
Lawsuit puts Ohio hog hunting bill on hold
A new Ohio law that would ban the importation and hunting of feral swine and end the practice of garbage feeding has been put on hold as a lawsuit by an Adams County hunting preserve

A new Ohio law that would ban the importation and hunting of feral swine and end the practice of garbage feeding has been put on hold as a lawsuit by an Adams County hunting preserve

The Ohio DNR (ODNR) is once again reinforcing its commitment to safe and enjoyable experiences on the water by awarding $580,000 in Marine Patrol Assistance Grants to 25 agencies across 21 counties.

The end of May marked the end of an era in Ohio’s deer management circles.
Mike Tonkovich was the ODNR Division of Wildlife’s deer program administrator until the end of May. Then he retired,

Input from hunters and results of late fall waterfowl surveys prompted the Ohio DNR’s wildlife division to propose new waterfowl hunting zones for the 2026 to 2030 seasons.
The proposed zone changes will not

We all know what to do. Identify legal game, aim, squeeze, tag, drag, skin, eat.
Yet we also know that things often fall apart after the “Identify legal game” part. We shake, we fumble,

When the South Zone of Ohio closed, wild turkey hunters across Ohio had checked 15,768 birds in the spring 2025 season, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
The spring wild turkey

Four of us were heading to the spot where prairie dogs had built a hefty community and the landowner needed them thinned. Halfway there, we heard the telltale sound of a rattlesnake, and – with

The Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife recently held a Hunter Education Appreciation Day at the Southern Ohio Dog and Game Protective Association.
It was the first one in several years but event organizers are

National conservation groups were celebrating a major win on Thursday: the withdrawal of provisions in the House budget reconciliation bill – the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (H.R. 1) – that would have authorized the
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