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Mike Moore

New website connects outdoors folks to activities in Ohio

A Cleveland native is launching an Ohio company to help connect outdoors folks to products and services around the Buckeye State.
Wendy Kertesz, who now lives in Ashville, Ohio, is launching Ohio Backwoods, an online directory aimed to connecting outdoor adventurers with places to engage in activities and vendors for the gear they need to experience the outdoors.

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Ohio buck from Wyandot County had some unique character

Matt Malone is a relative newcomer to deer hunting but the buck he shot last November will be a tough one to top.
Malone, back on Nov. 1, shot a nice 10-point buck with his crossbow that had some rather unique characteristics. For one, it sported about a 10-inch drop tine off its left beam. Malone said he was hunting in Wyandot County in northwest Ohio, but he had never seen this buck prior to Nov. 1.

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Ohio Insider: The reason behind proposed archery ban during fall turkey season

I have received a handful of letters to the editor questioning the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s proposal to eliminate archery hunting during the fall turkey season.
So, to get some more perspective on the matter, I contacted the division’s wild turkey biologist, Mark Wiley, to see what went into that decision.

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Harvest number during Ohio’s youth turkey season surprises state biologist

Youth turkey hunters in Ohio’s South Zone checked 1,941 birds during the state’s special youth-only weekend on April 18-19, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The two-day season was open to hunters ages 17 and younger, and participants were required to be accompanied by a nonhunting adult.

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Ohio Insider: New research revealing interesting information about Ohio’s turkeys

Researchers from Ohio State University and the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife have been studying wild turkeys for a couple of years now as part of an ongoing project.
I asked Mark Wiley, the division’s lead turkey biologist, for an update on the turkey study during a recent conversation.

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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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