Hunting
Ohio Division of Wildlife helps donate venison from state’s gun season
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife helped collect 3,350 pounds of processed venison during the weeklong deer gun season to support local food pantries. Deer donation days were held at select locations across the
What’s it take to be a natural resources officer? Ohio DNR offering open houses
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) invites anyone interested in a meaningful, mission-driven career to attend one of 11 upcoming natural resources officer (NRO) open houses being held across the state.
“Increasing the number of natural
Ohio’s Bucyrus fur auction canceled, but Kidron still on tap
Due to not enough trappers registering for the Bucyrus fur auction, the Ohio State Trappers Association (OSTA) cancelled it, with Kidron becoming the organization’s sole event of this type in 2026.
With less than
Ohio duck stamp entries being accepted through Feb. 1
The Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is accepting submissions for the Ohio Wetlands Habitat Stamp art competition through Sunday, Feb. 1. The winner of this year’s competition will have their work featured on the
Ohio Mixed Bag: Fishing expo rolls into capital city
The National Fishing Expo in Columbus closes out the month of January in Ohio’s capital city.
This year’s expo runs from Friday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb. 1 at the Ohio Expo Center on
More than 13,000 deer fall during Ohio’s muzzleloader hunt
Ohio’s 2026 muzzleloader hunters killed 421 fewer animals than they did during its 2025 counterpart. Still, a harvest of 13,055 whitetails is nothing to sneeze at, either.
Even so, both years showed declines from
Partnerships lead to novel elk habitat project in Pennsylvania
A major habitat initiative is underway in the Moshannon State Forest just northeast of Parker Dam State Park, in Clearfield County, Pa. Boots-on-the-ground work began in 2025, with the first two areas cleared and planted
Commentary: Growing old in the outdoors can be a daunting task
There are special feelings and apprehensions as folks get older. As an aging hunter and fisherman, I began noting this 16 years ago at age 50.
Mortality, limitations of certain activities, and the sadness
Notes off a soiled cuff: Debate over Pennsylvania’s deer opener date rages on
In the two weeks leading up to the Game Commission meeting that was to be held Jan. 23-24, all that Pennsylvania hunters were talking about was the agency’s controversial proposal to move the opening of
