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Updated: November/24/2009
New wetlands a legacy to late waterfowler
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Sometimes wetlands conservationists, faced with the daunting task of restoring and rebuilding the nation's vanishing marshes and wet prairies and woodlands, must feel like the mythical Little Dutch Boy - thumb in the dike, holding back the angry North Sea.
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Updated: November/22/2009
Deer culling opponents need to get over it
White-tailed deer do not read either news stories or yard signs, or listen to television or radio, or watch blurry, grainy video with misleading subtitles made by a hysterical, out-of-state animal-rights group that self-righteously claims higher moral ground.
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Updated: November/21/2009
Ohio kids head afield for youth deer-gun season
More than 40,000 young hunters, ages 17 and under, will be afield in Ohio this weekend with dads, uncles, grandfathers, and other adult mentors - including some moms and aunts - for the special youth deer-gun hunting season.
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Updated: November/17/2009
Group effort will preserve Vinton Furnace
The 15,849-acre Vinton Furnace Experimental Forest in southeast Ohio, the state's largest remaining undeveloped block of forest, is to be conserved under public ownership thanks to a cooperative state-federal-private effort.
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Updated: November/13/2009
Michigan deer hunters: Bone up on regs
Note to Michigan hunters prepping for the firearms deer season that begins Sunday: Don't bait in the lower peninsula, and your private lands doe tag is good across most of the southern third of the state.
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Updated: November/10/2009
Shoring up walleye stocks is daunting task
When it comes to shoring up Lake Erie's highly valued walleye stocks, which currently are foundering as badly as the world economy, the elusive search is on for magic bullets.
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Updated: November/08/2009
'09 walleye hatch, economy dive
So, the walleye catching wasn't all that good on Lake Erie this year, everyone knows the walleye population is cycling low, the economy stinks, and there is a lot of nervousness in fishingland.
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Updated: November/06/2009
Trapping for furbearers starts soon
If you ever had the bank of a marsh dike, or one on a farm pond, collapse from the burrowings of muskrats or ever have had to confront a hissing, misbehaving raccoon in broad daylight in the backyard, you will understand the necessity of what happens on Tuesday.
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Updated: November/03/2009
Hunting is not just for boys
Girls are just like boys - well, not exactly - but they do like to hunt when given the same opportunities.
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Updated: November/01/2009
Think twice, take stock of your hunting skills
Opening day for Ohio’s rabbit and pheasant hunting seasons is Friday, and it might pay to make haste slowly, especially when it comes to public hunting areas where pheasants have been stocked.
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Updated: October/30/2009
73 violations cited in illegal deer activity case
Four residents of Paulding County and two from Putnam County have been accused by the Ohio Division of Wildlife of 73 violations in a case that began as an investigation into illegal deer hunting and deer processing.
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Updated: October/27/2009
Maryland man's art will grace next year's duck stamp
A rendering of a drake, or male, American wigeon will grace the 2010-2011 federal duck stamp as a result of the recent, prestigious annual art competition, which draws the nation's top wildlife artists.
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Updated: October/25/2009
Doldrums can't dampen hunt
GRAYSVILLE, Ohio - It is called the buck doldrums, the couple of weeks before the rut, when the big-antlered boys just disappear.
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Updated: October/23/2009
Wally O'Dowd's legacy will live forever
You could say that the late Wally O'Dowd was a piece of work, a masterpiece actually, considering his memorial gift to the sportsmen and sportswomen of Ohio.
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Updated: October/20/2009
Caution needed when around wildlife
White-tailed deer, like all wild animals, are unpredictable and at times dangerous, as amply demonstrated last week when a seven-year-old eastern Ohio boy was attacked by a buck.
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Updated: October/18/2009
North Country Trail: dream of yesteryear
PITTSFORD, Mich. - When you plant your hiking boots on the stretch of the North Country Trail that winds through Lost Nation State Game Area here in Hillsdale County, daydream a little.
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Updated: October/16/2009
Not just football in Big Ten; there's fishing
T.J. Rumpf of Perrysburg didn't exactly go to college to learn bass fishing, but he is making good use of the fishing tools and skills he took along with him.
