The Ohio Division of Natural Resources recently released a field report for northwest Ohio.
In early November, State Wildlife Officer Anthony Lemle, assigned to Lucas County, received a call from the Turn-In-A-Poacher hotline about subjects hunting waterfowl during the closed season.
Officer Lemle located three hunters illegally hunting. Two of them were using shotguns capable of holding more than three shells.
The appropriate citations were issued, and six wood ducks were seized as evidence.
The case is pending in court.
Reports of wildlife violations can be submitted anonymously through the hotline at 1-800-762-2437.
Also in November, State Wildlife Officer Brock Williamson, Seneca County, and Jaron Beck, outdoor skills specialist, taught a class about mammals to four participants in the Ohio certified volunteer naturalist program for the Seneca County Park District.
The course provides practical knowledge of Ohio’s diverse ecology; environmental education and interpretation techniques; and skills for education and outreach, community science, program support and stewardship.
Officer Williamson led the class on a walk through a woodlot and spoke on common mammals and signs that can be found in northwest Ohio.
Staff and volunteers discovered mole tunnels, groundhogs, chipmunks, squirrels, hickory nuts left by rodents and signs of deer rubs on trees.
