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Jeffrey Frischkorn: Squirrel hunting not near what it used to be in Ohio

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Before the day of the deer and before the time of the turkey, Ohio’s hunters pursued small game critters.
The numbers were not insignificant, either. Hundreds of thousands of sportsmen donned heavy-canvas pants and jackets or else slipped into jeans and flannel and chased a potpourri of small-game species like rabbits, pheasants, grouse, and squirrels. Myself being among them, and some of the most delightful of memories surround the activities, which included squirrels.

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ATF, National Shooting Sports Foundation launch campaign against straw purchases of firearms

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Lying is never a good thing. But when it comes to trying to skirt firearms purchasing laws it can cost a person hundreds of thousands in fines and up to more than a decade in jail.
To help meet this criminal activity muzzle-on, both the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) and the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) are again emphasizing their “Don’t Lie For The Other Guy” campaign.

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Jeff Frischkorn: ATF offers some guidance to firearm ownership

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Fresh off its “Don’t Lie For The Other Guy” campaign to make aware that buying a firearm for someone else is a felony, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has a couple of other useful pieces of assistance.
The agency is working with FFL license holders to help prevent firearms from falling into the wrong hands.

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Invasive spotted lanternfly making appearance in northeast Ohio

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When Lake Metroparks Executive Director Paul Palagyi saw a particularly attractive flying “bug” recently, he instantly knew an invader had stormed the beaches of Lake County, Ohio.
What Palagyi encountered and captured while cheering on his daughter’s soccer team was a spotted lanternfly, a member of the clan that is a plant killer disguised in a stunning suit.
“I understand they’re being seen in Painesville and Kirtland,” Palagyi told Ohio Outdoor News.

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Ammo prices remain stable despite concerns

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A press release from Vista Outdoors has sent a small tremor among the hunting and shooting community that ammunition and gunpowder shortages and spiking prices are just around the corner.
Yet scant evidence seems to exist that such dire worries are imminently looming, though ongoing and underlying roots could see the strangling ivy put a chokehold on ammo availability.

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Jeffrey Frischkorn: My vote for Ohio state fish? The largemouth bass

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

For the past couple of Ohio Outdoor News print issues, the reader’s “Sounding Board” has asked a simple enough question: “Is the walleye a good choice for the official state fish of Ohio.”
In the Aug. 2 issue, of the five responders, only fellow Ohio Outdoor News columnist Steve Pollick (brave soul that he is) picked a species other than the walleye. He made a compelling argument for the smallmouth bass. Compelling, perhaps, but not convincing.

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Jeff Frischkorn: Ohio Division of Wildlife offers insight into methodology behind state’s controlled hunt draw process

Blogs, Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, Ohio, Opinion /

Frequent Ohio Outdoor News contributing writer Larry Moore enjoyed my Aug. 16 story in the publication on the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s annual special hunt lottery.
While the story piqued Larry’s interest – having been selected two consecutive years for small-game hunts – he still had questions. These were related to the program’s operational aspects. The question intrigued me, as well. Enough so that I posed Larry’s inquiry to Brian Plasters, the wildlife division communication manager.

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Most who apply for Ohio’s controlled hunts face long odds

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That people believe in miracles is reflected in how many of them are willing to accept the one-in-302.5 million odds of winning the Mega Million Dollar lottery by matching all of the numbers and the Powerball.
Yet hunters are no different. And though the odds of winning one of the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s lottery-selected controlled deer, small-game, waterfowl, and waterfowl blind hunts are better than one-in-302.5 million, the chances are still stacked against an applicant.

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World IT outage hits Fish Ohio

Fishing, National News, News, Ohio /

The worldwide Internet technological glitch that rippled across the world in late July included accessing the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s Fish Ohio program.
At the heart of the issue is Microsoft, the leader in the world wide web system whose tentacles reach into very nearly everything today. It is believed that two factors came into play. Troubles with Microsoft’s “cloud sourcing” system is generally regarded as the first issue. This is the one that has hammered airlines, causing delays and cancellations across the board.

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