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Nearly 73,000
Deer Checked During Gun Hunting Season
Darke County checks 305; 259 the previous year
COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters checked 72,814 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s
2017 weeklong deer-gun hunting season, according to the Ohio Department
of Natural Resources (ODNR). Last year, hunters checked 66,758 deer
over the weeklong deer-gun season.
Two days (Saturday, Dec. 16, and Sunday, Dec. 17) of deer-gun season
remain. The muzzleloader season is Jan. 6-9, 2018, and archery season
remains open through Sunday, Feb. 4, 2018. Find more information about
deer hunting in the 2017-2018 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.
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 2017 deer-gun hunting season is shown below. The
first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for
2017, and the 2016 numbers are in parentheses.
Adams: 1,166 (1,082); Allen: 341 (363); Ashland: 1,363 (1,225);
Ashtabula: 2,094 (1,946); Athens: 1,591 (1,377); Auglaize: 334 (268);
Belmont: 1,239 (1,360); Brown: 1,029 (823); Butler: 352 (289); Carroll:
1,733 (1,494); Champaign: 431 (356); Clark: 197 (184); Clermont: 744
(542); Clinton: 303 (260); Columbiana: 1,338 (1,307); Coshocton: 2,576
(2,325); Crawford: 615 (569); Cuyahoga: 52 (47); Darke: 305 (259);
Defiance: 745 (773); Delaware: 503 (411); Erie: 272 (206); Fairfield:
776 (681); Fayette: 140 (108); Franklin: 156 (157); Fulton: 322 (362);
Gallia: 1,318 (1,211); Geauga: 538 (479); Greene: 229 (203); Guernsey:
2,014 (1,885); Hamilton: 191 (155); Hancock: 529 (454); Hardin: 529
(477); Harrison: 1,530 (1,573); Henry: 371 (345); Highland: 1,076
(948); Hocking: 1,370 (1,288); Holmes: 1,592 (1,484); Huron: 1,148
(1,074); Jackson: 1,230 (1,031); Jefferson: 832 (1,138); Knox: 1,965
(1,942); Lake: 163 (167); Lawrence: 907 (795); Licking: 1,789 (1,609);
Logan: 754 (639); Lorain: 702 (683); Lucas: 119 (129); Madison: 186
(158); Mahoning: 649 (594); Marion: 432 (403); Medina: 620 (604);
Meigs: 1,323 (1,373); Mercer: 310 (262); Miami: 251 (196); Monroe:
1,334 (1,131); Montgomery: 157 (103); Morgan: 1,459 (1,178); Morrow:
657 (626); Muskingum: 2,328 (2,112); Noble: 1,391 (1,271); Ottawa: 120
(105); Paulding: 446 (425); Perry: 1,278 (1,156); Pickaway: 342 (270);
Pike: 761 (753); Portage: 560 (559); Preble: 300 (235); Putnam: 359
(274); Richland: 1,343 (1,228); Ross: 1,230 (1,102); Sandusky: 275
(219); Scioto: 898 (890); Seneca: 868 (835); Shelby: 394 (334); Stark:
881 (798); Summit: 159 (174); Trumbull: 1,250 (1,144); Tuscarawas:
2,335 (2,045); Union: 350 (271); Van Wert: 223 (211); Vinton: 1,234
(1,111); Warren: 313 (236); Washington: 1,572 (1,502); Wayne: 823
(730); Williams: 691 (655); Wood: 342 (286); Wyandot: 757 (716). Total:
72,814 (66,758).
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