Hunters brave cold as fox chase rages near Penfield
A LaGrange area fox hunt in frigid 15 degree weather draws 16 17 hunters and a dog trailer along Peck Wadsworth Road and West Road. Horvath guides hounds tracking a red fox across snow, with one fox killed and several chased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaGrange
Penfield
Lefty Lenwerth
Elyria
Mars
West Rd
Peck-Wadsworth Rd
Don Spicer
Whitehead Rd
Gordy Forbush
Bud Carruthers
Spicer
Peck- Wadsworth and
Rt. 301
Horvath
Ten Lorain Hunters Trek to Tennessee Boar Hunt
Ten Lorain Countians depart February 22 for a Tennessee hunt in Fentress County Clarkrange area. Three use bow and arrow with sidearms, while seven pursue boars by gun. Only Jim Hammond of Avon Lake has hunted there before, last bagging a boar two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkrange
Tennessee
Fentress County
Jim Hammond
Avon Lake
Don Miller's Afloat THE PARTY hunts at Clarkrange Preserve
Don Miller's Afloat THE PARTY plans a set hunt at Clarkrange Hunting Preserve led by owner-guide Bill Merchison. Hunters include Avon Lakers Hammond Roy Linden Vince Cillo Ken Loeser and Fran Girard. The hunt takes place on a plateau area about 60 miles south of the Kentucky border near Lexington. Ice fishermen welcome prolonged cold as season opens across inland ponds and western Lake Erie waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarkrange
Bill Merchison
Kentucky
Lexington
Hammond
Avon
Roy Linden
Vince Cillo
Ken Loeser
Fran Girard
Ray Ri
Arepege Bay
Lake Erie Islands
Hunters Seek Boar and Bow Fun In Ohio and Tennessee
Afield seven hunters from Elyria led by Jerry Kostyo and Tom Sheldon join Harold Dalrymple to hunt boars in Tennessee feral hog populations. Kostyo owns Kostyo’s Archery Center and Sheldon is 1965 state archery field champion. Ice fishing on inland water draws anglers with five to eight inches of ice around islands and five to six inches on Sandusky Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Kostyo
Tom Sheldon
Elyria
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Harold (Whitey) Dalrymple
South Amherst
Kostyo
Oberlin Rd
Sheldon
Tennessee
Sandusky Bay
Put-In Bay
Ohio wildlife panel sets Lake Erie fishing rules
Ohio wildlife officials approved new Lake Erie regulations for commercial fishing ending small mesh gill nets in the Western Basin and establishing zone seasons from March 1 to Aug 31 and Sept through fall. The plan includes size limits for walleye and other species and a buffer zone for transport of gear between Port Clinton and Huron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
Ohio
theWildlife Council
Lake Erie
Daniel C. Armbruster
Division of Wildlife
Sandusky
Catawba Point
Mouse Island
Mama
Put-In-Bay
Port Clinton
Huron
Wildlife Division and Wildlife Council
Fox Blitz Aims Midwinter Hunt Across County
Hunters meet at Gramsie s Way side Inn Oberia Rd at 7 p m Col Ray Weaver Zanesville will distribute instructions and gear Squads of five will spread through the county using headlamps and electronic calls to lure foxes into range for shooting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gramsie
Wayside
Oberia Rd
Ray Weaver
Zanesville
Wally Taber to Narrate Two Buckeye Movies
Wally Taber, author, adventurer and explorer, is booked at Buckeye High School for two nar rated films on February 7. The Parent-Teacher Association sponsors the event with shows at 8 p.m. Tickets are sold at the school, through PTA members, and at sporting goods stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye High School
Wally Taber
Taber
Parent
PTA
Sporting Goods
Lam
Eight Year Old Fisherman Reels In Prize Groupers
Danny Smith eight son of golf pro Charlie Smith co owner of Forest Hills Country Club helped land 14 and 16 pound black groupers off Pass a Grille St Petersburg Fla on a yeef party boat. He wrestled the fish in while crediting his dad with the hooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danny Smith
Charlie Smith
Forest Hills Country Club
St. Petersburg
Fla
Smiths
Danny
Dad
LaGrange Fox Chases Open to All Hunters This Winter
Area hunters may join the LaGrange group for fox chases each Saturday and Sunday morning this winter. The host will provide three dogs, and the area to be hunted is announced at Gordon Forbush's service station on the south side of LaGrange square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordy
Forbush
Ed Horvath
Fox
Horvath
Tak- Hams
LaGrange
Gordon Forbush
Quail Mortality and Predation Notes
The article notes an annual quail mortality rate near 80 percent, regardless of hunting. It also mentions owls aiding in catching prey, with predation tied to sound rather than fight.
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Hunters
Red Fox
Hunt
Mile Square
Peck-Wadsworth
Ier
Ide
Oneware
Larry” Lennerth
Tennessee-bound
Don Miller
Dalrymple
Dent
Ra Ae le Berks
Blitz
Buckeye
Bolens
Weel Ave
C.C
Huron Street
Erie
Ontario Streets
Grafton
Farm Bureau Cooperatives
Northein Mower
Lake Ave
Cee
Sauer's Corner
Sam Wyatt
Dever Center Rd
Weatlake, D. Cor
Dever
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