Despite perfect weather, deer gun season off to slow start
Nearly 7,000 fewer deer killed this year compared to last opening day
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Survey says more hunters after meat
A national hunter survey conducted this year reveals an increasing percentage of hunters are going afield in pursuit of meat, as opposed to other reasons, like recreation or camaraderie.
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Ohio officer guilty in illegal duck dumping
A former Bentleyville, Ohio, police officer told a state wildlife investigator “he had made the biggest mistake of his life,” disposing of dead Canada geese and mallard ducks in a popular Cleveland Metroparks reservation.
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Rodent disease discovered
Ohio had a pair of cases of tularemia, a disease that can infect humans and animals (particularly rodents), this year, according to the Ohio Department of Health.
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Ohio Cuffs & Collars – December 6th, 2013
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • State wildlife officer Matt Teders, assigned to Madison County, received a phone call in the early archery deer season regarding a trespassing complaint. The gentleman advised Officer Teders that two hunters were hunting without permission on the property he had permission to hunt. The person was able to
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Ohio Calendar of Events – December 6th, 2013
Banquets/Fundraisers Dec. 18: Mahoning Valley WTU Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Mill Creek Metroparks Farm. For more info call Dennis Malloy, 330-507-9489. Jan. 18, 2014: Miami Valley WTU Banquet, 5 p.m., The Elks Golf Club. For more info call don Distler, 513-403-7471. Feb. 1, 2014: Shelby County WTU Banquet, 4:30 p.m., The Palazzo, Botkins. For more info call Mike Wendel,
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Central Ohio Fishing Report – December 6th, 2013
Deer Creek Lake (Fayette and Pickaway counties) – Cool water temperatures have fish more active. For crappies, target woody cover in the coves and shallower water; try minnows or jigs suspended under a bobber. Largemouth bass can be caught on spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and plastics. Try fishing points and concentrations of gizzard shad. Bluegills are being
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Northwest Ohio Fishing Report – December 6th, 2013
Findlay Reservoir #2 (Hancock County) – Findlay Reservoir #2 is located southwest of Findlay on Township Road 207. There is a full boat ramp at the southern shore of the reservoir. Yellow perch and walleyes should be biting. Yellow perch can be caught around structure. The best baits include minnows and red worms fished near
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Northeast Ohio Fishing Report – December 6th, 2013
Region wide – Try your hand at last-chance perch before hard water heads this way. You don’t need to go to the “big water” of Lake Erie to catch perch. Long Lake and Mogadore, Mosquito, and Wingfoot reservoirs offer sandwich-sized perch. Fish just as you would Lake Erie, using shiners on spreaders in deep water.
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