Take advantage of some super – and cheap – Ohio trout fishing
ODNR offers sessions for adults and youth.
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Tundra swan flocks light up the Ohio sky
Some of the big birds indeed winter in Ohio.
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Sight of buffleheads soothes on a cold winter’s night
A waterfowler’s season is never over, even when the trusty, weatherbeaten old shotgun is cleaned and racked and the bags of decoys and other paraphernalia of the trade are stowed in the barn for winter. That is because waterfowlers, duck and goose hunters, never stop watching the sky and sniffing the air, looking, looking, looking.
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Lamenting the loss of the bobwhite
Quail numbers hit hard in Ohio. And when we lost those cheerful sweet calls and the sight of coveys skedaddling along brushrows, we lost something special. It would be nice to have them back. The loss has been ours, and many of us do not even realize it.
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Tundra swans overhead a sight, sound to behold
They often use parts of northern Ohio as “stopover” sites
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Winter bird feeding entertains, educates
Writer enjoys watching birds over the bead on the barrels of his double-barrel shotgun well enough, but also enjoys watching them at his feeding stations every winter day.
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Be wary of ticks in the deer woods this season
It is a little thing, easily ignored, overlooked, or forgotten, but potentially with big consequences – a bite from an infected tick. And while disease-bearing ticks can be a problem year-round, deer hunters should be especially wary. We spend long hours in the woods, deep off trails, often in heavy cover, and often with back
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Dead owl yet another tragic example of society’s overuse of potent chemicals
Insecticides, pesticides, and mouse poison rule the day.
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Monarch summer a bust this year
Too many bugs doomed author’s patch.
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