We wrapped up the 2023-24 deer season in early February and, as is typical, I phoned Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife Deer Management Administrator Mike Tonkovich for a summation of the season.
The season
Are there too many white-tailed deer in Ohio?
The answer depends on who you ask, according to Mike Reynolds, executive administrator of wildlife management and research at the ODNR Division of Wildlife. In general,
Ohio hunters during the just completed 2023-2024 deer hunting season harvested 213,928 whitetails.
Yet, the ODNR Division of Wildlife says the deer herd in the state is as large as its ever been in
Water temps in the 40s put some anglers on the water. A look at the Ohio fishing report from across the state on Feb. 22, 2024.
Who would think there would be boating in California’s Death Valley National Park?
The park is the largest national park in the continental U.S. and encompasses a spot called Badwater Basin, a lonely outpost
A longear sunfish is unlike any other. Glimmering fresh from the water, it seems too spectacular to be here, as if had been blown inland from the barrier reef of an exotic land. It is
Fishing pressure on inland waters and Lake Erie is picking up once again and anglers are faring well on crappies, saugeyes, and walleyes.
And as I am preparing this piece, I am just a few days out from my second Florida wild hog hunt in one year in that state. The third if you count the one in
In 1999, the first white-tailed deer in some time arrived on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. The young doe was so tame that she would approach people and follow vehicles during daylight hours.
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