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Harvest declines during the 2023 Ohio fall turkey hunting season
Doing the math clearly shows that the number of turkeys killed and the number of hunters who pursued the birds slumped during Ohio’s recently concluded fall turkey hunting season.
The total number of turkeys

Joe Fellegy: Being a non-hunter doesn’t mean being anti-hunting
I frequently get asked about my own non-hunting tradition. I often have to answer questions like this one: “You got so deep into fishing, but you don’t hunt. Are you against hunting because you believe

Late-season whitetails demand absolute silence; here are ways to stay quiet in the tree
Bowhunting whitetails post-firearms season poses all kinds of problems that were lesser concerns during early hunts.
Deer are far more wary after being pursued for two months or more, not to mention roughly one-third

Ohio’s 2023 youth deer hunting season sees a near-record harvest
Young people taking part in Ohio’s recent youth-only firearms deer hunting season performed exceptionally well, harvesting 10,039 deer. That is 524 more animals than they did during the same 2022 season, and up 31% from

Hunting, fishing, other wildlife-based recreation big economic drivers in Ohio
A recently released report from the Wildlife Management Institute, Responsive Management, and Southwick Associates showed that wildlife-based recreation contributed nearly $12.5 billion to Ohio’s economy in 2022, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of

Pheasants in the snow: Take advantage of the best rooster hunting conditions you’ll see all season
The first real snow of the season will happen eventually. It’s a dream scenario for pheasant-hunting fanatics. It’s so good that when the forecast calls for at least a few inches of fresh powder to

Opposition to reintroducing the American marten in Pennsylvania is growing
Opposition to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s proposal to reintroduce the American marten to Pennsylvania forests is growing.
Shortly after the Nov. 15 end to the agency’s public comment period on the plan to

Deer permit area 342 added to Minnesota CWD management hunt Dec. 15-17
Deer permit area 342 near Wabasha has been added to other DPAs in southeastern Minnesota and the south metropolitan area where hunters can harvest deer during a late-season chronic wasting disease management hunt. DPA 342

Still seeking a buck? December deer hunting means putting in your time
If you’re still holding onto a buck tag, early December deer hunting can be a strange time.
The orange army has passed through, there are fewer deer in the woods resulting from firearms season