Spring peepers making their call known in early spring in Ohio
Tiny frogs are now in breeding mode across the state.
New for the 2017 season, the state has been divided into two zones for spring turkey hunting: a south zone, which opens to hunters on Monday, April 24, and a northeast zone, which opens to hunters on Monday, May 1.
The next phase of dam construction will be building a 12-foot thick buttress behind the soil mixed cutoff wall. More layers of soil will also be added.
Tiny frogs are now in breeding mode across the state.
Proceeds of stamp’s sale go toward Wildlife Diversity Fund.
Conservation stamp proceeds go toward wildlife diversity.
The state parks offering seasonal camping for 2017 are Barkcamp, Dillon, East Fork, Mosquito Lake, Paint Creek, Punderson, Pymatuning, Rocky Fork and Stonelick.
It’s that time of year at state parks in the two states and across much of the northern tier of the country.
The first rainbow trout release is scheduled for Friday, March 3, at Adams Lake in Adams County, and rainbow trout releases will take place across Ohio from March 3-May 21 as long as areas are ice-free and accessible to anglers.
Among the proposals were modifications to bag limits for several counties throughout the state.
That’s down slightly from last year, when 188,329 deer were checked.
New counties for longbeards on table; deer seasons topic for Feb. 8 meeting.
Cardinal plate first introduced in 1997 rebooted in 2017
Mutilated remains of at least three deer were discovered on the side of a road in New Franklin
Funding of more than a quarter-of-a-million dollars to support 19 programs in 2017
A recent change in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s process allows Ohio to now propose fall waterfowl regulations in January, more than six months earlier than in past years
That’s up significantly over last year, when 12,503 white-tailed deer were checked
Marinas throughout the state have taken steps to keep Ohio’s bodies of water clean and healthy for recreational and environmental purposes
While bighead and silver carp are believed to have escaped from aquaculture ponds, grass carp were stocked intentionally in water bodies throughout many states for the purpose of aquatic plant control.
And opportunities to harvest more deer still await.
In all probability, the opportunity to make up for Ohio’s to-date deer kill will be overrun with deep snows, holiday shopping and a general lack of interest that can be traced back to deer-hunting over-exposure.