Providing habitat for small game vitally important in winter
Author’s clan cleared brush to do just that recently
Steve Pollick
Lamenting the loss of the bobwhite
Quail numbers hit hard in Ohio. And when we lost those cheerful sweet calls and the sight of coveys skedaddling along brushrows, we lost something special. It would be nice to have them back. The loss has been ours, and many of us do not even realize it.
Tundra swans overhead a sight, sound to behold
They often use parts of northern Ohio as “stopover” sites
Winter bird feeding entertains, educates
Writer enjoys watching birds over the bead on the barrels of his double-barrel shotgun well enough, but also enjoys watching them at his feeding stations every winter day.
Be wary of ticks in the deer woods this season
It is a little thing, easily ignored, overlooked, or forgotten, but potentially with big consequences – a bite from an infected tick. And while disease-bearing ticks can be a problem year-round, deer hunters should be especially wary. We spend long…
Dead owl yet another tragic example of society’s overuse of potent chemicals
Insecticides, pesticides, and mouse poison rule the day.
Trail cam sighting stirs up memories of regal bucks of yesteryear
Author getting tuned up for Saturday’s bow opener in Ohio.
Butterfly phenomena in northern Ohio was a sight to behold
Storm pushed millions of butterflies into secluded, sequestered sites.
Summit Metro Parks letter spot-on about endangered species protection
Northeast Ohio organization takes on USFWS policies.
Teach kids hunting at the appropriate age
Very young kids have no business doing anything more than tagging along, not pulling triggers. They are too immature to understand what they are doing. Much responsibility comes with pulling the trigger.
Patience, persistence and other life lessons learned picking berries
Writer's brood learns their lessons well.
Grass carp do their job, sometimes too well
Lake Erie tributaries have them but they are different from their sterile cousins.
This turkey season, keep an eye out for ‘other’ birds, too
Ohio is a major migratory corridor for many species.
Celebrating a fine eco-Samaritan, and others like him
Mindless wastefulness uglies America’s roadsides.
Ohio DNR errs in allowing dogs to roam beaches
The official announcement curiously was carefully crafted to avoid explaining why Fido should be allowed to run free, contrary to a long-standing rule, on parks’ beaches through May 18. It simply told Ohioans to go for it.
The Old Man grows fond of his trail camera
OK, OK, true confession: I am a grumpy old man, slow to embrace the latest and greatest in outdoors gear and technology. But I am starting to grow fond of a trail camera. My kids, all-in in the Great Technology…
Awarded officer went out of his way to make things good
Sometimes, it’s personal. So I am especially pleased that Ohio Wildlife Investigator Brian Bury, assigned to the Lake Erie Unit, has been name Wildlife Officer of the Year by Wildlife Officer Lodge 143, of the Fraternal Order of Police of…
Back to the Wild: A snowy owl's journey
Ohio rehab center nurses bird back to health, culminating with an almost religious experience that was its return to the wild.
About This Blog
Steve Pollick, an Ohio Outdoor News columnist since the paper’s inception in 2005, and retired staff member of The Blade newspaper in Toledo and its outdoors editor since 1982. His bylined stories and columns also have appeared in local, regional, state, and national magazines for more than 40 years.
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