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Updated: October/13/2009
Turkey vultures put on impressive show
When it comes to fall migrations of birds of prey, or raptors, October is considered to be turkey vulture month, for these big, dark, soaring carrion-eaters typically are the dominant species in the southbound raptor movements for the period.
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Updated: October/09/2009
Division of Wildlife boosts catfish stock
If you happened to see a state fish hatchery truck at your favorite inland fishing reservoir lately, it is likely that the crew was salting the water with a new crop of channel catfish.
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Updated: October/06/2009
Turkey hunt hinges on acorns
If fall wild turkey hunting in Ohio is on your outdoors to-do list, take a scouting lap this week around your favorite turkey woods and check the oaks for acorns.
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Updated: October/04/2009
Wildlife: a valued resource
The story line in the Kevin Costner movie Field of Dreams - "if you build it they will come" - is true for wildlife when it comes to supplying proper habitat.
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Updated: October/02/2009
Fisherman ends muskie curse
It took him four years, but muskie fisherman Fred Lederer, of Perrysburg, has broken a curse.
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Updated: September/29/2009
Growing program helps hunters feed the hungry
A $100,000 subsidy grant has been awarded to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry by the Ohio Division of Wildlife to help pay the processing fees on venison donated to food banks.
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Updated: September/27/2009
Dog lover helps ease Autism's grip
For more than 25 years the lady and her husband trained and hunted Irish setters and flat-coated retrievers. They were almost inseparable.
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Updated: September/25/2009
Castalia drawing great for lucky few
Here's something to put on your to-do list for next spring's fishing: Apply for the drawing to fish for trout at the Castalia State Fish Hatchery and encourage all your fishing friends to do the same.
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Updated: September/22/2009
300,000 Ohio bowhunters expected to try for deer
Some 300,000 bowhunters, representing more than half of all Ohioans who hunt deer, are expected to participate in the statewide archery deer-hunting season, which opens Saturday for a four-month run.
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Updated: September/20/2009
Bird aficionado seeks diversity in birding
Kenn Kaufman, an internationally renowned birding authority, naturalist, and author, knows diversity when he sees it in the bird world, and that in part is why he is troubled with a lack of diversity in the birding world.
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Updated: September/15/2009
Annual migration offers glimpse of raptors
It is a big week for birds this week with a major birding symposium at Lakeside and hawk migration festivals near Rockwood, Mich., north of Monroe, and at Holiday Beach, Ont., on the east side of the lower Detroit River.
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Updated: September/13/2009
Look to Ottawa Hills to deal with deer glut
Toledo and surrounding communities would do well to follow the leader of tiny Ottawa Hills, which has taken the buck by the horns and decided to manage its out-of-control deer herd.
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Updated: September/06/2009
Young bucks strut their stuff, study shows
Deer hunters who hold to the belief that the biggest, baddest bucks dominate the breeding season and sire next year’s crop of fawns are in for a shock when they learn that new DNA research says it isn’t so.
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Updated: September/04/2009
Ecstasy: wilderness fishing trip
A wilderness fly-in fishing trip is a summer staple for many anglers, no matter what, and Terry Francis of Monclova is here to tell you that a 41-inch northern pike taken in a remote lake kind of makes the season complete.
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Updated: September/01/2009
Waterfowl festival rapidly approaching
The 62nd Annual Pointe Mouillee Waterfowl Festival is set for Sept. 12-13 at Pointe Mouillee State Game Area on Lake Erie, east of I-75 at Rockwood, Mich.
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Updated: August/30/2009
Fall hunting ready to start
Opening day for the first of the fall hunting seasons occurs Tuesday, and prospects across the board are good to excellent for migratory birds or squirrels.
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Updated: August/28/2009
Savvy angler takes 38-pound flathead
Savvy stream fishermen are well aware that late summer is the low-water season and that fish will tend to concentrate in deeper pools, so they find those pools and target them.
