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Ohio Statewide Muzzleloader Deer Season Open Jan. 8-11

COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio’s popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide January 8-11 according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters checked 24,078 white-tailed deer during the

Bear Kill by OH Deer Hunter Declared Self Defense

Cadiz, Ohio – A Massillon man who shot a black bear in November won’t face charges, prosecutors say. The Harrison County Prosecutor’s Office has declined to charge the unnamed individual, saying he apparently acted in

ATF to Require Multiple Sales Reports for Long Guns

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) is moving to require federally licensed firearms retailers to report multiple sales of modern sporting rifles beginning January 5, 2011. Specifically, the ATF requirement calls for

OH: Claiming self defense, man shoots black bear

Massillon, Ohio – A hunter in northeast Ohio shot a 225-pound black bear claiming self defense, the DNR Division of Wildlife reported. The unidentified hunter, reportedly of the Massillon area, shot the state-endangered animal Nov.

OH: Firearms hunt takes a slight dip in harvest

Youth season, deer gun season completed Columbus – Ohio hunters took 104,442 white-tailed deer during the state’s weeklong deer-gun season, which ran Nov. 29 through Dec. 5, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. In

OH: AEP adds 26,000 acres to Ohio lands

Athens, Ohio – American Electric Power (AEP) Ohio continues to add to its conservation legacy with the opening of an additional 26,000-acres in the ReCreation Land agreement area located in Morgan, Muskingum, Noble and Guernsey

Three locked-up bucks found dead in Ohio

Pomeroy, Ohio – The incidence of two bucks locking horns and eventually succumbing to death is not all that unusual. But, three bucks locked in a death struggle is quite rare. However, the last scenario

Ohio Deer-gun Hunting Continues December 18-19

Ohio’s popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Saturday and Sunday, December 18-19, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The extra weekend days were added beginning in 2006

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