Ohio
Deer hunting limits may increase; trumpeter swans may be taken off threatened species list
Several regulations for Ohio wildlife are proposed starting next year, including good news for trumpeter swan populations as well as deer hunters.
Members of the Ohio Wildlife Council will host a hearing on potential changes to the 2024-25 Ohio hunting and trapping seasons on March 20, according to a news release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
The council will vote on the changes April 10.
“Everyone who would like to comment on Division of Wildlife proposals can do so online at wildohio.gov from Feb. 10 – March 13,” the news release reads.
Biologists from ODNR submitted their requests to the wildlife council on Feb. 7.
The state monitors harvests so that animal populations remain consistent and healthy.
Ohio deer hunting season 2024-25
The proposal includes bag limit increases on white-tailed deer from two kills to three for hunters in six counties: Butler, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Madison and Pickaway.
“Deer bag limit increases are designed to slow herd growth and increase hunting opportunities,” the news release reads.
Hunters next season will be allowed to harvest only one antlered deer, regardless of where or how it is taken.
The proposed statewide deer hunting dates for 2024-25 include:
- Deer archery: Sept. 28, 2024 – Feb. 2, 2025
- Youth deer gun: Nov. 16 – 17, 2024
- Deer gun: Dec. 2 – Dec. 8, 2024; Dec. 21 – 22, 2024
- Deer muzzleloader: Jan. 4 – 7, 2025
“The wildlife council also heard a proposal to allow deer management permits to be valid until Dec. 22, 2024, the last day of the bonus deer gun hunting weekend,” the news release reads. “Currently, deer management permits are only valid until the day before the statewide seven-day gun season.”
Hunting hours will remain 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset.
Other requested hunting changes would affect waterfowl and other migratory game birds, furbearers, small game and other species.
A complete list of proposal is online at ohiodnr.gov/rules-and-regulations/rule-changes/proposed-rule-changes/wildlife-proposed-rules.
‘Trumpeter swan populations have exceeded the division’s goals’
State biologists want the wildlife council to remove trumpeter swans from the Buckeye State’s threatened species list.
“The population has significantly increased, and the threatened designation is no longer needed,” the proposal reads. “After years of management and monitoring, trumpeter swan populations have exceeded the division’s goals for the species’ recovery.”
Trumpeter swans once faced extinction, according to an ODNR news release from 2021.”In 2020, wildlife biologists found 98 breeding pairs of trumpeter swans in Ohio, an encouraging increase in population,” the news release reads. “These birds nested in 20 counties, including public wildlife areas such as Killdeer Plains (Wyandot County) and Big Island (Marion County).”
Those Ohio swans had 235 young, called cygnets, in 2020.
Trumpeter swans depend on high-quality wetland habitats throughout the year, and face continued threats, including habitat loss and lead poisoning.
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A Kentucky woman who had been missing for more than two weeks was found dead in her vehicle in Ohio, authorities said.
The body of Debra Wireman was found in her vehicle on July 3 in Clermont County, Ohio, the Flemingsburg Police Department in Kentucky said on Facebook on Wednesday. Investigators were called to the scene after a report identifying the vehicle as belonging to a missing person, police said. The remains were identified as Wireman’s by the Clermont County Coroner’s Office on July 7, according to law enforcement.
Police in Kentucky said the Clermont County Sheriff’s Office in Ohio is investigating the woman’s death. No additional information will be released by Flemingsburg police “out of respect for Debra’s family and the integrity of that investigation.”
“While this is not the outcome any of us hoped and prayed for, we are thankful that Debra has been found and that her family can now begin to receive the closure they deserve,” police added on Facebook.
Wireman, according to police, was last seen on June 17 at around 4:30 p.m. in Aberdeen, Ohio, while traveling toward Maysville, Kentucky. She was driving a white 2020 Kia Forte with front-end damage. Police said family and friends were “concerned for her welfare.”
“The overwhelming response from our community, neighboring agencies, the media, and countless individuals across the region demonstrated the very best of people coming together in the hope of bringing someone home safely,” Flemingsburg police said.
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Sixteen ‘almost feral’ children. Aged 18 months to 18 years. Hidden from sight in an Ohio house of horrors.
Until now.
It’s a situation difficult to fathom: Investigators found 16 kids living inside a 1,300-square-foot home in Vinton County, Ohio, confined in a 12-by-12 bedroom investigators say was covered in human waste. Gary Siders Jr., Elizabeth Siders, Gary Siders Sr., and Christina Siders were arrested on Tuesday, June 30th, and remain in jail after waiving their preliminary hearings today, Tuesday, July 7th.
Investigative reporter Anne Emerson goes beyond the headlines to understand the human impact in the developing Siders child abuse case. How did children live under these conditions for so long? We wanted to hear from the local community affected by this horrific story.
In this episode of Criminally Obsessed, we hear from those voices – from Captain Jeremiah Griffith who was a first responder to the shocking scene, to local Vinton County Pastor James Dimel who describes the community’s support of children who were trapped in a ‘den of evil’. Law enforcement and locals share their shock at the horror lurking in their own community. And Attorney Thomas Stolly, who represents Elizabeth Siders, says the case is more complicated than many believe, urging the public to remember that his client is presumed innocent.
Today, we react in real time to what we know so far in this developing story, and offer multiple perspectives of those closest to this case.
Subscribe to Criminally Obsessed for continuing coverage of the Siders investigation, true crime updates, courtroom developments, and exclusive interviews with the real people impacted by these cases.
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