REGION

REGION

Gun show planned

LOWELLVILLE — The Mahoning Valley Gun Collectors will hold its winter gun show from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 29 and 30 at the Lowellville Rod and Gun Club on Quarry Road.

Admission is $4. Exhibitor tables are available for $30 for both days or $20 for one day. MVGC members may rent tables for $25 for both days or $15 for one day.

All firearms must be unloaded, open action and are subject to inspection before entering. For information call (330) 506-9194.

Boating course

AUSTINTOWN — The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will sponsor a Boating Skills and Seamanship course in January at First United Methodist Church, 6749 Mahoning Ave., Austintown.

Anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1982, is required to successfully complete a course to operate a boat powered by more than 10 horsepower. For further information, contact Ed Straub or Ray Calzo at (330) 727-3005.

OHIO

Deer-gun season expanded

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Dec. 15-16, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. The extra days were added in response to comments received from hunters for more weekend time to hunt.

“These two additional weekend days were a great success last year and were helpful to us in meeting our deer management goals,” said David M. Graham, chief of the ODNR. So far this season, hunters have taken 53,982 deer during the first six weeks of the statewide archery season, which began Sept. 30 and continues through Feb. 3.

Antlerless deer
permit restrictions

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife reminds hunters that the antlerless deer permit, new for the 2007-08 hunting season, is valid only in urban hunting units or Division of Wildlife.

The antlerless deer permit was valid in all 88 counties during the statewide archery season through Sunday. The permit may continue to be used in urban units and Division of Wildlife controlled hunts as they occur through Feb. 3. Antlerless permits may not be used by gun hunters participating in the statewide deer-gun season, Dec. 15-16, or the statewide muzzleloader season Dec. 27-30.

Hunters with questions bout the new permitting system are encouraged to consult the 2007-08 Ohio Hunting Regulations, or contact their local Division of Wildlife district office.

Hunters are reminded that only one antlered deer may be harvested in Ohio, regardless of season, method or zone.

For comprehensive listing of deer zones as well as hunting regulations, refer to the 2007-08 Ohio Hunting Regulations available online at wildohio.com or by calling (800) WILDLIFE.