COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters increased their wild turkey harvest by nearly 7 percent during the state’s 12th annual fall gun-hunting season that opened in 37 counties on October 13 and ended October 28, according to preliminary figures released by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Preliminary total showed 1,077 birds harvested this year, as opposed to last year’s preliminary gun-season total of 1,010 birds. Read More »

AKRON, OH – The ODNR Division of Wildlife will issue one permit for beaver and otter trapping on a portion of Zepernick Lake Wildlife Area in Columbiana County. Interested trappers should meet in the Zepernick Lake Wildlife Area main parking lot at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 10th. A drawing will take place promptly at 4:00 p.m. Read More »

ATHENS, OH – Muzzleloader hunters took 273 deer during last week’s early muzzleloader deer hunts according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH – The Ohio Lake Erie fishing Regulatory Reform Task Force will meet from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Monday, October 29 in the East Lounge of the Bowling Green State University Firelands Campus, 1 University Drive, Huron. Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH – The season for three of Ohio hunters’ most popular game species, ring-necked pheasant, cottontail rabbit, and bobwhite quail begins Friday, November 2, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Read More »

GATES MILLS, OH – Two steelhead poachers who posted their illegal activity online for the world to see were convicted recently in Lyndhurst Municipal Court, according to the ODNR Division of Wildlife Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio’s hunters are encouraged to harvest any feral swine they encounter in the wild in order to limit the spread of this destructive species in the state, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio’s fall crop of acorns is very good this year and will again provide a vital food source for more than 90 forest wildlife species. Statewide, white oak acorn production is up 10 percent, while red oak acorn production is up 2 percent over 2006 figures, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Read More »

Hunters harvested 504 wild turkeys during the first five days of Ohio’s fall wild turkey hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The season opened on October 13 and will run through October 28. Read More »

AKRON, OH - Nuisance beaver populations at several reservoirs have prompted the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) to conduct a public drawing for beaver trapping permits this season. Read More »

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will be holding special drawings to select trappers for harvesting beaver and river otter on public properties. Read More »

AKRON, OH - Discover more about one of Ohio’s best-kept secrets; the Buckeye State has one of the best steelhead fisheries in the country. You will learn about the Division of Wildlife’s stocking program and just what makes these fish tick. Then learn the inside tips to catching steelhead with spinning and fly fishing gear as well as what to wear on the river. Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH – More than 19,500 advanced-sized muskellunge “muskie” fingerlings, averaging at least 10 inches in length, were stocked recently in nine Ohio lakes and reservoirs by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Another 680 of these difficult-to-raise fingerlings went to Illinois as part of a fish management exchange program among Midwestern states. Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH - More than 15,000 ring-necked pheasants will be released on 29 public hunting areas across the state this fall, as part of a seasonal effort by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife to enhance hunting opportunities for this popular game bird. Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH - Sean Logan, Director of the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR), today named Jim Marshall to the position of Assistant Chief of the department’s Division of Wildlife. Mr. Marshall will serve in a wide variety of duties in close support to Division of Wildlife Chief Dave Graham. Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio's youth hunters now have several added opportunities to learn and practice their hunting skills this fall. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is offering expanded ways for families to hunt together and to create lasting traditions in the state’s outdoors. Read More »

OAK HILL, OH – Youth interested in learning more about trapping are invited to participate in a trapping workshop to be held October 27 and 28 at Cooper Hollow Wildlife Area in Jackson County. This workshop is hosted by the Ohio State Trappers Association (OSTA) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Read More »

ATHENS, OH - The early muzzleloader deer hunting season will open October 22 and run through October 27 at three designated areas in southeastern Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Read More »

MCCONNELSVILLE, OH - American Electric Power (AEP), National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) & the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will be holding the 6th annual Wheelin’ Sportsmen handicap deer hunt November 9 – 10 on the western section of AEP’s ReCreation Land. Read More »

AKRON, OH – The Ohio Division of Wildlife will be releasing over 15,000 ring-necked pheasants on 29 public wildlife areas across the state during the next six weeks. In northeast Ohio, almost 6,000 pheasants will be released on 11 areas. Read More »

AKRON, OH – Waterfowl hunters planning to hunt public areas in northeast Ohio this season are encouraged to review the information below for any changes that occurred since last season. Read More »

The mitigation of a 1993 diesel fuel spill in Indiana that affected a Williams County, Ohio stream has finally been concluded. Fish Creek was severely affected killing off invertebrates, mussels, fish, reptiles, amphibians, mammals and birds. An oil pipeline burst causing 30,000 gallons of fuel to spill into Fish Creek. Read More »

COLUMBUS, OH – Approximately 4,000 shovelnose sturgeon, an Ohio endangered species that, prior to reintroduction, was last seen in Ohio in 1957, will be released into the Scioto River as part of an ongoing restoration effort at the Elmon Richards Scioto River Access on U.S. Route 22 in Pickaway County on Thursd