Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 19, 2025 edition of Ohio Outdoor News.
I’m writing this column amidst the traditional gun week for deer in Ohio.
If you will allow, I thought it would be fun to look back on the origins of the Buckeye State’s gun
Reintroduction efforts for state-endangered lake sturgeon expanded to the Cuyahoga, Sandusky, and Scioto rivers in 2025, according to the Ohio DNR (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
As part of a large, regional partnership, the 6-
Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Gary Peters’ (D-Mich.) bill, the Great Lakes Fishery Research Reauthorization Act, passed the Senate by unanimous consent on Nov. 19.
The Great Lakes Fishery Research Program expired at the
In spite of several Ohio county deer herds being hammered by a fatal viral disease, the state’s white-tail hunters still nailed it.
During Ohio’s seven-day firearms deer hunting season from Dec. 1 through Dec.
Lakes locked up in thin ice; hardwater soon. A look at the Ohio fishing and hunting report across the state on Dec. 11, 2025.
Are we going to get some ice this winter fishing season in Ohio? It is starting to look that way. The ocean wind and temperature occurring over the central and eastern Pacific Ocean encouraged forecasters
Blame the COVID-19 pandemic for claiming another victim – Ohio’s steelhead trout program.
Sort of and in the process the outcome has impoverished more than a few steelhead anglers. Myself included. Finding trout to
In spite of the epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) outbreak that plundered the deer herd in several southeast Ohio counties this summer, hunters still found enough whitetails elsewhere to give a glow to the opening day
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