Outdoor News
Earlier this year
- 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...
- Make sure your muzzleloader is ready before the season startsIt’s night sounds. Subtle changes in the weather bring about changes; amongst my favorites are the changing night sounds. Fall is about to be upon us, hunting...
- Black walnuts are a squirrel’s kryptoniteThe telltale black stains around its mouth told me that the squirrel I had just shot was hitting the walnuts. Finding the motherlode black walnut tree or stand ...
- Minnesota’s James Hautman wins 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest for a record seventh timeAfter two days of competition, James Hautman, an artist from Chaska, Minn., won the 2025 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his acrylic painting of three buffl...
- Mike Raykovicz: Take advantage of New York’s revamped Angler Achievement Awards ProgramThe late Tom Yacovella, of Utica, N.Y., was a member of the New York State Outdoorsman Hall of Fame and a good friend of mine. When he and his wife, JoAnn, live...
- Wisconsin DNR increases monitoring and response efforts for invasive round goby in Winnebago SystemThe Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources announced that additional monitoring and response efforts will be taken to address increased reports of invasive r...