Opinions
Sick at home and wish you were hunting?
Being cooped up in the house over an extended holiday weekend is a drag. Especially when the whole family has the flu and the duck hunting plans are flushed down the toilet. For the sake
Shooting of White and Albino Deer
Some interesting issues were brought to the forefront during the 2012 gun deer season when two white deer were legally killed by hunters in Sauk County. It’s easy for news reporters to hype a store
Better angling: Modern ice fishing's multiple paradigm shifts
Walking around the St. Paul Ice Show this year I am struck by how dramatically different the sport of ice fishing is today from just a decade or so ago. It is definitely the fastest-growing
Hunting and fishing rules: Some un-common sense
I live in Minnesota where rules regarding hunting and fishing generally make pretty good sense. Our state DNR has to bend to the will of our legislature though, and that can create some strange guidelines
Pheasant hunting at Jim Edgar expanded
For the second consecutive season, DNR is expanding quotas for the controlled pheasant hunting program at specific sites. On Thursday, the agency announced that the daily hunter quotas will be bumped at the Jim Edgar
Panther roaming the hills of southeast Ohio?
Next time someone tells Steve Myers that Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster and E.T. are all alive, well and residing in Ohio the Ashtabula County man will nod his head “yes.” Myers spent the opener
Short days, long nights offer fishing opportunities
Is December really upon us? It seems just like yesterday that the leaves still had green in them and the days were long and the nights were short. This total transformation just seems to have
Mudpuppy die-off a mystery
The mysterious salamander commonly known as a mudpuppy has conjured up a mystery as to what caused the deaths of hundreds of the aquatic critters during Hurricane Sandy, after the super storm whipped up storms
Gun opener sees major kick up from last year
Columbus – Hunters checked 29,297 white-tailed deer on Monday, Nov. 26, the opening day of Ohio’s deer-gun season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Monday’s total represents a 24.1
