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Darke S.W.C.D.
Nearly 67,000
Deer Checked during Gun Hunting Season
COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters checked 66,759 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s
2016 deer-gun hunting season, Nov. 28-Dec. 4, according to the Ohio
Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). Last year, hunters checked
73,392 deer over the weeklong deer-gun season.
In Darke County, hunters have so far checked 259 in 2016; 282 in 2015.
Two days (Saturday, Dec. 17, and Sunday, Dec. 18) of deer-gun season
remain. The muzzleloader season is Jan. 7-10, 2017, and archery season
remains open through Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017.
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
Hunting is the best and most effective management tool for maintaining
Ohio’s healthy deer population. 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 2016 deer-gun hunting season is shown below. The
first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for
2016, and the 2015 numbers are in parentheses.
Adams: 1,082 (1,585); Allen: 363 (387); Ashland: 1,225 (1,232);
Ashtabula: 1,946 (2,002); Athens: 1,377 (1,666); Auglaize: 268 (299);
Belmont: 1,360 (1,516); Brown: 823 (1,054); Butler: 289 (338); Carroll:
1,494 (1,576); Champaign: 356 (419); Clark: 184 (207); Clermont: 542
(776); Clinton: 260 (292); Columbiana: 1,307 (1,458); Coshocton: 2,325
(2,419); Crawford: 569 (576); Cuyahoga: 47 (46); Darke: 259 (282);
Defiance: 773 (865); Delaware: 411 (418); Erie: 206 (192); Fairfield:
681 (760); Fayette: 108 (125); Franklin: 157 (133); Fulton: 362 (361);
Gallia: 1,211 (1,523); Geauga: 479 (508); Greene: 203 (220); Guernsey:
1,885 (1,995); Hamilton: 155 (252); Hancock: 454 (486); Hardin: 477
(542); Harrison: 1,573 (1,664); Henry: 345 (365); Highland: 948
(1,189); Hocking: 1,288 (1,592); Holmes: 1,484 (1,362); Huron: 1,074
(1,006); Jackson: 1,031 (1,323); Jefferson: 1,138 (1,169); Knox: 1,942
(1,755); Lake: 167 (160); Lawrence: 795 (1,020); Licking: 1,609
(1,865); Logan: 639 (765); Lorain: 683 (637); Lucas: 129 (113);
Madison: 158 (147); Mahoning: 594 (556); Marion: 403 (363); Medina: 604
(545); Meigs: 1,373 (1,544); Mercer: 262 (235); Miami: 196 (235);
Monroe: 1,131 (1,316); Montgomery: 103 (128); Morgan: 1,179 (1,418);
Morrow: 626 (584); Muskingum: 2,112 (2,283); Noble: 1,271 (1,333);
Ottawa: 105 (97); Paulding: 425 (523); Perry: 1,156 (1,340); Pickaway:
270 (345); Pike: 753 (954); Portage: 559 (553); Preble: 235 (284);
Putnam: 274 (304); Richland: 1,228 (1,222); Ross: 1,102 (1,264);
Sandusky: 219 (258); Scioto: 890 (1,164); Seneca: 835 (779); Shelby:
334 (387); Stark: 798 (863); Summit: 174 (167); Trumbull: 1,144
(1,142); Tuscarawas: 2,045 (1,999); Union: 271 (336); Van Wert: 211
(237); Vinton: 1,111 (1,440); Warren: 236 (319); Washington: 1,502
(1,738); Wayne: 730 (683); Williams: 655 (823); Wood: 286 (293);
Wyandot: 716 (696).
Total: 66,759 (73,392).
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