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November 9, 2024

As deer season changes, it’s time to make rut adjustments

It’s easy to notice when autumn tightens its grip on the landscape. Leaves turn and tumble downward. Days are shorter. Nights are colder. Obvious change is on the horizon for whitetails too, as a decrease in photoperiod daylight sparks a primal urge to mate, kicking the rut into high gear.
Several factors come into play when trying to pinpoint the heart of the rut, but it generally takes place in early to mid-November, with a seeking phase beginning the last full week in October.

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Ohio’s lesser known rivers hold plenty of promise, too

Ernest Miller Hemingway could have done anything he wanted. Born in Oak Park, a well-to-do suburb of Chicago, he passed on college. A job with the Kansas City Star appealed to him.
He worked for the paper less than a year. It was long enough to form a writing habit. Nested from the writing style of the paper, his style eventually lead to the Nobel Prize in Literature and a Pulitzer for fiction.

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Tom Venesky: Deer improvise for water source during drought

As I scrolled through photos captured by a trail camera, several images showed deer sticking their heads in what appeared to be a hole in the ground.
As the dates of the images progressed, the hole appeared to become deeper as deer continued to poke their heads further down.
A subsequent visit to the location revealed the hole was actually a depression in the ground that the deer continually excavated with their hooves, making it deeper.
Why? They were thirsty.

Tom Venesky: Deer improvise for water source during drought Read More »

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