Ohio Mixed Bag: Perch limit reduced on portion of Lake Erie
Staff and News Reports
May 19, 2025
Due to poor recruitment of yellow perch, anglers in one zone of Lake Erie will see reduced daily bag limits this year.
News
Ohio DNR hosts pair of turkey hunts for disabled vets
DNR Report
May 19, 2025
Pike State Forest and Blue Rock State Forest were the settings for two special hunts organized for disabled hunters to enjoy the outdoors while hunting for wild turkeys.
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of
Ohio fall turkey hunt set for October, but not without controversy over hen harvest
Jane Beathard
May 19, 2025
There will be a turkey hunting season in Ohio from Oct. 1 to Oct. 26 this coming fall. But the Ohio Wildlife Council vote to approve the season did not come without controversy.
Prior
Rain puts a damper on Ohio turkey hunting as harvest ticks down a bit
Jeff Frischkorn
May 16, 2025
It rained hard on the Northeast Ohio Zone turkey hunters’ parade opening weekend and continued to dampen the season’s first several days as well.
And the rain was not being kind to the rest
Duck regulations feature some tweaks for Ohio’s 2025 hunting season
Mike Moore
May 15, 2025
Waterfowl hunters in Ohio this fall will be allowed to have more pintails in the daily duck bag than at any time in recent memory.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is allowing for
Bob Ohio bobcat dies after getting head stuck in split of a tree
Staff Report
May 14, 2025
Ken Enlow, of Hartville in Stark County, Ohio, said a friend sent him this photo, which he said was taken in Richland County. The deceased bobcat in the photo appears to have been climbing a
Push to map Great Lakes bottom moves with legislation
Todd Richmond
May 13, 2025
Two congressional representatives from Michigan – Republican Lisa McClain and Democrat Debbie Dingell – have re-introduced the Great Lakes Mapping Act.
The legislation would, according to an earlier introduction, allocate $200 million to map
Landowner conservation assistance could take hit in Trump proposal for the NRCS
Tim Spielman
May 8, 2025
Navigating government programs has never been for the faint of heart, nor has it been something citizens have dared wade into alone, should some form of assistance be available.
That’s true of conservation programs,
Would saugers compete with walleyes in Lake Erie? Reintroduction talks continue for Ohio waters
John Tertuliani
May 7, 2025
The process has been a long one. John Hageman wrote an Ohio Outdoor News feature about sauger restoration back in 2012. Who knows if it was the first discussion in recent times, when Ohio Division
