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Here are Ohio’s best winter steelhead bets

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Drought conditions in 2024 hindered the start of the annual steelhead migration in Ohio. Anglers found fall-run fish staging along the Lake Erie shoreline more than they did moving upstream in the rivers.
The rains finally came, the water soaked in the ground, without affecting the river levels as normally seen. It wasn’t until after Christmas when rains filled the rivers. A welcomed relief, the water rising, but tough conditions.

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John Tertuliani: River fishing one last time before winter sets in is good for the soul

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River reconnaissance is my idea of R and R. No actual recon is in order, not for the Scioto River in Ohio. Flowing close to home, I know it well. Come December, I want to be out in the water one last time. Winter is about to seize it until spring. I need to know if this is it.
Flowing water has always appealed to me. Standing in it for long periods has become a source of healing. Having the water to myself, me and the animals, a time for reflection.

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John Tertuliani: Memories of long-ago come flooding back each deer opener

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I was 13 when an opportunity for a rifle hunt came together in north-central Pennsylvania, the region where my grandfather immigrated to and met the woman who would become my grandmother. The hunt started a generation or two before me. It was how they fed their families. Her parents had immigrated, as well.
A way of life for them, with close friends becoming members of the hunting family. For me, it was passage to the inner circle of heritage hunters who went after everything allowed, especially whitetails. My journey began in a World War II-looking Jeep.

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Winter project: An AR build on your own

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The Armalite Rifle, our beloved AR platform, began as a modular concept in 1954. The company set out to produce something reliable and versatile. The concept revolutionized how we think about rifles. An AR could not be more practical for those who like to shoot rifles.
Buying a completed rifle was my first interest. There are a lot of parts, and a guaranteed learning curve. Buying a completed rifle would be the less expensive route. A build piece by piece is the most expensive way to go.

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Ohio DNR makes investment in blue catfish program

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Look no further than Hoover Reservoir for an example of success with Ohio’s trophy blue catfish program. Alum Creek Reservoir is one of the more recent lakes to be stocked. You can almost feel the anticipation for a trophy blue catfish fishery at Alum Creek.
Anglers flock to Hoover for a chance at the largest species in Ohio. License plates in the parking lots are showing up from distant counties, and even out of state plates every now and then.

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What does the future hold for ice fishing in Ohio this year?

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By the end of August, I started watching the weather outlook for winter. The temperature in the North Pacific foreshadows what to expect.
It is speculation at its best, depicted through various computer models. An outcome with loose certainty for some, for me, it spells the chances of ice fishing in Ohio.

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

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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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Deer with a handgun? It’s possible and even productive in some instances

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Technology has not made handgun hunting any easier. The stakes are summed up nicely in Ohio’s 2023-24 deer harvest statistics. Less than 1% (526) of deer were shot with a handgun.
Getting within range is often less difficult than making the shot. When a deer shows up, you realize you are not plinking paper. Who needs an EKG to check their heart? Just go deer hunting. It helps when you are prepared to use a handgun for hunting.

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.350 Legend: A worthy option for Ohio deer hunters

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After a life of 12-gauge slugs and .50 caliber muzzleloaders, the .350 Legend is almost too good to be true for deer season. Not everyone thinks it is a sweet cartridge to shoot; some feel it is not enough gun. I do not understand why hunters feel undergunned with a .35 caliber bullet fired from a rifle. How much gun do you need to put a deer down?
The .350 Legend is compared to the .30-30, a cartridge claimed to have accounted for more deer than any other.

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