Ohio’s deer hunters didn’t shoot a record number of animals this past season, though they did score the fourth highest-ever tally with 238,137 animals.
And with fewer hunters participating, too. In fact, the 238,137
If approved by the Ohio Legislature this summer, nonresidents will pay more for their hunting and fishing licenses in Ohio.
Gov. Mike DeWine’s two-year budget proposal issued in February included increases for nonresident licenses,
In what has become a welcomed surprise after years of brief or no opportunities for ice fishing on Lake Erie, hundreds of ice fishermen have been fishing off the islands daily since about mid-January.
Ice fishing still holding on in many of Ohio’s spots. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing report from across the state on Feb. 20, 2025.
A simple track in the snow and a bit of scat served to delight county wildlife officer Nick Oliver and research technician Doug Wensink on Jan. 8, during the annual river otter survey in Ohio.<br
Since I moved off Ohio’s South Bass Island, aka Put-in-Bay, after my retirement in 2011, I have watched as the island’s deer population jumped from a couple of family units to numbers approaching the limit
With deer gun season behind us, it is a good time to grab your coyote rifle. The breeding season for these canines runs through February.
Coyotes pay no mind to where you think they
The end of the ice fishing season in Ohio is not yet here as anglers continue to hit Indian Lake on inland waters and South Bass Island on Lake Erie.
Each whisk of wind that danced through the folds of whatever jacket I’ve worn this winter was met with the same uncharitable oath of condemnation. It was not always so.
Time was once I
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