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Population of deer Zone C dwarfs that of other areas

Athens, Ohio – Before deer season started last fall, there were roughly 2,200 deer in west central Ohio’s Darke County, about four animals per square mile. Across the state in Guernsey County, the pre-hunt population

Ohio remains free of deadly CWD in deer

Columbus – When it comes to the alphabet soup that categorizes deadly deer diseases in Ohio, the news is mostly good. No CWD, no TB. But when it comes to EHD, well, pray for rain.

East Fork, Milton could be added to muskie list

Columbus – Ohio is about to tweak what some muskie fishermen might say isn’t broken. Not only is the DNR Division of Wildlife proposing a reduction in the daily bag limit of muskies from two

Water diversion bill will get battle in Ohio Senate

Columbus – Ohioans will begin hearing much about the issue of preventing Great Lakes waters from being diverted to drought-stricken states in the West and the South. If the debate sounds familiar, it is. The

Private land access at top of DNR priority list

Columbus – Ask any five deer hunters in Ohio to name their No. 1 frustration and three of them will mention the word “access.” While not in any way a scientific finding, the DNR Division

‘Unprecedented’ bag in order for Erie perch

Columbus – For sport anglers on Lake Erie, the bad news is that the yellow perch bag in the western basin will likely be reduced to 25 fish per day. The good news is that

12,000 more does fell with early bonus tags

Athens – A single bar graph spit out of Mike Tonkovich’s computer shows in raw numbers just how successful the bonus antlerless tags were during the 2007 early archery season. From the deer archery opener

Erie ice fishing: an iffy proposition in any year

Put-In-Bay, Ohio (AP) – It sure seems like it has been cold enough on some days for ice fishing. But so far, the cold hasn’t lasted long enough to make it safe for ice fishing

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