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February 11, 2025

Details of case show text messages from Alexander among the suspect’s undoing after poaching giant Ohio buck

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Detailed text messages and a widely-circulated photo proved to be the undoing of Christopher “C.J.” Alexander in a landmark deer poaching case.
Alexander, 28, of Wilmington, Ohio, is serving six months at STAR Community Justice Center in Clinton County for the illegal taking of a record 18-point buck on Nov. 9, 2023. Alexander killed the buck on property where he did not have permission to hunt and without a hunting license. He then took elaborate steps to conceal the crime, according to information from the ODNR Division of Wildlife (DOW).

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Artists encouraged to enter Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp competition

Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Ohio /

The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is accepting submissions for the Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp competition taking place between Saturday, Feb. 1 through Thursday, Feb.13. The winner of this year’s competition will have his or her work featured on the 2026 Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp.

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Ohio Mixed Bag: Wyandot County named top PF/QF chapter

Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Ohio /

Wyandot County PF/QF’s efforts are funded entirely by the group’s annual banquet fundraiser. This year, the event will be held on March 1 at the Wyandot County Fairgrounds Masters Building. For more specific information on this year’s fundraiser, see the Calendar of Events in this issue of Ohio Outdoor News.

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Michigan legislation would require COs to use body cameras, search warrants

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State representatives Greg Markkanen (R-Hancock) and Dave Prestin (R-Cedar River) have introduced two bills that would affect the way the Michigan DNR’s Law Enforcement Division does business.
The bill introduced by Markkanen would require conservation officers to wear body cameras when conducting official business. The bill introduced by Prestin would update warrant requirements for accessing private property.

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New York Reader Stories: Teaching kids how to hunt is a father’s gift

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“You’d better get up here! The deer are running stupid.”
If I’ve heard that once, I’ve heard it a hundred times. From the third week in October till the first week in December, those words meant one thing to me, my brother Eddie, my Uncle Bill and my brothers-in-law, Bob and Curt. We all knew that it meant that the deer were starting to move and more importantly, someone in our hunting club had probably gotten a buck. Later in his life Dad would use that phrase to include just seeing a buck, hoping to lure us north, as he longed to see all of his boys in camp.

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Ohio fisheries chief looking forward to angling retirement

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When Scott Hale retired in December as the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s (DOW) executive administrator of fish management, he could look back on 40 years of improvements, challenges, and successes in the world of piscatory oversight.
Hale was introduced to the world of angling very early in life. By the time he reached his sophomore year in high school, he was focused on becoming a fisheries biologist.

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Pennsylvania pair face charges for chasing fox with snowmobiles

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A Lebanon County man and a juvenile who admitted to harassing and trying to hit a red fox while on snowmobiles in Heidelberg Township Jan. 20 face multiple charges, according to the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Jeffrey Horst, 20, of Myerstown, and his accomplice have been charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals and conspiracy to commit cruelty to animals, and summary game code violations, including disturbance of wildlife, using a motor vehicle to hunt, unlawful taking or attempting to take, and unlawful implement of take.

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