Daily Update: Tough conditions for shed hu...
- Single or treble hooks for fishing: Which one are you going with?Hypothetical situation: You’re stranded, starving, and close to death from lack of food. You’ve just found some fishing gear and it includes two identical f...
- Get a gobbler going this spring with a barred owl callThe barred owl “shock” call is a good choice when trying to strike up a bird or roost a gobbler for the next morning’s hunt. This locator tactic also work...
- Small parcels can yield big results for gobblersAs the morning mist began to clear, a tom hammered from his roost. Perched on a large hackberry tree limb in a finger of woods running up into a cut cornfield, ...
- Why do some deer species retain spots in adulthood?Biologists have spent a century or more pondering why organisms look the way they do. Two common principle ideas include camouflage and mate attraction. We thou...
- Michigan Natural Resources Commission considering waterfowl season frameworkThe state Natural Resources Commission is considering a proposal from the Michigan DNR Wildlife Division for the 2024-25 waterfowl hunting seasons. The proposal...
- Perfect broadhead flight means finding the correct arrow; here’s how to do itEnter an online archery forum and request people’s opinions on the best hunting broadhead. You’re going to get a long list of strong thoughts. You may even ...
- An archer’s guide to outsmarting the windDealing with wind currents has to be at the top of a bowhunter’s checklist when choosing optimal stand locations. Failing to take wind direction, or hunting p...