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April 7, 2026

Feral hog bill struck down in Ohio by appeals court

A new and already-amended Ohio law that would ban the importation and hunting of feral swine has been put on hold, again.
That comes with the recent affirmation by the Ohio 4th District Court of Appeals of an Adams County Common Pleas Court decision that ruled in a highly-detailed, 53-page decision in favor of a local hunting preserve, Shawnee Ridge Hunting, of Stout, Ohio.

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Ohio’s South Zone spring turkey season gets a little later start this year; here’s why

If all goes as planned, Ohio’s spring turkey hunters should kill a tick over 16,000 birds this spring.
There remains a one-bird bag limit per hunter for the season that kicks off in the South Zone on April 25 and in the Northeast Zone on May 2. The closing dates are May 24 in the South Zone and May 31 in the Northeast Zone.
The South Zone is opening a bit later this year, according to Mark Wiley, the ODNR Division of Wildlife’s turkey biologist.

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Ohio Insider: Study sheds light on ‘forever chemicals’ in Lake Erie fish

Each year in the late spring or early summer Ohio Outdoor News publishes a story on the current fish consumption advisory for the state.
So, I thought it was appropriate to have a conversation with Rich Zweifel on the subject. Zweifel is the inland fisheries program administrator for the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife. He recently spoke to the Ohio Wildlife Council on the subject of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and how they relate to fish consumption in the Buckeye State.

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Grant spurs native brook trout restoration effort in Pennsylvania’s Linn Run watershed

Efforts to restore native trout in southwestern Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands have entered a new phase in a multi-partner initiative launched in 2021.
The project leader, Forbes Trail Trout Unlimited, has received a $25,000 grant to address stream bank erosion, acid rain-related pollution and other issues impacting wild brook trout within the Linn Run watershed in Forbes State Forest in Westmoreland County.

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Pennsylvania bill would lift shotgun plug requirement for snow geese

Legislators will soon consider a bill aimed at lifting the plugging requirement for shotguns during the snow goose conservation season, bringing Pennsylvania in line with federal regulations.
During a March 25 House Game and Fisheries Committee meeting, unanimous approval was given to a bill authored by state Rep. Thomas Mehaffie, R-Dauphin County, to remove the plugging requirement limiting capacity to two shells in the magazine for shotguns during the snow goose conservation season.

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