
Ohio Letters to the Editor: Fall turkey hunting should follow biologists’ lead
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 20, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the June 20, 2025, edition of Ohio Outdoor News.

The proposed legislation to make hunting and fishing a constitutional right in Ohio does not provide the protection for these time-honored traditions that backers believe they do.
I have been following the right to

For the third consecutive year, the R100 National Archery Tour is making its way back to Ohio.
This summer’s shoot will be held at the 80-acre Leipsic Fishing and Hunting Club on June 20,

In Ohio, sites deemed necessary for management culls of double-crested cormorants in the past have included West Sister and Green islands in Lake Erie, Turning Point Island in Sandusky Bay, the Portage Lakes in northeast

As water temperatures warm, catfish turning on. Here’s a look at the Ohio fishing report from across the state on June 12, 2025.

According to the International Joint Commission, Lake Erie water is at its lowest level since 2014.
Without the first respectable period of ice cover in three years, which at times covered 90% of the

The spotted lanternfly, a leaf-hopping invasive pest first detected in the U.S. a decade ago, has steadily spread across the East Coast and into the Midwest with little getting in its way.
But now

Higher water is rarely a problem when using live bait for summer saugeyes. Using artificials may pose more of a challenge. Crankbaits can sometimes save the day, but not always. My challenge begins with where

Fishing around the Buckeye State is going fairly well with the heat of the early summer coming on. Lake Erie especially is going gangbusters for walleye anglers.
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