Thursday, July 30th, 2026
My Account

Breaking News for

Sportsmen Since 1968

Main Menu
Menu
Search
My Account
Thursday, July 30th, 2026

Breaking News for

Sportsmen Since 1968

Main Menu
Menu
Subscribe to Outdoor News

Jeff Frischkorn

Ohio DNR, DOW set to benefit from new capital budget

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, Hunting, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, News, Ohio /

The Ohio General Assembly untied the state’s purse strings and gave the Ohio DNR more than $265 million for various capital improvement projects over the next two years.
This largesse was just part of the legislature’s biennium (every two years) $3.7 billion Capital Improvement Budget and signed by Gov. Mike DeWine. It is important to remember that a biennium Capital Improvement Budget is the flip-side of the state’s money authorization coin, the also biennium State Operating Budget.

Ohio DNR, DOW set to benefit from new capital budget Read More »

Jeff Frischkorn: Reel Recovery organization offers help after cancer diagnosis

Featured, Features, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, Ohio /

Words create worlds.

Or so says 20th-century Hebrew philosopher and theologian Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel.
Words can install fear, provide comfort, change a person’s attitude, enlighten and encourage, or shred confidence and leave permanent scars. I was fishing, actually, when my first urologist made a personal phone call with words that created my new world. “Jeff, I’m afraid you have Stage 2 prostate cancer,” said the doctor, who later noted that he “never uses the word ‘cured,’ only ‘long-term remission.’”

Jeff Frischkorn: Reel Recovery organization offers help after cancer diagnosis Read More »

Jeff Frischkorn: Ohio DNR’s Put-In-Bay Aquatic Visitors Center well worth a visit

Blogs, Featured, Fishing, Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio, Opinion /

After touring the T-shirt outlets and ordering a pizza, a visitor still has bunches left to do in this speck of a community on South Bass Island. 
One can pay to see the world’s largest geode – a hollowed out, somewhat spherical rock with bunches of crystals – or stop at the Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial Visitors Center (you can’t climb the memorial itself as it is under repair, but I digress) one still has options. At the west edge of the Bay itself, which overlooks Gibralter Island and the memorial, sit’s Ohio’s smallest state park – the 1.5-acre Oak Point State Park.

Jeff Frischkorn: Ohio DNR’s Put-In-Bay Aquatic Visitors Center well worth a visit Read More »

Jeffrey Frischkorn: The English sparrow — a beast beyond the beauty

Featured, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio, Opinion /

No one will (or should not, anyway) question that the English sparrow is a handsome little fellow, as are its 12 sub-species, particularly the males. Briefly, the male’s body is dressed with an attractive melding of brown, white, and black, plus a wonderfully done black throat.

Jeffrey Frischkorn: The English sparrow — a beast beyond the beauty Read More »

Ohio’s spring turkey hunters checked 15,887 birds in 2026

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Ohio /

It was Ohio’s 2025 spring wild turkey hunting season by a nose over its just-concluded 2026 season counterpart.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife says the state’s wild turkey hunters bagged 15,887 birds during the spring 2026 season, which concluded on Sunday, May 31. This number includes the 2,058 birds taken during youth-only hunting.

Ohio’s spring turkey hunters checked 15,887 birds in 2026 Read More »

Ohio’s spring turkey kill ahead of last year as season nears its end

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Ohio /

With three weeks down for Ohio’s South Zone wild turkey hunting season – and two weeks for the five-county Northeast Zone, participants were rounding third and heading for home.
By Ohio Outdoor News’ press time, the final numbers for the entire season were not yet available. As far as additional statistics go, turkey hunters checked in 14,886 birds by May 17 for both zones, says the Ohio DNR’s Division of Wildlife.