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Updated: August/25/2009
Hunter access program opens Wednesday
Deer hunters in Ohio tomorrow will be handed what could become a golden key - access to "new" private lands - with the startup of a pilot program to link responsible hunters with willing landowners via the Internet.
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Updated: August/23/2009
Kudos for Ohio deer management
Ohio's deer herd and its big bucks have gained a national reputation among hunters, and now a deer conservation organization has added its seal of approval on the Ohio Division of Wildlife's deer management programs.
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Updated: August/21/2009
Anglers cheer for Hurricane Bill
Fishing quiz question: What do Lake Erie and Hurricane Bill, which is roaring up the Atlantic this week, have to do with salmon fishing here on western Lake Ontario?
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Updated: August/18/2009
There'll be a fair amount of doings at waterfowl fest
One of the signs hereabouts of upcoming fall hunting seasons is the popular Lake Erie Waterfowlers Festival, the 27th edition of which is set for Saturday and Sunday at Magee Marsh State Wildlife Area on State Rt. 2 in Ottawa County.
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Updated: August/16/2009
Duck numbers rise
Things are just ducky this summer when it comes to waterfowl breeding success.
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Updated: August/14/2009
Decades-old lure has been outfoxing bass
Well, it seems that largemouth bass haven't learned much in 50-odd years, despite the in-your-face, latest-greatest promotions from the tackle industry.
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Updated: August/11/2009
Toledo hosts muzzleloaders championship
Smoke and thunder come to western Lucas County this weekend in the form of traditional muzzleloading rifle competition when the Toledo Muzzle Loaders host the National Territorial Championships of Ohio. The shooting starts Friday and runs through Sunday at the TML ranges at 875 Schwamberger Rd., off Old State Line Road north of Airport Highway via Eber Road.
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Updated: August/09/2009
Fremont marksman doesn't let disease stop him
Fremont marksman Greg Drown has fired his way to a national championship at Camp Perry in the difficult discipline of three-position smallbore or .22 rifle, and he did it from a wheelchair.
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Updated: August/07/2009
Trip to Ontario village worth the time
If, while you are walleye fishing on Lake Erie, you see ranks of wind turbines along the shoreline, spinning lazily in the breeze, you must be off the Canadian north shore.
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Updated: August/04/2009
Special hunting drawings coming soon
A decoy-bag full of special draw-only waterfowl hunts are planned for some public hunting areas in the region, both during the early Canada goose and teal season in September and the regular waterfowl seasons beginning in October.
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Updated: August/02/2009
Walleye hatch doesn't bode well for future
Lake Erie's coveted walleye apparently have produced another lackluster hatch that promises to keep the species' stocks in the doldrums for at least several more years.
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Updated: July/31/2009
Rescuing wildlife has its rewards
Freeing a gull, or any bird, from a deadly tangle of spent fishing line is a noble act, and Point Place outdoorsman Mike Coon has done so no less than eight times.
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Updated: July/28/2009
Gamebird seasons set to open Sept. 1
The Ohio Wildlife Council has agreed to allow a fourth Canada goose in the daily bag in the special early Canada goose hunting season as wildlife managers continue to try to keep local populations in check.
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Updated: July/26/2009
Archer gives chase
The story of bowhunter Dennis Dunn and his 40-year quest for North American big game is as monumental as the beautiful, coffee table-size book he has written about it.
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Updated: July/24/2009
Eastern Lake Erie offers plenty for anglers
We jokingly called it Fish Ohio Day - East, but the cooler full of big, chunky walleye looked longingly like the good-old western Lake Erie heydays of the '80s.
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Updated: July/21/2009
Rimfire match fun for ordinary gun owners
If you think your favorite .22 squirrel rifle is up to the challenge, try entering the eighth annual National Rimfire Sporter Match on Sunday at Camp Perry, which is fielding its 101st National Rifle and Pistol Matches.
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Updated: July/19/2009
Make do with a lot less
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources - steward of everything in the state from wildlife to waterways with parklands, forests, and oil, gas, and coal supplies among others in between - is being heavily retooled in the wake of a lean state budget.
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