Ohio Outdoor News Cuffs and Collars

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • This summer, state wildlife officer Matt Teders, assigned to Madison County, has been patrolling areas of the Scioto River in Columbus popular among anglers using cast nets to

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • During the 2018 spring turkey season, state wildlife officer Josh Shields, assigned to Union County, was on patrol when he observed two turkey hunters returning from the woods.

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • On a day in July, state wildlife officers Josh Shields, assigned to Union County, and Adam Smith, assigned to Logan County, using their patrol boat contacted 16 anglers

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • While on bicycle patrol at Quarry Park, state wildlife officer Chad Grote, assigned to Marion County, observed a man and woman fishing from the banks of the lake.

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • During Memorial Day weekend, state wildlife officer Jeff Tipton, assigned to Champaign County, was working near Kiser Lake where he had been receiving complaints that people were leaving

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • This past spring, state wildlife officer John Coffman, assigned to Fayette County, was patrolling the Deer Creek spillway. He contacted a man fishing alone who showed officer Coffman

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • State wildlife officer Matt Teders, assigned to Madison County, was investigating a deer checked in as a landowner-harvested animal. During the investigation, officer Teders could not locate any

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • During the 2018 January waterfowl season, state wildlife officer Josh Elster, assigned to Pickaway County, was informed of a waterfowl hunter who had fallen into the Scioto River.

Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 • During the 2017 Ohio deer gun season, state wildlife officer Adam Smith, assigned to Logan County, received information from the Turn-In-A-Poacher hotline that someone had shot and killed