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March 11, 2024

Difficult to access, but Wills Creek Lake in Ohio is worth the effort

While it may make a lake tougher to fish, sometimes limited boat access can be a good thing.
Consider the case of Wills Creek Lake in Muskingum and Coshocton counties. DNR Division of Wildlife fisheries biologists owe the lake’s decent largemouth numbers in part to limited access and an underfished population.

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Ohio club forced to cancel spring field trials as Avian influenza threatens pen-raised pheasants

The majority of the pheasants that hunters set their sights on during the fall in Ohio and other Midwestern states are pen-raised birds simply because the habitat no longer supports wild birds for the most part.
Even in pheasant-rich states on the order of Iowa, Kansas, and South Dakota, the number of wild birds’ ebbs and flows with the vagaries of weather patterns, how much habitat is lost to agricultural production along with access to sportsmen. And in Ohio, the harlequin days of the 1950s and 1960s are a fast-fading memory for a shrinking population of bird hunters.

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New York artist paints stamp winner in Ohio duck contest

Ray Easton’s painting of a bufflehead duck was selected as the winner of the 2024 Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp Design Competition held on Saturday, Feb. 17, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Easton’s painting will be displayed on the Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp that is issued in 2025.

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Ohio DNR to stock 85,000 rainbow trout in public waters

The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will release 85,000 rainbow trout across the state beginning in mid-March. The 95 stocking locations were chosen to give as many anglers as possible a chance to reel in these feisty fish in March, April, and May. Trout releases are designed for high angler success and harvest, according to the Division of Wildlife.

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