Ohio’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
January 28, 2025
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Ohio published in the Jan. 31, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Hunting
Ohio Cuffs & Collars: Case completed involving tagging violations by non-residents
Staff Report
January 28, 2025
Ohio cuffs and collars are field reports from the Division of Wildlife. These reports are from the Jan. 31, 2025, edition of Outdoor News.
Ohio Insider: Antlerless harvest still a fly in the ointment of a banner gun deer season
Mike Moore
January 28, 2025
It was a banner gun season for more than 87,000 Ohio hunters. The weather was darn near perfect for the week and Ohio’s legion of firearm hunters killed 87,192 whitetails. It was the largest kill
Popular Pennsylvania outdoor writer starts new chapter in his life after retirement
Deborah Weisberg
January 28, 2025
After penning his final story for Lancaster LNP – his 1,645th in a 37-year career – Ad Crable immediately began hearing from readers.
At last count, more than 300 fans had reached out to
Lasers protecting pheasants at Pennsylvania’s Northumberland game farm
Tom Venesky
January 28, 2025
After an avian influenza outbreak resulted in the loss of nearly 100,000 pheasants on his farm, Mike Martz was determined to employ every measure he could to avoid a repeat occurrence.
The owner of
CWD confirmed in wild deer in two new Minnesota deer permit areas
DNR Report
January 27, 2025
Two adult male deer tested positive for chronic wasting disease in two deer permit areas without previous confirmed cases of the disease.
One deer was harvested in DPA 266 near Hawley in Clay County
Big decoy shows coming to Cleveland in March
Staff Report
January 27, 2025
It’s the largest collecting and carving event in the Midwest. Two shows on the same weekend at the same location.
The Ohio Decoy Collectors and Carvers Association (ODCCA) and the Great Lakes Decoy Association
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Does youth deer season serve true purpose as it stands?
Ohio Letters to the Editor
January 27, 2025
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 31, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
Ohio’s record buck kill already set during 2024-25 season with time remaining
Jeff Frischkorn
January 27, 2025
Deer hunters in Ohio are approaching the finish line, and the last baton hand-off saw a seamless transfer.
During the recently concluded four-day statewide muzzleloading deer hunting season (Jan. 4-7), hunters killed 13,476 white-tailed
