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My out-laws just moved to the Canton Ohio area, so now I have started talking to my brother-in-law about since we have to visit the area in the fall/winter time that we should look at hunting it. He is from New Jersey and a compound shooter (I am not close enough to convert him yet), and I am from Texas and a trad shoot just to let you y'all know. Is there decent public land in that area? I know very little about the area and I have not found a map of the public land in the area, there could be one that I have just not found. Can you get everything that I need OTC or is there a drawing for licenses? Since they are having a baby this Thanksgiving I think that it would be 2013 when we could do this. Please help me get started.
Thank you, Chester
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Hi Chester, I think that when you do some research, you'll see that there's a lot of public land very close to the Canton area...
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I live in Canton and there is great hunting in the area. There is plenty of public land within 1/2 hour of Canton including Beach City and Berlin Lake. There is also plenty of smaller parcels of land that are open to the public that are not on the odnr website. Private land is also fairly easy to get permission on in this area if you are willing to knock on doors. All licenses are over the counter, if you have any specific questions please feel free to ask. By the way where in the Canton area did they move to.
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Steve at least for the first year, I don't know that we will have the chance to knock on doors. If it is something that we start doing yearly then we might.
I believe that the plant that he is working at is in Massilon, and I want to say Canal Fulton is where they live, but I am not sure about that. The smaller places that you were talking about, how does one go and find out about them. Also the other places, do you have to buy a permit to use them, or just walk on to them?
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I would get in touch with Stark Parks this is the Stark county Ohio park agency. they let bowhunting only on many of there county parks and lakes. You might also want to concentrate on Beach city canal fulton is located on Rt 21 and Beach city is located @ 20 miles south of Canal Fulton on Rt 21. No permits needed on any of these areas for deer. I do know a couple of other areas that are managed by the Muskegun Water consrvancy that have good hunting and are not on the ODNR website. I would be nmore than willing to show you and your brother in law some of these areas if you come up to hunt.
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Chester, when asking the Ohio boys questions, TYPE SLOWER. They will need to get someone (probably from Michigan) to read the questions for them. I love deer hunting in Ohio. Reasonable tag costs, and BIG deer. Good luck.
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Leave it to a Michigander to throw insults where none are needed ( Or is that a Michigooser?)
Chester, when you are planning to come contact me or Steve. There are a bunch of us in the area, between us we can probably hook you up with some good hunting.
Mike, if you can find your way down from your state you are welcome to join us
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Thanks for the offers for help, and helping me narrow down my search locations. It most likely be 2013 before we are able to do it, since my BIL is having a baby in the beginning of Nov... bad timing on his part.
Looking at this years current season (should be similar to next year I am assuming) when would be a good time to come up?
If Michigan is so great, why did my outlaws move from there? Hahahaha
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Grew up in Canton. Beech City is a great place to hunt squirrels. Never hunted deer there though. Coshocton is a couple hours from there and has TONS of public land.
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Big deer killed at Beach city every year, my neighbor killed a 160 class 10 pointer there on opening day of gun this year. does not get hunted that hard during bow season except by duck hunters and pheasant hunters.
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quote:Originally posted by owlbait: Chester, when asking the Ohio boys questions, TYPE SLOWER. They will need to get someone (probably from Michigan) to read the questions for them. I love deer hunting in Ohio. Reasonable tag costs, and BIG deer. Good luck.
Send me a PM when you get in the area and we will see what we can do with some private land hunts in our area. I can send you some maps of Public land also. Bow season is generally quiet in most areas. Things get busy during gun.
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Wait, where's the score from 2011? I have hunted near Zanesville with a friend (yes, I have friends in Ohio). The country seems quite a bit different than Michigan. I like the turkey and deer season's down there better than here at home. I think you can find some fine hunting spots and some fine people to hunt with down there Chester.
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