
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Poachers stole game from legitimate hunters in Ohio
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 30, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

I’d really like to do some ice fishing this winter, but I’m not so sure that will be a real possibility.
As of this writing on Jan. 13, there was no ice anywhere in

My first thought upon looking at the photo of Zac Prickett’s non-typical buck for the first time was, “Man, that thing is gnarly!”
We detailed the story of how the big Ohio buck shot

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

The year 2025 was busy in Washington, D.C.
From a transition to a new presidential administration last January to a wide-ranging reconciliation package to the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, there has been

If you are casting about for a New Year’s resolution to follow in 2026, here’s an easy one that your local wildlife populations will thank you for: Build a brush pile.
Brush piles are

In many ways, 2025 was a year defined by gridlock and uncertainty in Washington D.C. Partisan divides slowed much of Congress, budgets were tight, and long-term solutions often felt just out of reach.
Yet

At this year’s First Shot Ceremony, the CEO and chairman of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), Gerald O’Keefe, remarked, “(The National Matches) are specified in the law, but the law doesn’t tell us what to

Death and taxes aren’t the only two things that a life can count on.
In just a couple of weeks, both the U.S. Congress and the Ohio General Assembly will each meet to rehash
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