Sports and Hunting

Marietta Times: Special deer hunt for area youth

The Marietta Times is reporting that area farmers and wildlife specialists are teaming up to sponsor a special deer hunt for area youth who otherwise may have a difficult time getting out into the field this season. From the story: Organizers say the event benefits farmers by reducing crop damage and also teaches children about their heritage and about ethical hunting. Participating farmers have...

Young hunters can get feet wet during early season

Toledo Blade outdoor writer Steve Pollick on Wednesday noted that Ohio's young hunters will get a jump on upland game hunting this weekend with the opening of two special advance seasons on pheasants and rabbits. From the story: Properly licensed hunters ages 17 and younger, accompanied by non-hunting adults, will be allowed afield Saturday and Sunday and again Oct. 28 and 29. The general upland...

Headline: Apprentice licenses soar among youth

The Cleveland Plain Dealer's is D'Arcy Egan reporting that there are a lot of new hunters afield this fall. According to Egan, sales of the new apprentice hunting license are soaring. There have been 2,134 of the special licenses sold to new hunters since the licenses became available last spring, and 1,784 purchased since Aug. 23. The majority have been bought by youth hunters. The apprentice...

National Hunting and Fishing Day honors hunters, anglers

Saturday, September 23, 2006 is the 35th National Hunting and Fishing Day, and a new nationwide survey of Americans 18 years old and older shows that a strong majority of Americans support hunting and fishing. From The Weekly , a Georgia-based neighborhood newspaper: This year those celebrating National Hunting and Fishing Day will also be able to celebrate at least a decade of public support for...

A New Way to Share Our Hunting and Trapping Heritage

By Larry S. Moore With the start of the fall hunting season last week, the apprentice-hunting license officially became available. The Ohio Division of Wildlife has been a leader in providing opportunities to introduce young people to the outdoors through hunting, fishing, and trapping programs. The Division has special early season youth hunts for upland game the last two weekends of October...

Terminally ill youth get hunting wish

By Larry S. Moore The Statesman Journal our of Salem, Oregon has published a great story about a non-profit group called Hunt of a Lifetime: After hearing testimony that was emotional, even tearful, the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday approved issuing up to 25 free hunting tags to be used by terminally ill youngsters. Danny Benson of Klamath Falls, the Oregon ambassador for the non-...

Ohio Hunting Opportunities Expand in 2006-2007

Ohio hunters will have expanded deer hunting opportunities this fall, an extra weekend of deer gun on December 16 & 17. Statewide muzzleloader is 12/27 through Sat 12/30. Early youth upland season is Oct 21 & 22 and Oct 28 & 29. Early youth deer season is 11/18 and 11/19. Commercial fisherman on Lake Erie must notify DOW 30-minutes before they dock. They can no longer mix fish from...

Tiffany Atley says family is why she loves to hunt

By Tiffany Atley Whenever hunting is mentioned I immediately envision hundreds of memories spent in the field with my dad, brothers, mom, stepdad, and stepbrothers. href="http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/publicfiles/TiffanyAtley.jpg" target="_blank"> src="http://www.buckeyefirearms.org/publicfiles/TiffanyAtley.jpg" height=120 width=128 border=0 align="left"> My first memories of hunting don’t...

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