Dave GolowenskiSpecial to The Columbus DispatchView Comments
Autumn and its relentless rush toward the dark and chilly months will bring this week an opening day that, while no doubt embraced, used to mark the start of the most celebrated hunting season in Ohio.
That, to be sure, was before the wide-scale conversion to deer chasing that began several decades ago as the result of the increase and spread of whitetails across the landscape. Until deer became the big deal, the pursuit of humbler game fired up the yearly outbreak of hunter mania.
History, though, is history. Current pockets of enthusiasm aside, the season opening Friday for ring-necked pheasants, cottontail rabbits and bobwhite quail won’t be accompanied by pulsing fever or by a mysterious spike in sick days racked up at work and school.
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