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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 »

Northeast Ohio

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 »

Southeast Ohio

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 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 »


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 »

Northeast Ohio

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 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 »


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 »


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 »

Northeast Ohio

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 »

Northeast Ohio

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 »

Northeast Ohio

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 - 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 - 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 »

Southeast Ohio

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 »

Southeast Ohio

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 »