By Ken Parrott Ohio hunters should begin preparing for the hunting seasons of some of the state’s most popular game species with ring-necked pheasant, cottontail rabbit and bobwhite quail. The hunting seasons for upland game begin on Friday, Nov. 2, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. The state’s cottontail rabbit population has been very […]
By KEN PARROTT Outdoors Writer The Ohio State Trap Shooting Championships invade the Cardinal Center at Marengo this week. It is the premier event in the state if you are trap shooter and you couldn’t ask for a better place to have it. We really are blessed to have such a wonderful facilities like the Cardinal […]
June is finally here and there isn’t a better month to do a little bluegill fishing. I usually prefer bass fishing but there are time when catching a mess of bluegill can be fun and tasty. It is also a perfect type of fishing to get the kids lots of fun and easy action. Bluegills […]
By KEN PARROTT Outdoors Writer Hunters checked 17,647 wild turkeys during Ohio’s four-week statewide spring turkey hunting season that ended May 15, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife. The preliminary total represents a three percent decrease over last year’s harvest number of 18,162. Ashtabula County again led the state in the number of turkeys […]
By KEN PARROTT Outdoors Writer Hunters took 19,251 deer during Ohio’s muzzleloader season, January 7–10, with Coshocton County again leading the state with 722 deer checked. In 2011, a preliminary total of 16,934 deer were taken during muzzleloader season. I am sure the big jump had a lot to do with the great weather muzzleloaders […]
By KEN PARROTT Outdoors Writer Ohio’s popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide this weekend, January 7–10. The Division of Wildlife expects as many as 265,000 hunters will hunt deer during the muzzleloader season. Legal hunting hours this season are one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Ohio deer hunters must possess the proper permits. […]
By KEN PARROTT Outdoors Writer The season for three of Ohio’s most popular game species—ring-necked pheasant, cottontail rabbit, and bobwhite quail—begins Friday, November 4. The ODNR Division of Wildlife is reporting a good statewide cottontail population but the quail and pheasant numbers may be lower due to the heavy snows last winter and the heavy […]
By KEN PARROTT Outdoors Writer The Ohio Wildlife Council has approved the state’s early migratory game bird hunting seasons for this fall, with the traditional September 1st kick off of the state’s hunting season with the opening of dove, Canada goose, rail, moorhen and snipe. Ohio’s dove season runs September 1 through October 23 and […]