Dave Golowenski

Special to The Columbus Dispatch

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Typically, hunting proposals travel a path from acceptance to implementation that is smooth, straight and unencumbered. This year’s trail comes with a twist.

Hunting proposals for 2023-24 put forth by the Ohio Division of Wildlife in January are on their way to what ordinarily would be approval in April, but theOhio Wildlife Councilhas been suggesting a few of those proposals need another look.

As part of an eight-member citizens oversight committee, council members are appointed by the governor to four-year terms and approved by the Senate.

Among council duties, the Ohio Revised Code (ORC) states, is to “investigate, consider, and make recommendations in all matters pertaining to the protection, preservation, propagation, possession, and management of wild animals throughout the state.”

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The ORC, then, could be interpreted as encouraging activism by its members, who serve without pay…