Rite of passage: Tundras, trumpeters show up on Lake Erie shores
Author has been documenting annual holiday occurrence for years.
Ohio – Steve Pollick
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.
A day on the range can pay dividends in the field
Author recently assisted shooters at a sight-in day.
Leafy thoughts on a bowhunting morn
Nature can teach lessons during treestand sit.
Summer project: Ridding little pond of vegetative mess
Author takes back control of his little water hole.
Old, single-shot .22s have many lessons to teach
Author ruminates on the trusted model he carries.
Good old days of perch fishing might not be finished
Anglers reporting limits of “yellow gold” in Erie’s Western Basin.
Pandemic creating new generation of paddlers
Return to roots is cause for celebration.
Old-school drifting and casting in Lake Erie’s Western Basin
Erie’s walleye numbers, something like 116 million, are at or near all-time highs, and the basin’s famous – or infamous – mayfly hatch has not yet begun in earnest.
‘Crick-picking’ a fine way to spend an Ohio afternoon
Author rekindles memories of his youth by fishing small creeks, rivers.
Rare winter algae envelopes author’s little pond
Amur, tilapia ordered to help combat the scourge.
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