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, […]
The regular waterfowl season is finally upon us. The Parrott boys did have a decent opening weekend harvesting a lot of wood ducks with some mallards and gadwall thrown in. Now that the local wood ducks have been harvested or bugged out for safer waters, we are now twiddling our thumbs staring at empty skies […]
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 […]
September has finally arrived and with it came the start of the hunting season. Teal, early goose, dove, and squirrel all opened at the first of the month even though it didn’t feel like hunting season. The openers arrived with very hot and humid conditions making it hard for some to get excited about hunting […]
More than 270 permits are offered to hunters wishing to construct a blind to hunt ducks and geese on select Ohio State Park lakes this waterfowl hunting season. A lottery drawing for the permits will be held at 16 state parks and two wildlife areas the morning of Saturday, Aug. 18. Interested applicants must appear in […]
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 […]
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 […]