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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/30/2008
Avon Lake, OH – Join Scott Peters from the Ohio Division of Wildlife on Wednesday, January 21st to learn more about Ohio’s second largest mammal, the white-tailed deer.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/23/2008
Highland County, OH - Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH), a ministry that provides nutritious venison to the hungry through food banks and local feeding programs, is now serving Highland County. FHFH helps hunters return to their heritage as food-providers by transforming deer - renewable resources- into food for the hungry.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/23/2008
XENIA, OH – The Miami County chapter of Pheasants Forever along with the, Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will hold the sixth annual John D. Stull Memorial Youth-Mentor pheasant hunt on February 7, 2009. The hunt will take place from 9:00am – 4pm on the Stull Preserve, 7670 E. Widener Rd., New Carlisle, Ohio 45344. Participants will have a fun-filled day of hunter education, sporting clays, and bird hunting. After the hunt, the youth will have the opportunity to take part in a demonstration on field dressing and preparing their harvest.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/23/2008
XENIA, OH – Hunters now have another option available for checking deer in Greene County according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/21/2008
COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters killed 16,382 deer on December 20-21, during the weekend of gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/16/2008
COLUMBUS, OH – Ohio deer hunters have donated more than 33,550 pounds of venison to local food banks so far this deer season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/17/2008
COLUMBUS, OH – State Wildlife Officer Tony Zerkle, 31, of Terre Haute, Ohio has begun active duty in Fairfield County, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/14/2008
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio's popular muzzleloader deer season is set to open statewide December 27-30, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters checked 21,473 white-tailed deer during the statewide hunt.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/11/2008
AKRON, OH - The Ohio Division of Wildlife is seeking interested applicants for two (2) Conservation Worker positions conducting shore-based creel surveys at select locations on the Ohio River from 1 March – 30 June, 2009.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/7/2008
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters took 116,798 white-tailed deer during the state's popular, weeklong deer-gun season, which ran December 1 through 7, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. In 2007, hunters killed a preliminary total of 103,195 deer during the same time period.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/3/2008
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio's popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Saturday and Sunday, December 20-21, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/2/2008
Ohio's fall wild turkey season ended November 30 with 1,692, birds killed during the seven-week season. Ashtabula County led the state with 130 birds taken, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/2/2008
Ohio hunters were on the mark for opening day of the 2008 deer-gun season. Hunters took 33,034 white-tailed deer on Monday, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The deer-gun season remains open through Sunday, December 7, and then reopens for two days on Saturday and Sunday, December 20-21.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
12/1/2008
Public drawings will be conducted on December 10, and 16, 2008 to issue special permits to trap beaver and river otter on public areas in southeastern Ohio according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/26/2008
Carroll County, OH - Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH), a ministry that provides nutritious venison to the hungry through food banks and local feeding programs, is now serving Carroll County. FHFH helps hunters return to their heritage as food-providers by transforming deer - renewable resources- into food for the hungry.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/26/2008
Carrollton, OH – Outdoor Obsession, located at 250 Canton Road in Carrollton, is closed and will not be checking deer for the remainder of the season.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/26/2008
Jefferson County, OH – Below are changes to Jefferson County deer check stations. These changes are not contained in the 2008-2009 hunting digest.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/26/2008
Avon, OH – Miller’s Taxidermy, a Lorain County deer check station, has changed its location. This information is not contained in the 2008-2009 hunting digest.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/24/2008
A Toledo man has been found guilty of shooting two trumpeter swans. Trumpeter swans are an endangered species in Ohio with the population estimated at 150 individuals within the state.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/23/2008
COLUMBUS, OH - Young hunters across Ohio again enjoyed success during the sixth annual Youth Deer-Gun Season, held Saturday and Sunday, November 22-23.
Hunters age 17 and under killed 9,852deer during the special two-day season, aimed at providing a high-quality hunting experience for younger Ohioans. Last year's youth hunt saw a deer harvest of 10,515.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/24/2008
Hillsboro, OH – The Southwest Ohio Chapter of Safari Club International (SCI) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife will donate venison to the Highland County Homeless Shelter and Samaritan Outreach Services in Hillsboro at 12:00 noon on November 26, 2008. The Homeless Shelter is located at 145 Homestead Avenue, Hillsboro, OH 45133 and the Samaritan Outreach is located at 537 N. East Street, Hillsboro. The donation to Samaritan Outreach will be at 1:00 pm.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/24/2008
XENIA, OH - The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife stocked an additional 400 muskie in East Fork Lake after receiving a generous donation from the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/24/2008
ATHENS, OH - American Electric Power (AEP) has placed 6,885 acres of Meigs and Gallia counties into a cooperative management agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. This agreement allows for public hunting, fishing, and wildlife viewing opportunities on the property.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/21/2008
COSHOCTON, OH – Sentencing for eight individuals and a meat processor from Lorain County who were involved in poaching white-tailed deer in Coshocton and Knox counties is coming to a close after more than nine months of deliberation, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Sentencing related to this case includes fines totaling $2,425, several hunting privilege revocations, forfeited motor vehicles and equipment, and a combined total of more than four years of jail time to be served.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/21/2008
ATHENS, OH – The 2007 undercover investigation dubbed “Operation Enough” is receiving closure nearly two years after the initial arrests were made for poaching deer and wild turkey in Meigs County according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/21/2008
COLUMBUS, OH- Two individuals were convicted of stealing over three-thousand dollars worth of large black cherry trees from the Knox Lake Wildlife Area, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/16/2008
Ohio's popular deer-gun season opens statewide on Monday, December 1, offering hunters a full week to harvest a whitetail. The upcoming season will again include an extra weekend of gun hunting on December 20-21, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/17/2008
COLUMBUS, OH - In what has become a pre-Thanksgiving tradition, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, in conjunction with the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, will be stocking about 400 adult, excess brood stock rainbow trout in Antrim Lake on November 26th.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/16/2008
NEWBURY, OH- Approximately 400 surplus “broodstock” rainbow and golden-strain rainbow trout will be stocked in Punderson Lake in Geauga County just before the Thanksgiving holiday, Tuesday, November 25, 2008.
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By ODNR Division of Wildlife on
11/13/2008
Chillicothe, OH - Two men convicted of the illegal taking of white-tailed deer have been ordered to pay restitution of $12,988 according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
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