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.

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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.

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The season for three of Ohio hunters’ most popular game species, ring-necked pheasant, cottontail rabbit, and bobwhite quail begins Friday, November 2.

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Statewide, white oak acorn production is up 10 percent, while red oak acorn production is up 2 percent over 2006 figures.

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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.

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Hunters harvested 504 wild turkeys during the first five days of Ohio’s fall wild turkey hunting season. The season opened on October 13 and will run through October 28.

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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 ODNR Division of Wildlife.

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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 ODNR Division of Wildlife to enhance hunting opportunities for this popular game bird.

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Ohio's youth hunters now have several added opportunities to learn and practice their hunting skills this fall. The ODNR Division of Wildlife is offering expanded ways for families to hunt together and to create lasting traditions in the state’s outdoors.

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Sean Logan, Director of 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.

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Ponds are housing near-record numbers and good production has been noted from most of the primary breeding range.

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Hunters are preparing for Ohio’s upcoming fall wild turkey season which runs Saturday, October 13 through Sunday, October 28. The wildlife division estimates Ohio’s statewide wild turkey flock now numbers more than 180,000 birds.

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The antlerless deer permit, new for the 2007-08 hunting season, allows hunters the opportunity to harvest up to seven deer in Ohio.

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This year, hunters who purchase an Ohio hunting license and $24 deer permit will be eligible to buy the new $15 antlerless deer permit, which replaces the urban deer permit and is valid September 29 through November 25.

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Wildlife biologists recently placed transmitters on two sandhill cranes that spent the summer in Geauga County in order to monitor their movements as they fly south for the winter.

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Approximately 25,000 rainbow trout, measuring 10 to 13 inches in length, will be released into 25 Ohio waterways this October.

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Hunters who wish to participate in this year’s controlled archery deer hunt at Alum Creek State Park must first appear in person and enter a general lottery drawing to be held at the Park Office, 3615 S. Old State Rd, Delaware, Ohio on Saturday, September 15.

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A pair of Mississippi kites successfully produced one offspring on a Hocking County golf course earlier this summer.

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September 1 marks the opening day of the fall hunting season, with Ohio hunters taking to forests, fields and waters in pursuit of some of the state’s most popular game, including squirrel, mourning dove and Canada goose.

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The waterfowl hunting seasons are set to open October 20 in both Ohio’s north and south zones. Hunters 15 years of age and younger will have the opportunity to enjoy a special statewide season October 6-7.

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