Most people know how to score their deer and elk, but the National Wild Turkey Federation has their own scoring system for spring gobblers, and a hunter from Winchester, Ohio may just find his way into the top 35 of the biggest birds ever harvested in Ohio. According to People’s Defender, Jamie Nesbitt was hunting [...]
Ohio Hunting
Animal Activist Hires Hit Man to Kill Fur Wearer
In Ohio, animal activist Meredith Lowell created a Facebook page under the alias Anne Lowery offering $850 to kill any random person at her local library who wears fur. She stated that her ideal victim is anyone "14 years or older." Luckily before any of this happened, a local cop found her page, posed as [...]
Boone & Crockett Bucks up 400 Percent in 30 Years, Organization Ranks Big Buck States
Quality deer management has taken it's toll, and whitetail hunters are reaping its benefits.According to the Boone & Crockett Club, the number of bucks qualifying for their books increased 400 percent over the course of 30 years. The conservation group is perhaps the most respected record-keeping organization of all big game animals, and for your [...]
Venison Processor Nabbed for Selling Meat. Ordered to Donate Nearly 700 Pounds of Venison to the Needy
The Bethany Center in Piqua, Ohio just got a very generous donation of 521 packages of deer trail sticks and summer sausage, as well as 698 pounds of ground venison, but we're guessing the man who donated it feels that great about it.Jack W. Orth was ordered to hand over the meat after he was caught [...]
Deer Rescued Off the Thin Ice in Ohio
Was the fire chief right in not sending his guys to rescue this yearling from Mosquito Lake near Bazetta, Ohio? The yearling's mother perished several hours earlier. Fortunately, two area residents with an air boat managed the rescue with a safe result for the deer–and the humans.
2011 Proves Banner Year for Union Sportsmen’s Alliance
(Caption | Austin community hero and IUPAT Local 1178 member Robin DeHaven was given the opportunity to hunt Colorado Elk on the first season of the USA’s Brotherhood Outdoors TV show for his heroic efforts during the terrorist attack on a Texas IRS building in 2010.) With record membership numbers on the books, the addition [...]
Man Cleaning Muzzleloader, Fires Into the Air, Kills 15-Year-Old Amish Girl
One of the first things you learn about cleaning a muzzleloader is making sure you safely discharge your gun. A man must have forgotten that in near Fredericksburg, Ohio. He fired his gun into the air, and scarily the bullet came down on the head of 15-year-old Rachel Yoder, an Amish girl coming home from [...]
Thirty Special Needs Youth to Pursue Whitetail During Ohio Season Opener
Thirty Special Needs Youth to Pursue Whitetail During Ohio Season Opener The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Boots on the Ground program has teamed up with volunteers from the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (BAC) Locals 7 and 39 to offer more than 30 youth with varying physical and intellectual disabilities the opportunity to [...]
Man Uses One Arm and a Crossbow to Down 200-Inch Ohio Buck
There are plenty of controversies that surround crossbows, but no one can argue that they give hunters more opportunities to get in the field.For Matt Sheterom, it meant the difference between sitting on the coach, and downing a 200-inch monster in Ohio. He injured his hand hunting javelina in Arizona, making it impossible for him [...]
Bear and Cubs Corner Wisconsin Hunter in His Stand
When you're in a tree, and there's bears below, there's really nowhere to go. That was the hair-raising predicament for Wisconsin hunter Randy Halbach Jr., who, while in the woods this past Saturday near Merrill, Wis., looked below his stand to see the wrong species. A female black bear and her three cubs were wandering [...]
