Hunters checked 17,647 wild turkeys during Ohio’s four-week statewide spring turkey hunting season that ended May 15, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. The preliminary total represents a three percent decrease over last year’s harvest number of 18,162. Ashtabula County again led the state in the number of turkeys killed with 762. Counties with […]
Despite horrid opening week weather, Ohio hunters harvested a preliminary total of 8,898 bearded wild turkeys during the first week of the spring turkey-hunting season, which is open statewide through May 20, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife. Last year hunters checked 7,744 wild turkeys during the first week of […]
For the third year in a row, the youth hunters were treated to some horrible weather for the youth spring turkey season. Temperatures in the thirties and wet, gray skies greeted the youngsters for the two day event. Despite the nasty conditions, my son Zane was able to harvest his first bird. It was a […]
The Ohio Wildlife Council recently approved hunting and trapping regulations for the 2012–13 hunting season according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. Seven west-central Ohio counties will move from deer Zone A to Zone B; those counties are Auglaize, Darke, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Preble and Shelby. Madison County, currently in Zone B, will move to […]
Spring is here and so is the fishing season. The walleye are biting up north and locally the crappie and bass are being taken on a regular basis. Normally for late March, we are just now catching a few fish if the weather is warm and sunny but with this crazy March we have had, Mother […]
By KEN PARROTT Outdoors Writer The season for three of Ohio’s most popular game species—ring-necked pheasant, cottontail rabbit, and bobwhite quail—begins Friday, November 4. The ODNR Division of Wildlife is reporting a good statewide cottontail population but the quail and pheasant numbers may be lower due to the heavy snows last winter and the heavy […]
By KEN PARROTT Outdoors Writer The Ohio Wildlife Council has approved the state’s early migratory game bird hunting seasons for this fall, with the traditional September 1st kick off of the state’s hunting season with the opening of dove, Canada goose, rail, moorhen and snipe. Ohio’s dove season runs September 1 through October 23 and […]