Ohio’s Outdoor Calendar
Staff Report
June 2, 2026
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across Ohio published in the June 5, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
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Ohio Cuffs & Collars: Littering case solved at Caesar Creek Wildlife Area
Staff Report
June 2, 2026
State wildlife officer Adam Smith, assigned to Logan County, investigated a case in Champaign County during the 2025-26 white-tailed deer gun hunting season. During the investigation, officer Smith learned a second suspect was involved.
DeWine, DNR Division of Wildlife celebrate Inland Fish Ohio event
DNR Report
June 2, 2026
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife celebrated Ohio’s inland fishing during the Governor’s Inland Fish Ohio Day in mid-May. This year’s event was held at Lake Hope State Park
Ohio Mixed Bag: New openings at Appalachian Hills
Staff and News Reports
June 2, 2026
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio DNR (ODNR) Director Mary Mertz recently celebrated the opening of two recreation sites aimed at providing a deeper connection to Ohio’s great outdoors in the Appalachian region.
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Seven elected to Ohio Bass Fishing Hall of Fame
Staff Report
June 2, 2026
The Ohio Bass Fishing Hall of Fame on May 12 announced that seven people have been chosen as the 2026 class of inductees, emerging as the top vote-getters among the 14 people announced as finalists
Commentary: Remembering Marty Dashiell and a life cut much too short
Doug Clifford
June 2, 2026
I met Marty via a phone call forwarded to my classroom at the Crooksville K-8 School. The school secretary paged me with “you have a phone call from ‘tnse’ or something like that.” It was
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Grouse habitat story makes lots of sense to this reader
Ohio Letters to the Editor
June 1, 2026
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 5, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
Ohio Insider: More on the decision ban archery equipment during fall turkey season
Mike Moore
June 1, 2026
I’ll say it right up front: I don’t truly understand the reasoning behind the Ohio DNR Division of Wildlife’s banning archery from the fall turkey hunt.
The Division of Wildlife proposed the archery ban
Bit of history made with sauger stocking in western Lake Erie
Steve Pollick
June 1, 2026
A little bit of history was made on the Sandusky River on May 28 – about 65,000 “little bits,” actually – in the form of fingerling sauger that were stocked at Fremont by the Ohio
