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Time to Rethink the Rules for Ohio Gun Deer Hunters
PCRs – pistol-cartridge rifles – are not P.C., politically correct, in Ohio for deer-gun season and it is time to rethink that. In fact, the time is past due to revisit the entire issue of
Time to Praise Wildlife Officials
Here’s a novel approach: In an age where it’s the norm to criticize our state wildlife agencies for everything under the sun (sometimes deserved, sometimes not), one of those agencies would actually like us to
Let’s go on a moose hunt
By the time you read this, Governor Jennifer Granholm may have already signed a law to allow the state Natural Resources Commission to establish Michigan’s first moose hunt. The governor has signaled her intent to
Baseball and deer hunting: Are we paying too much attention to statistics?
Once a follower of all things baseball, I can barely stand to listen to sports radio these days. Worse, I find myself avoiding discussions with other baseball fans, out of fear someone will say something
Memories of Wyoming
I’m literally carrying the memories of my September trip to Wyoming for a long-awaited, much-anticipated archery hunt for pronghorn antelope. And, frankly, I’m getting tired of it. The trip itself was fantastic; I ultimately downed
Kill increases during bonus gun weekend
Columbus – Hunters killed 21,064 deer on Dec. 18-19, during the extra weekend of gun hunting, according to the DNR Division of Wildlife. The extra weekend of gun hunting was first offered in 2006 in
Poachers in broad daylight
Now that the two-week rifle deer season has ended, it would be easy for me to write my first blog about how many deer I did, or didn’t, see. It’s something everyone talks about at
Tying time, trying times
My hat’s off to those who can still wet a line in the winter months. Things up here in the North Country are starting to button up tight. I’m not a good enough caster to
Woodland walks
I like being in the woods any time of year and the other day I felt like taking a walk. I decided to check some of my bowhunting sites to see if I could discern
