Opinions
Mike Schoonveld: Boating fatality numbers at all-time low
I am a frequent boater and have been most of my life. I don’t think of boating as a particularly unsafe activity (it’s not) but I also don’t think of it as more or less
Streams of Thought: Nominate outdoor leaders from your Minnesota communities
It’s nearly August (how can that be?), so it’s the time of year again when we at Outdoor News send out the call for nominations for our Outdoor Leaders Award.
Selecting winners of our
Minnesota Letters to the Editor: Boat inspection inequity
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 19, 2024, edition of Minnesota Outdoor News.
Bob Gwizdz: Most of Michigan’s Deer Management Initiative recommendations won’t help deer herd
I’ve spent a lot of time poring over the conclusions of the recently completed Deer Management Initiative, but I’ll be darned if I can see what the hours of effort, expended in that exercise, actually
Commentary: What science says about human consumption of lead in venison
The short answer is that the concern is overblown in much the same way that concerns over lead and wildlife impacts are (more dramatically) overstated.
Tom Venesky: Time to let farmers plant again on Pennsylvania game lands
Crop damage concerns have been at the forefront lately as the Pennsylvania Legislature considers bills aimed at reducing the impact of deer.
So far, not much has worked when it comes to reducing crop damage.
Michigan Letters to the Editor: Coyotes actually help farmers
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 19, 2024, edition of Michigan Outdoor News.
Outdoor Observations: New wildlife museum open to the public in Clare, Michigan
A brand new wildlife museum and education center is open to the public adjacent to Jay’s Sporting Goods in Clare, Mich.
An agreement between Jay and Jeff Poet, owners of Jay’s Sporting Goods in
Notes off a soiled cuff: True Sunday hunting opportunity likely to become reality for Pennsylvania hunters
A few issues ago, in this space, I commented on the partisan nature of the vote to move the Sunday hunting bill through the state House of Representatives, prompting an angry reader to call and
