Record books show Ohio’s hunting history
Happy New Year, the day when most Ohio deer hunters resolve to kill a giant, a whitetail buck that merits a spot in the Ohio record book.
Mark calendars for these outdoors, boat shows
It’s show time! Starting soon, Cleveland’s IX Center will be stuffed with boats and bucks as the annual Mid-American Boat Show and the Outdoor Adventure Show open under the same roof.
How to Christmas shop for your sportsman
Separating the sportsman's needs from wants.
Delays for many disappointed hunters on Opening Day
Harvest numbers for the heavily anticipated day, which is typically the best day of the weeklong season, was just 17,500, down nearly 23 percent from 2013 when hunters tagged 22,619 deer.
Deer season: Be prepared before it arrives
With Ohio deer hunters tagging tens of thousands of deer this week comes the promise of countless venison meals in the coming months.
Tips on traveling to North Dakota
The following is from notes scribbled recently concerning a road trip to Devils Lake, North Dakota.
Polar vortex, 1; not-to-be-intimidated duck hunters, 0
The duck hunters awoke to limited visibility as the snow flew hard in horizontal sheets. A painful wind pushed the feel-factor far into the sup-zero, frostbite region. Our determination to complete our week-long mission blew away with the 30 knot winds.
Polar vortex, 1; not-to-be-intimidated hunters, 0
Can you spell Polar? Now add the word Vortex to it and you have Polar Vortex, something unheard of before recent extra cold weather driven by hard winds from the northern Arctic’s open-door freezer was given the tag.
New survey gives more accurate view of Lake Erie fish populations
Lake Erie’s walleye —easily one of the wonders of the fishing world and the only fish known to fall from the sky on New Year’s Eve in a western Ohio coastline city that claims to be the Walleye Capital of the World — is simply not what it once was.
Work is reward for full-time Colorado outfitter
“Don’t let your son grow up to be a cowboy,” may be wishful lyrics to a three-cord country song, and it may be a string of notes that Jon Sund’s parents danced to. But in the end, that’s exactly what Sund grew up to be, and he couldn’t be happier.
