Deer Hunting Brings Revue To Ohio.

Deer can legally be hunted with a gun 30 minutes before sunrise through sunset Sunday, and the season includes an extra weekend of gun hunting Dec. 20 and 21, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. Ohio law requires anyone who kills a deer to have it checked and tagged at a designated check station before the animal can be processed, he pointed out. Columbiana and Trumbull counties have six and eight stations, respectively.

It has been a while since i hunted at the Ohio area, Othmar from the outdoors with Othmar-blog posted a link to an interesting article on the positive economic effect deer hunting has on the state of Ohio. He writes:

It is recommendable that a daily newspaper reports on the positive economics that hunting has on the state. I find this especially noteworthy in these economically difficult times.

An estimated 400,000 hunters, including many from other states, are expected to participate statewide, and hunting has an estimated $1.5 billion annual economic impact in Ohio.

$1.5 billion??? that’s quite a lot isn’t it?