Controlled trout-fishing opportunities on Cold Creek, one of Ohio’s most unique streams, again await fishing enthusiasts who enter a special lottery conducted by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

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Steady rains dampened the efforts of Ohio hunters on opening day of the 2007 deer-gun season. Hunters took 19,391 white-tailed deer on Monday, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources ODNR Division of Wildlife. The deer-gun season remains open through Sunday, December 2, and then reopens for two days on Saturday and Sunday, December 15-16.

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The ODNR Division of Wildlife reminds hunters that the antlerless deer permit, new for the 2007-08 hunting season, is valid only in urban hunting units or Division of Wildlife controlled hunts after November 25.

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Young hunters again enjoyed success during the Fifth Annual Youth Deer-Gun Season, held Saturday and Sunday, November 17-18. Hunters age 17 and under killed 10,515 deer during the special two-day season.

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More Ohio schoolchildren are having the opportunity to experience international-style target archery as part of their physical education curriculum through the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP), sponsored by the ODNR Division of Wildlife.

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Ohio’s popular deer-gun season opens statewide on Monday, November 26, offering hunters a full week to harvest a whitetail. The upcoming season will again include an extra weekend of gun hunting on December 15-16.

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For the fourth straight year, Ohio bow hunters set a record harvest during the first six weeks of the state’s deer-archery season, taking 53,982 whitetails. This year’s early archery season harvest is 18 percent higher than last year’s record of 45,733 deer.

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Six Defiance County residents were charged with 52 wildlife violations in the Defiance Municipal Court following an investigation conducted by the ODNR Division of Wildlife.

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More than 40,000 young hunters are expected to participate in the upcoming hunt.

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Ohioans seeking information about the upcoming youth gun and white-tailed deer hunting seasons or individuals seeking to report violations of state wildlife laws can take advantage of extended call center hours from November 17 to December 2.

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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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