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Many changes afoot for whitetail hunting?

Columbus – Some fairly significant changes – including a move for muzzleloaders to January – could be in store for Ohio deer hunters next season. Several new proposals were rolled out before the Ohio Wildlife

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Dillon Lake (Muskingum County) – Before ice up, open-water fishermen had been catching crappies, and there is still a decent spillway bite for perch, crappies, and some saugeyes, reports Bob Mathie at Bob’s Outdoor Supply.

Grouse season and bag limits could be reduced

Athens, Ohio – With grouse flush rates and harvest numbers at their lowest point on record, the DNR_Division of Wildlife says it must do something to help the species recover, if that’s possible at all.

State preserve hunts open on positive note

Columbus – A program designed to thin the deer herd on mostly unhunted state land is off to a decent start with plans to continue next year. The DNR_Division of Natural Areas and Preserves (DNAP)

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Jan. 31, 2009: Erie & Ottawa Soil & Water Conservation Conference. EHOVE Ghrist Adult Career Center. For more info call Tim White, 419-626-5211. Feb. 14, 2009:_Ohio State Trappers Assoc. Fur Auctions, 8 a.m., Lester Ison’s

Division of Wildlife spent less, made less

Columbus – In the midst of a tough economic year, the DNR Division of Wildlife spent less but also brought in less in the last fiscal year, according to the organization’s annual report. The bottom

Economic stimulus via conservation? Why not?

Washington – As long as the federal government is considering a job-creation “stimulus package” that’s nearing $1 trillion (the actual latest rumored amount was about $750 billion), why not give conservation a boost via the

Muzzleloader harvest on par with last year

DNR Staff Reports Columbus – Hunters took 20,659 deer during Ohio’s four-day muzzleloader season with Tuscarawas County again leading the state with 934 deer checked. Last year, a preliminary total of 21,473 deer was taken

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