
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Does youth deer season serve true purpose as it stands?
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 31, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 31, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Deer hunters in Ohio are approaching the finish line, and the last baton hand-off saw a seamless transfer.
During the recently concluded four-day statewide muzzleloading deer hunting season (Jan. 4-7), hunters killed 13,476 white-tailed

You may recall last October NASA launched a rocket carrying the spacecraft “Europa Clipper” named after Europa, one of Jupiter’s four largest moons. This mission began a six-year journey in space to Jupiter referred to

Often when we view nature, we assume that everything in a critter’s life is smooth and easy. No major challenges – just a clean, natural way of life devoid of the stress that we humans

Though the prevalence remains low, chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Ohio has now expanded into Morrow County, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife.
An adult doe harvested by a hunter on Delaware Wildlife

Christopher M. Waters, 44, of Loris, South Carolina, recently pleaded guilty in Mount Vernon Municipal Court to a total of 12 hunting violations for deer and turkey in Knox County, according to the Ohio DNR

It is never certain how long it will last, but at the time of this writing on Jan. 19, ice fishing is underway in certain locations on Ohio’s north coast.
Going from temperatures

Ice fishing commences in earnest. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing report from across the state on Jan. 23, 2025.

Owls can be easier to spot in wintertime: great horned owls start hooting and nesting while we’re still in winter’s grip, and barred owls aren’t far behind. And an elusive screech owl may turn up
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