Successful hunters checked 21,555 white-tailed deer during the 2013 muzzleloader season, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. Muzzleloader season concluded on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The 2013 harvest total represents a 12 percent increase over the 2012 season, when hunters checked 19,251 deer. The muzzleloader harvest was 17,375 deer in 2011. Counties reporting the highest number […]
Jan 16 2013 | Posted in
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Santa brought me my wish for Christmas, finally some winter weather! As soon as Christmas break started, winter seemed to arrive, freezing up the local ponds and lakes while adding some snow. It was just what we needed to get a much delayed waterfowl migration moving. The strong cold winds and frozen water brought us […]
Jan 1 2013 | Posted in
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Thanks to my parents being avid readers and believing that a good education starts with a love for reading, I was always encouraged to enjoy a good book while I was growing up and I am trying to instill that lesson in my children as well. In today’s technology world, a lot of my reading […]
Dec 19 2012 | Posted in
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Mother Nature sure smiled on the Ohio deer gun hunters this week with much improved weather over last year. Because of it, harvest numbers are way up. Hunters checked 29,297 white-tailed deer on Monday, Nov. 26, the opening day of Ohio’s deer-gun season, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. Monday’s total represents a 24.1 percent […]
Dec 5 2012 | Posted in
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Ohio’s week-long deer-gun season begins statewide Monday, Nov. 26 and runs through Sunday, Dec. 2, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. The season again includes an extra weekend of gun hunting Dec. 15–16. Deer can be hunted with a muzzleloader, handgun or shotgun from one half-hour before sunrise to sunset during the gun season. ODNR […]
Nov 20 2012 | Posted in
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Ohio hunters should begin preparing for the hunting seasons of some of the state’s most popular game species with ring-necked pheasant, cottontail rabbit and bobwhite quail. The hunting seasons for upland game began on Friday, Nov. 2, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. The state’s cottontail rabbit population has been very good recently. However, […]
Nov 7 2012 | Posted in
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Last weekend was the youth waterfowl season and I just have to share a story with you. Although my boys and I were a little disappointed with the lack of ducks we had around for weekend, they were able to harvest a few wood ducks and the Canada Goose action kept the guns hopping. It can […]
Oct 10 2012 | Posted in
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As I talked about in my last column, one of the favorite hunting seasons in Ohio is almost here. Approximately 205,000 bow hunters, representing more than half of all Ohioans who hunt deer, will participate in the statewide archery deer hunting season opening Sept. 29, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. During last year’s […]
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