Snipe hunting in Ohio.
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio sportsmen will notice a few changes in next year's hunting and trapping regulations, based on proposals presented January 9 to the Ohio Wildlife Council by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
Fall turkey hunters would be able to hunt the entire season, from October 11 through November 30, with a shotgun, muzzleloading shotgun, bow or crossbow. This proposal adds 35 days to fall turkey gun hunting. Nine additional northeast Ohio counties would also be open for fall turkey hunting, bringing the total to 46 counties statewide. A map of counties open to hunting is available at wildohio.com.
September 1 is again proposed as the kick-off date for the state's fall hunting seasons--with the opening of squirrel, dove, Canada goose, rail, moorhen and snipe hunting. Other proposed hunting and trapping rules and season dates will be similar to those now in effect, with only slight changes to fall hunting dates.
Proposals concerning Ohio's white-tailed deer hunting will be heard during a separate wildlife council meeting on February 6. This will follow state wildlife biologists' assessment of the 2007-08 deer season, which ends on February 3. Those results will affect suggested modifications to current zone boundaries and bag limits for next season.
Open houses will be held on Sunday, March 2 in each of the state's five wildlife district offices to provide the public an opportunity to view and discuss proposed hunting and trapping regulations with state wildlife officials. Directions to the open houses can be obtained by calling 1-800-WILDLIFE or visiting wildohio.com on the Internet.
A statewide hearing on all the proposed rules will be held at 9 a.m., Thursday, March 6 at the wildlife division's District One Office, located at 1500 Dublin Road in Columbus. After considering public input, the Ohio Wildlife Council will vote on the proposed rules and season dates during its April 2 meeting.
Fall turkey hunters would be able to hunt the entire season, from October 11 through November 30, with a shotgun, muzzleloading shotgun, bow or crossbow. This proposal adds 35 days to fall turkey gun hunting. Nine additional northeast Ohio counties would also be open for fall turkey hunting, bringing the total to 46 counties statewide. A map of counties open to hunting is available at wildohio.com.
September 1 is again proposed as the kick-off date for the state's fall hunting seasons--with the opening of squirrel, dove, Canada goose, rail, moorhen and snipe hunting. Other proposed hunting and trapping rules and season dates will be similar to those now in effect, with only slight changes to fall hunting dates.
Proposals concerning Ohio's white-tailed deer hunting will be heard during a separate wildlife council meeting on February 6. This will follow state wildlife biologists' assessment of the 2007-08 deer season, which ends on February 3. Those results will affect suggested modifications to current zone boundaries and bag limits for next season.
Open houses will be held on Sunday, March 2 in each of the state's five wildlife district offices to provide the public an opportunity to view and discuss proposed hunting and trapping regulations with state wildlife officials. Directions to the open houses can be obtained by calling 1-800-WILDLIFE or visiting wildohio.com on the Internet.
A statewide hearing on all the proposed rules will be held at 9 a.m., Thursday, March 6 at the wildlife division's District One Office, located at 1500 Dublin Road in Columbus. After considering public input, the Ohio Wildlife Council will vote on the proposed rules and season dates during its April 2 meeting.
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isn't a snipe hunt a type of practical joke??? 0 -
it was when I was a Kid sure took a lot of Kids out looking for them at night. hahaha Funny seems like they never found any 0 -
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
isn't a snipe hunt a type of practical joke???
If you do it with a burlap-sack, and a lantern, it is!!!0 -
Snipe and woodcock are also hunted with shotguns by wingshooters. 0 -
I thought woodcock was caused by Viagra? 0 -
Wilson's Snipe is a type pf marsh dwelling upland bird. Tastes like Dove. 0 -
We now have tons of Snipe here. They look much like a Woodcock but are larger and slower. Folks eat them things HeDog? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
isn't a snipe hunt a type of practical joke???
Nope, I hunt them every yr here. friggin awsome!! it's like trying to shoot an F-16 out of the air. It can get fast and furious.
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quote:Originally posted by sav99
We now have tons of Snipe here. They look much like a Woodcock but are larger and slower. Folks eat them things HeDog?
Yup. I hear they taste like dove. Least that is what Scaupstopper told me.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Odawgp
quote:Originally posted by KSUmarksman
isn't a snipe hunt a type of practical joke???
Nope, I hunt them every yr here. friggin awsome!! it's like trying to shoot an F-16 out of the air. It can get fast and furious.
They fly slow as heck here. In fact you can walk up to within 5 yards of them before they take flight. It may be that we have a different breed of them here. Or are you talking about Woodcock?0 -
I don't think we have woodcock here??? Colorado???
I haven't hunted woodcock. I don't have anything to compare them to other than Doves, which are sub-sonic slow compared to snipe.0 -
quote:Originally posted by Odawgp
I don't think we have woodcock here??? Colorado???
I haven't hunted woodcock. I don't have anything to compare them to other than Doves, which are sub-sonic slow compared to snipe.
Thats odd, the Snipe here are slow. Slower by far than doves actually. There pretty good sized too, about the size of a pigeon. Maybe a different breed altogether.0 -
quote:Originally posted by sav99
Thats odd, the Snipe here are slow. Slower by far than doves actually. There pretty good sized too, about the size of a pigeon. Maybe a different breed altogether. +1
We have two types of dove. morning and urasain collard.(sp?)
urasian are big fat pigeons, and are B52 slow .
the mornings are smaller sleeker F1 fast.
The snipe here are similar in size to the morning dove buy fly and bank like F16's. at least I think so.0 -
Woodcocks look much different than Snipes.
This Woodcock hung around a patch of woods near our house an entire year. It got to be a friendly little critter and loved the worms that the kids fed it from time to time. It would not eat any type of seed feed that we put out for it.
I will not hunt nor kill one for they are so rare to see around these parts now days. Same goes for Pheasant and Quail.
But these critters are a different story. I see more Turkey than Crow and Squarel combined.0 -
Nobel Les, though pheasants are introduced and do not belong here. Pretty though aren't they? Woodcock feed primarily upon worms and some insects. Mostly worms, thus the long slender probing bill. 0 -
He Dog
Thanks
The biggest thing that has depleted the population of quail and pheasant here has been the big decline of farms. People do not raise grain crops like they did up until the mid 70's here any longer and a lot of farms have been abandoned. Once the farms were gone. The Bob White and Pheasants went with them.0 -
Where I grew up hunting rabbits and quail there were no coyotes, and the rabbits and quail were abundant, really abundant (Ok, it WAS a while back), but the coyotes moved in in the '70's and now rabbits are nowhere near as common as they once were, nor are quail. 0 -
Same here with the rabbits. Turkeys, we are overrun with. The farmers who own the farms we hunt told us to get as many people as we could to come there.
The rise of the coyote population decimated the rabbit population here.0 -
Hunting Snipe is how they came up with the word SNIPER. It was said if you Could hit one you were a SNIPER...because they were a hard bird to hit because they are quick. Anyways that's how they came up with the word SNIPER. 0 -
You have to apply for a permit to hunt snipe in Illinois.
A cousin of mine got a ticket for hunting snipe out of season. Cost him $3,500 in lawyer bills and fines.0 -
quote:Originally posted by daveald
I thought woodencock was caused by Viagra?
Yup, it is.[:D]0
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