Sports and Hunting

Two men plead guilty to poaching $12,000 trophy buck

7:00am Thursday, July 08, 2010
Two La Rue men pled guilty to six wildlife violations in Marion County Court and were ordered to pay $12, 845.71 in restitution, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Willard E. Fassler, 56, of La Rue, pled guilty to four charges including hunting without permission, hunting with the aid of a motor vehicle, shooting at a deer from a public road, and...

2010 Ohio Spring Turkey Harvest Up For Third Year in a Row

3:00pm Friday, May 21, 2010
Hunters checked 21,909 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 16, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The preliminary total represents nearly a 16 percent increase over last year's preliminary harvest number of 18,936.

Ohio Wildlife Officers Indicted

3:00pm Friday, May 14, 2010
By Larry S. Moore The situation with the indictments of the Brown County Wildlife Officer plus the Ohio Division of Wildlife Chief, Assistant Chief, District 5 (Xenia) Manager, Law Enforcement Administrator and Human Resources Administrator is widely reported. (See links below and the Buckeye Forum) There are lots of questions, rumors, counter-rumors and confusion over the case. First, a full...

Man Pleads Guilty to Poaching $23,000 Trophy Buck

7:00am Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Largest restitution for a poached deer ever imposed in Ohio A Scioto County man pled guilty to four wildlife violations in Adams County Court on Friday, April 30 and was ordered to pay $23,572.05 in restitution, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. Johnny B. Clay, 37, of Minford pled guilty to four charges including taking a deer in a closed season,...

Governor Strickland to Hold Third Annual Youth Turkey Hunt

3:00pm Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Be a mentor, take a child hunting Saturday, May 8 marks the third annual Youth Turkey Hunt hosted by Governor Ted Strickland, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. "Governor Strickland and I are committed to mentoring youth in many Ohio outdoor pursuits," said Sean Logan, director of the ODNR. "Encouraging young people to enjoy the outdoors will...

Ohio's Spring Turkey Hunting Season Underway

3:00pm Monday, April 26, 2010
Ohio hunters harvested a preliminary total of 2,874 bearded wild turkeys on the first day of the spring turkey-hunting season, which is open statewide through May 16. Last year's opening day harvest number was 1,712 turkeys, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Top counties for wild turkeys killed were: Ashtabula-115, Guernsey and Meigs-94, Tuscarawas...

Generous Deer Hunters Double Venison Donations to Ohioans in Need 116,750 pounds of venison donated

3:00pm Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Ohio deer hunters have donated more than 116,750 pounds of venison to local food banks through the 2009-10 deer hunting season, according to Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. The 116,750 pounds of venison equals approximately 467,000 meals for Ohioans in need. Last year, FHFH collected 54,800 pounds of venison...

Families Afield: Apprentice Hunting License Sales Soar to Nearly 400,000

3:00pm Monday, April 19, 2010
Plant a sapling and, in time, it will bear much fruit. That's the way to look at Families Afield, a program launched in 2004 by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance and National Wild Turkey Federation to reduce states' regulatory barriers to youth hunting. Now firmly rooted in 29 states that have passed legislation lowering barriers to youth hunting, the program is...

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