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Concealed-carry class at Salem Hunting Club

SALEM — The Salem Hunting Club is hosting an NRA-certified concealed-carry class Jan. 17. The one-day class runs from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Chris Harben will be the instructor.

Preregistration is required. Call (330) 332-9847 or go to www.- salemhuntingclubofohio.com.

Archery in the Schools

LEETONIA — Classroom teachers and other members of school communities who are interested in becoming certified National Archery in the Schools Program instructors are invited to attend a free training workshop Thursday.

The Basic Archery Instructor Training will take place at Leetonia High School from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Registration is required, and those interested should call Ken Fry, Division of Wildlife, at (330) 245-3030, or e-mail Kenneth.Fry@dnr.state.oh.us. Put “NASP workshop” in the subject line.

The program was introduced into 17 Ohio schools in 2004. More than 300 Ohio schools now have teachers certified to instruct target archery.

NASP teaches target archery to elementary, middle and high school students in the school gym. The curriculum covers archery, safety, equipment, technique, concentration skills and self-improvement.

For additional details regarding NASP in Ohio, visit wildohio.com.

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Dec. 19-20 deer harvest totals nearly 20,000

COLUMBUS — Hunters killed 19,900 deer Dec. 19-20, during the weekend of gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.

The extra weekend of gun hunting was first offered in 2006 in response to hunters’ request for additional weekend days to pursue white-tailed deer, the state’s No. 1 big-game animal.

In 2008, hunters took 16,382 deer during those two days.

Counties leading the state in deer killed over the weekend included: Tuscarawas, 1,164; Harrison, 725; Licking, 663; Ashtabula, 589; Holmes, 567; Columbiana, 543; Coshocton, 503; Knox, 488; Stark, 487; and Guernsey, 474.

A total of 198,297 deer have been harvested so far this season when combining the adult and youth gun seasons, early- muzzleloader season and the first nine weeks of the archery season.

Hunters took a total of 252,017 deer during all of last year’s hunting seasons.

Hunters can continue to enjoy deer hunting Jan. 9–12 during the statewide muzzleloader season, and through Feb. 7 as the archery season continues.

Hunters who wish to share their success can submit a photo of themselves and the deer they killed this year to wildohio.com.