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Annual Deer-Gun Week Concludes for Ohio Hunters
Darke County reports 248, up from 215 last year
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s white-tailed deer hunters finished the weeklong
gun season with 63,493 deer taken, according to the Ohio Department of
Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. During the 2018 season,
60,752 deer were harvested during the same period.
“Ohio hunters took full advantage of a great week of deer hunting,”
said Mike Tonkovich, Ohio Division of Wildlife deer program
administrator. “The fall weather has been the most hunter-friendly
we’ve seen in a long time, and this year’s harvest is certainly proof
of that. The deer harvest is a direct result of our ongoing efforts to
align Ohio’s wild deer herd with the interests of the majority of
Ohio’s farmers and hunters. This has been and will continue to be the
backbone of Ohio’s deer program.”
Top 10 counties for deer harvest during the weeklong deer-gun season
include: Coshocton (2,322), Tuscarawas (2,127), Muskingum (1,972),
Ashtabula (1,901), Knox (1,771), Guernsey (1,734), Licking (1,514),
Carroll (1,473), Holmes (1,465), and Washington (1,464).
Through Dec. 1, 2019, 76,822 deer were taken by Ohio archery hunters.
Plus, Ohio’s youth hunters checked 6,234 white-tailed deer during the
2019 two-day youth gun season, Nov. 23-24.
Ohio offers many more opportunities for hunters to pursue deer.
Deer-gun season resumes for two days, Dec. 21-22. Deer-muzzleloader
season is Saturday, Jan. 4, through Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020. Deer-archery
season is open now through Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. Find complete details
in the 2019-2020 Hunting and Trapping Regulations or at wildohio.gov.
For summaries of past deer seasons, visit wildohio.gov/deerharvest.
Ohio is a popular hunting destination for many out-of-state hunters. To
date in 2019, more than 34,000 nonresident Ohio hunting licenses have
been sold. The top five states for purchasing a nonresident hunting
license in Ohio include: Pennsylvania (6,490), Michigan (4,294), West
Virginia (3,717), North Carolina (2,816) and New York (2,365).
The Ohio Division of Wildlife wants to provide you the tools to get
started on a new hunting adventure. Anyone interested in learning to
hunt or becoming a mentor to a new hunter can visit the Wild Ohio
Harvest Community Page for information on how to get started,
hunting-related workshops as well as special hunting opportunities for
mentors and new hunters.
Each year, Ohioans take an estimated 171 million outdoor recreation
trips and contribute $5.9 billion to the Buckeye State’s economy,
according to a report entitled Economic Valuation of Natural Areas in
Ohio, recently released by The Ohio State University.
The Division of Wildlife can help you take advantage of all the hunting
opportunities Ohio has to offer. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for
instant news stories, outdoor recreation ideas, local wildlife
information and so much more. The Your Wild Ohio Hunter Facebook page
provides hunting tips and useful information as you get outside this
season. Visit wildohio.gov to find locations to hunt, fish, trap and
view wildlife. And don’t forget to follow us on Instagram to view the
best of Ohio’s wildlife photography.
Editor’s Note: A list of all white-tailed deer checked by hunters
during the 2019 weeklong deer-gun hunting season is shown below. The
first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for
2019, and the 2018 harvest numbers are in parentheses. Harvest numbers
below are raw data and subject to change.
Adams: 935 (960); Allen: 361 (250); Ashland: 1,272 (1,124); Ashtabula:
1,901 (2,028); Athens: 1,265 (1,326); Auglaize: 341 (269); Belmont:
1,196 (1,085); Brown: 797 (739); Butler: 294 (250); Carroll: 1,473
(1,454); Champaign: 376 (337); Clark: 182 (177); Clermont: 558 (554);
Clinton: 257 (185); Columbiana: 1,173 (1,133); Coshocton: 2,322
(2,180); Crawford: 562 (497); Cuyahoga: 49 (39); Darke: 248 (215);
Defiance: 768 (583); Delaware: 388 (352); Erie: 208 (224); Fairfield:
599 (620); Fayette: 139 (91); Franklin: 115 (143); Fulton: 308 (292);
Gallia: 980 (1,150); Geauga: 526 (585); Greene: 232 (196); Guernsey:
1,734 (1,732); Hamilton: 136 (147); Hancock: 487 (405); Hardin: 554
(382); Harrison: 1,408 (1,290); Henry: 380 (258); Highland: 843 (803);
Hocking: 1,196 (1,117); Holmes: 1,465 (1,290); Huron: 980 (865);
Jackson: 987 (1,087); Jefferson: 786 (700); Knox: 1,771 (1,513); Lake:
149 (181); Lawrence: 685 (817); Licking: 1,514 (1,423); Logan: 699
(614); Lorain: 566 (628); Lucas: 115 (117); Madison: 165 (146);
Mahoning: 493 (616); Marion: 384 (336); Medina: 568 (606); Meigs: 1,076
(1,238); Mercer: 302 (228); Miami: 217 (172); Monroe: 1,059 (1,103);
Montgomery: 137 (122); Morgan: 1,244 (1,205); Morrow: 558 (551);
Muskingum: 1,972 (1,924); Noble: 1,167 (1,264); Ottawa: 122 (113);
Paulding: 480 (333); Perry: 1,016 (1,044); Pickaway: 306 (244); Pike:
631 (691); Portage: 584 (559); Preble: 284 (253); Putnam: 306 (232);
Richland: 1,179 (1,142); Ross: 994 (940); Sandusky: 246 (216); Scioto:
667 (781); Seneca: 814 (736); Shelby: 388 (283); Stark: 813 (810);
Summit: 146 (153); Trumbull: 1,116 (1,123); Tuscarawas: 2,127 (1,996);
Union: 298 (281); Van Wert: 230 (175); Vinton: 900 (943); Warren: 286
(264); Washington: 1,464 (1,411); Wayne: 801 (696); Williams: 624
(546); Wood: 333 (273); Wyandot: 716 (596).
2019 total: 63,493
2018 total: (60,752)
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