Ohio’s spring turkey kill ahead of last year as season nears its end Read More »

Jeffrey Frischkorn: Loved in prose, starlings pose a real problem

Featured, Home Page News, Nature Page & Night Sky, Ohio, Opinion /

“Nay, I’ll have a starling shall be taught to speak nothing but ‘Mortimer,’ and give it to him to keep his anger still in motion.” – Henry IV, Part 1: Act 1 Scene 3.
Leave it to William Shakespeare to weave an intelligent, but nefarious, bird species into a play regarding a 15th century English king. Clearly, Shakespeare had a fondness for the avian kingdom. In all, in fact, Shakespeare threaded some 65 different bird species into his long list of plays.

Jeffrey Frischkorn: Loved in prose, starlings pose a real problem Read More »

First ever hybrid crappie enters Ohio’s record fish list

Featured, Fishing, Home Page News, National Fishing, National News, News, Ohio /

The convergence of a great fish and a good idea opened the official Ohio State Record Fish list for another hook-and-line category.
And the individual who put the wheels in motion also happens to love catching the species that made it all happen. Then again, as a hybrid, the new state record is the merger of two species. Credit Jesse Miller, 29, of Middletown, Ohio, for catching an estimated 11- to 12-year-old hybrid crappie on April 1.

First ever hybrid crappie enters Ohio’s record fish list Read More »

GET THE OUTDOOR NEWS DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX

Sign up for the Outdoor News Weekly Newsletter and get 2 months of FREE access to OutdoorNews.com – packed with hunting, fishing, and conservation news. No Catch.

This offer includes digital access only (not the printed edition)

Email Address(Required)
Password(Required)
Name
What outdoor activities interest you?(Required)

PLEASE READ

Accessing Your Full Subscription Just Got Easier. Introducing Single Sign On.

 We’ve simplified things. Now you only need one password to access all your Outdoor News digital content.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Click Continue below.
  2. You’ll be taken to the OutdoorNews.com sign-in screen.
  3. Don’t have an account yet? Create one—it’s quick!
  4. After signing in, click the E-Edition Login button again. When the pop-up appears, just click Continue.
  5. You’ll either:
    1. Land on the e-edition selection screen (you’re in!)
    2. Be sent to a help page if we didn’t detect a subscription.

If you hit the help page, follow the directions so you don’t miss out on any of our great content.

One login. Every edition. Easy.

Let’s get you reading!

Continue...

PLEASE READ

 We’ve simplified things. Now you only need one password to access all your Outdoor News digital content.

Here’s how it works:

• Click Continue below.

• You’ll be taken to the OutdoorNews.com sign-in screen.

• Don’t have an account yet? Create one—it’s quick!

• After signing in, click the E-Edition Login button again. When the pop-up appears, just click Continue. You’ll either:

  1. Land on the e-edition selection screen (you’re in!)
  2. Be sent to a help page if we didn’t detect a subscription.

If you hit the help page, follow the directions so you don’t miss out on any of our great content.

Continue...

Help Shape the Future of OutdoorNews.com!

We know you love the outdoors—now we want to make OutdoorNews.com the ultimate destination for all things hunting, fishing, and conservation.

Take our brief 3 minute survey to share your thoughts, and help us build the best outdoor website on the planet. As a thank you, we’ll send you a special offer!

Together, we can make OutdoorNews.com even better.

Take the Survey

Introducing The Outdoor News Foundation

Donate Today

For a limited time, you can get full access to breaking news, all original Outdoor News stories and updates from the entire Great Lakes Region and beyond, the most up-to-date fishing & hunting reports, lake maps, photo & video galleries, the latest gear, wild game cooking tips and recipes, fishing & hunting tips from pros and experts, bonus web content and much, much more, all on your smartphone, tablet or desktop For just a buck per month!

Sign Up Now

Some restrictions apply. Not valid with other promotions. $1 per month for 6 months (you will be billed $6) and then your subscription will renew at standard subscription rates. For more information see Terms and Conditions. This offer only applies to OutdoorNews.com and not for any Outdoor News print subscriptions. Offer valid thru 3/31/23.

Already a subscriber to OutdoorNews.com? Click here to login.