Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 16, 2026 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife recorded only two accidents during the recent deer-gun season that ran Dec. 1-7.
The incidents occurred in Meigs and Putnam counties, according to Kandy Klosterman, executive administrator of law
The data have spoken and so have the officials. A plan of action has been drafted to set the process in motion. Restoring a species that disappeared from one of the Great Lakes, no small
After a week of above average temperatures that also led to storm force winds and water level fluctuations in the days following Christmas, Lake Erie’s ice cover that was not fishable yet was set back
Fishing at standstill with roller coaster weather. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing and hunting report on Jan. 8, 2026.
If you are casting about for a New Year’s resolution to follow in 2026, here’s an easy one that your local wildlife populations will thank you for: Build a brush pile.
Brush piles are
“Well, thanks. It was finally fun for once.”
That line came from professional bass fisherman Bill Lowen accepting long-distance congratulations for his outstanding year on the 2025 Bassmaster Elite Tour. After winning the second
In the fall of 1999, the Lake Erie Water Snake, a unique sub-species of the very common Northern water snake, was placed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) list as “Threatened”
At this year’s First Shot Ceremony, the CEO and chairman of the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP), Gerald O’Keefe, remarked, “(The National Matches) are specified in the law, but the law doesn’t tell us what to
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