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Trophy scoring groups study falsified record book bucks

Circleville, Ohio – A hunter who pleaded guilty to falsely tagging a 200-class buck admitted to making a false statement about yet another high-fence trophy deer harvested in Licking County in 2006. Rob McCarley, 47,

State deer kill nearly 250,000

Columbus – While the numbers aren’t entirely dry just yet, the DNR Division of Wildlife’s previously stated prediction of a 2008-2009 deer kill of 250,000 will be a close call. At last count, the total

Fur industry is in a ‘cautious’ buy, sell mode

Bowling Green, Ohio – Trappers and fur harvesters approached the 2008-2009 season with an optimistic outlook toward fur prices following last year’s sales. The spring auctions were the best for many years and everyone expected

Bill is $13,000 for poached park buck

Maumee, Ohio – It was big news last fall when two individuals were fined more than $12,000 for poaching a trophy buck in south central Ohio. Kory Posey and Kyle Kruger of Washington Court House

Hunters delayed doe harvest to gun season

Athens, Ohio – If last year’s gun season would have opened with the same weather as it did in 2007 – drenching rains across the state that wiped out much of the first two days

Chicago carp barrier to be activated

Washington – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has completed safety testing and says it will activate the electric dispersal barrier in the Chicago Ship Canal by the end of January. The Corps has been

220-class buck turns out to be game preserve deer

Circleville, Ohio – A 220-class buck supposedly shot on private land in suburban Franklin County turns out to be a game preserve kill that was allegedly checked in as a wild animal. Rob McCarley, of

Many changes afoot for whitetail hunting?

Columbus – Some fairly significant changes – including a move for muzzleloaders to January – could be in store for Ohio deer hunters next season. Several new proposals were rolled out before the Ohio Wildlife

Grouse season and bag limits could be reduced

Athens, Ohio – With grouse flush rates and harvest numbers at their lowest point on record, the DNR_Division of Wildlife says it must do something to help the species recover, if that’s possible at all.

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