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Applications for Ohio’s public land controlled hunts are being accepted until Wednesday, July 31, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. These hunts provide special chances for people to pursue deer, waterfowl, doves, pheasants, and more on public lands during the 2024-25 season.

It’s no secret if you are a regular reader of my column that I spend a lot of time fishing on Lake Erie now that I am retired.

“Rather fail with honor than succeed by fraud.’

Wild turkey hunters across Ohio checked 15,535 birds during the spring 2024 season which concluded on Sunday, May 26, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. The total statewide harvest represents all turkeys checked from April 20 to May 26, and includes the 1,785 birds taken during the two-day youth season April 13-14.

Bass fishing has really turned on in Ohio as many are starting to spawn. With the cool and wet April weather, I thought the spawn would be delayed a little but when May arrived, the temperatures heated up and the bass spawn was back on schedule.

At U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development we are committed to ensuring people, no matter where they live, have access to health care by expanding high speed internet and partnering with local medical providers to bring telehealth services to rural communities across the nation. And we know that access to mental and behavioral health care can exponentially increase quality of life for people everywhere.

If you are like me, you are getting a little tired of all the rain and wind we have been having this spring.

“This phenomenon has come on very suddenly and may be catching a lot of school districts unprepared and unsure what to do.”

Ohio wild turkey hunters checked 4,367 birds during the opening weekend of the spring hunting season, April 20-21, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.

For the last year, we’ve been fighting to stop a proposed Department of Energy rule that would have put the supply chain for transformers at risk and threatened hundreds of Ohio steel jobs.