Nation’s birds need our help
New report highlights plight of various species.
Ohio – Steve Pollick
Too early to sight in your firearm for deer?
Now is the perfect time to get this important function completed.
Fish Ohio proves casting for walleyes in August still works
Governor’s promotional event produced ‘eyes for anglers.
Rebranding carp as ‘copi’ a valiant effort, but will it take?
Lake Erie’s sheepshead renaming serves as a cautionary tale.
Sentinel Oak finally meets its demise
Pollick snapped this photo of the ancient oak tree along I-75 in Hancock County during one of his many trips up and down the highway.Big old trees – really big old trees – are comfortingly eternal, until they’re not. The demise of a mammoth, ancient swamp white oak in northwest Ohio’s Hancock County was like that. It seemed like it…
The simplicity of a fly rod and a bluegill mesh nicely
Author recently leisured away an afternoon on his small homestead pond.
Make multiple use of your spring day afield
Turkey hunt ends at noon, take up morel hunting.
Ohio’s eagle count soars to success
Total of 806 nests counted.
Bird-feeding needs deliberate choices on man’s part
Some foods not so good for our feathered friends.
Rite of passage: Tundras, trumpeters show up on Lake Erie shores
Author has been documenting annual holiday occurrence for years.
The hunt just isn’t what it used to be
Author laments changing of the times, in a negative way.
Best laid plans sometimes go awry
Author found this out on a cold, snowy Colorado elk hunt.
The wild world has a lot to teach us
Author witnesses poults caring for injured hen turkey.
ODNR needs your eyes and ears to help manage wildlife
Turkey sightings among most important items right now.
Memories of a dove opener long ago
Pollick cut his teeth on an Indiana hunt 35 years ago.
Time is right for a proper sight-in session
Make sure your weapon performs at the moment of truth.
Fireflies light up the night sky – and the imagination
Tiny bugs have a fascinating life cycle, history.
Ohio should put limit on balloon releases
Spent inflatables a danger to wildlife.
Respect for wildlife sorely lacking in most instances
Recent photo illustrates this in a big way, author contends.
Giving last rites to ‘Old Blue’
Author’s hunting, fishing ride put out to pasture.
Pandemic cancels famed Hinckley buzzard return celebration
Ohio township has celebrated buzzards’ return since 1957.
Keep your shooting eye in tune with an air rifle
‘Hunting’ season never really over with small arms.
Odd occurrences at the bird feeders this winter
Author has noticed late arrival of many avian species.
It pays to be precise with old firearms
Author endeavors to sight-in muzzleloader, ‘patrol rifle’
Like clockwork, tundra swans make their annual return to Ohio
Author marks dead of winter by return of winged creatures.
Time to prep and practice for gun season
Season kicks off Monday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 30.
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