Buckmasters News
2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...
Hunters take 15,718 turkeys in South Zone
Hunters have harvested 15,718 wild turkeys after four weeks of Ohio’s 2020 spring hunting season. Wild turkey hunting ended May 17 in Ohio’s south zone. The...
Discounts offered to active-duty military, veterans Nov. 1-30
In honor of Veterans Day, the Department of Natural Resources, in cooperation with U.S. Hotels, will offer U.S. military members, both active duty and...
Hunters check 12,505 deer in OH muzzleloader season
Hunters checked 12,505 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s muzzleloader season, Jan. 9 to 12, an increase over the 2015 muzzleloader season when 13,724...
Controlled hunt applications open to all July 1
Applications for controlled public land hunting for deer, waterfowl, dove, pheasant, squirrel and quail during the 2022-23 season will open to all hunters...
7,900 wild turkeys taken in first week of season
The first week of wild turkey hunting in Ohio ended with 7,873 birds checked through April 26. Hunters harvested 8,908 wild turkeys during the same time...
Hunters check 13,617 deer during muzzleloader season
Hunters checked 13,617 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s muzzleloader season that ended Jan. 10. The total accounts for all deer taken with a muzzleloader or...
65,000+ deer checked in Ohio gun season
Hunters checked 65,485 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s 2014 gun hunting season, Dec. 1-7.
Rifles using specific straight-walled cartridges were allowed...
Sample confirmed as CWD positive in 1 wild deer
The Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife has identified a positive test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a wild Ohio white-tailed deer in...
Hunters check 15,203 deer during extra gun weekend
The extra weekend of gun hunting for white-tailed deer concluded Dec. 20, resulting in 15,203 deer taken by hunters. During the same two-day period over the...
Highly pathogenic avian Influenza found in NW Ohio
The ODNR Division of Wildlife has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in two bald eagles and a herring gull in northwest Ohio. The results...