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More than 60,000 Deer
Checked during Gun Season
Darke County: 215 compared to 305 in 2017
COLUMBUS, OH – Despite enduring some poor weather, hunters in Ohio
checked 60,557 white-tailed deer during the 2018 weeklong deer-gun
season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
Last year, hunters checked 72,814 deer over the same period.
Ohio’s deer-gun hunting season remains a tradition enjoyed by thousands
of hunters for more than 75 years. Starting the Monday after
Thanksgiving, Buckeye State hunters safely enjoyed seven days of
deer-gun hunting.
For Ohio hunters who missed the deer-gun week, there are still more
options to pursue deer. Hunters can enjoy two more days of deer-gun
season on Saturday, Dec. 15, and Sunday, Dec. 16, and muzzleloader
season is Jan. 5-8, 2019. Ohio hunters still have two months left of
deer archery season, which remains open through Sunday, Feb. 3, 2019.
Find more information about deer hunting in the 2018-2019 Ohio Hunting
and Trapping Regulations or at wildohio.gov.
Past year’s harvest summaries and weekly updated harvest reports can be
found at wildohio.gov/deerharvest.
For the first time this year, Ohio resident hunters can purchase
multiyear and lifetime licenses at wildohio.gov and at hundreds of
participating agents throughout the state. License buyers can choose
from 3-year, 5-year, 10-year and lifetime hunting or fishing licenses.
All money generated from the sale of multiyear and lifetime licenses is
deposited into the Wildlife Fund, where it will be used to protect and
enhance Ohio’s wildlife populations.
The ODNR Division of Wildlife remains committed to properly managing
Ohio’s deer populations. The goal of Ohio’s Deer Management Program is
to provide a deer population that maximizes recreational opportunities,
while minimizing conflicts with landowners and motorists.
Hunting Popularity
Ohio ranks fifth nationally in resident hunters and 11th in the number
of jobs associated with hunting-related industries. Hunting has a more
than $853 million economic impact in Ohio through the sale of
equipment, fuel, food, lodging and more, according to the National
Shooting Sports Foundation’s Hunting in America: An Economic Force for
Conservation publication.
ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural
resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at ohiodnr.gov.
Editor’s Note: A list of all white-tailed deer checked by hunters
during the weeklong 2018 deer-gun hunting season is shown below. The
first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for
2018, and the 2017 numbers are in parentheses. Harvest numbers below
are raw data and subject to change.
Adams: 955 (1,166); Allen: 250 (341); Ashland: 1,121 (1,363);
Ashtabula: 2,022 (2,094); Athens: 1,322 (1,591); Auglaize: 268 (334);
Belmont: 1,081 (1,239); Brown: 738 (1,029); Butler: 247 (352); Carroll:
1,449 (1,733); Champaign: 336 (431); Clark: 177 (197); Clermont: 548
(744); Clinton: 185 (303); Columbiana: 1,132 (1,338); Coshocton: 2,174
(2,576); Crawford: 496 (615); Cuyahoga: 39 (52); Darke: 215 (305);
Defiance: 582 (745); Delaware: 352 (503); Erie: 222 (272); Fairfield:
618 (776); Fayette: 91 (140); Franklin: 141 (156); Fulton: 290 (322);
Gallia: 1,145 (1,318); Geauga: 582 (538); Greene: 193 (229); Guernsey:
1,728 (2,014); Hamilton: 146 (191); Hancock: 403 (529); Hardin: 381
(529); Harrison: 1,285 (1,530); Henry: 258 (371); Highland: 802
(1,076); Hocking: 1,112 (1,370); Holmes: 1,286 (1,592); Huron: 860
(1,148); Jackson: 1,082 (1,230); Jefferson: 698 (832); Knox: 1,509
(1,965); Lake: 180 (163); Lawrence: 812 (907); Licking: 1,421 (1,789);
Logan: 614 (754); Lorain: 628 (702); Lucas: 117 (119); Madison: 146
(186); Mahoning: 615 (649); Marion: 335 (432); Medina: 605 (620);
Meigs: 1,233 (1,323); Mercer: 228 (310); Miami: 172 (251); Monroe:
1,100 (1,334); Montgomery: 122 (157); Morgan: 1,198 (1,459); Morrow:
547 (657); Muskingum: 1,917 (2,328); Noble: 1,264 (1,391); Ottawa: 111
(120); Paulding: 332 (446); Perry: 1,042 (1,278); Pickaway: 244 (342);
Pike: 690 (761); Portage: 558 (560); Preble: 251 (300); Putnam: 230
(359); Richland: 1,137 (1,343); Ross: 937 (1,230); Sandusky: 216 (275);
Scioto: 780 (898); Seneca: 733 (868); Shelby: 282 (394); Stark: 810
(881); Summit: 152 (159); Trumbull: 1,119 (1,250); Tuscarawas: 1,991
(2,335); Union: 281 (350); Van Wert: 175 (223); Vinton: 937 (1,234);
Warren: 261 (313); Washington: 1,405 (1,572); Wayne: 696 (823);
Williams: 543 (691); Wood: 273 (342); Wyandot: 596 (757). Total: 60,557
(72,814).
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