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Ohio's Deer-Gun
Season Opens with more than 22,000 Deer Harvested
90 harvested in Darke County, nearly double the previous
year
COLUMBUS, OH – Hunters checked 22,366 white-tailed deer on Monday, Nov.
28, the opening day of Ohio’s deer-gun hunting season, according to the
Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
Ohio’s deer-gun season remains open through Sunday, Dec. 3. Two
additional days of deer-gun season (Saturday, Dec. 16, and Sunday, Dec.
17) have been added to increase the opportunity for people to hunt with
firearms. 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 opening day of the 2017 deer-gun hunting season is shown below.
The first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers
for opening day 2017, and the 2016 opening day harvest numbers are in
parentheses.
Adams: 354 (274); Allen: 93 (58); Ashland: 432 (411); Ashtabula: 821
(701); Athens: 478 (375); Auglaize: 94 (41); Belmont: 362 (407); Brown:
292 (167); Butler: 85 (36); Carroll: 575 (480); Champaign: 121 (70);
Clark: 56 (29); Clermont: 179 (81); Clinton: 84 (58); Columbiana: 453
(419); Coshocton: 924 (767); Crawford: 177 (134); Cuyahoga: 15 (8);
Darke: 90 (47); Defiance: 252 (179); Delaware: 135 (88); Erie: 69 (50);
Fairfield: 213 (182); Fayette: 32 (30); Franklin: 45 (32); Fulton: 101
(79); Gallia: 396 (379); Geauga: 146 (147); Greene: 48 (43); Guernsey:
657 (592); Hamilton: 34 (18); Hancock: 133 (95); Hardin: 139 (94);
Harrison: 497 (529); Henry: 112 (67); Highland: 315 (221); Hocking: 426
(431); Holmes: 648 (542); Huron: 370 (342); Jackson: 358 (270);
Jefferson: 244 (365); Knox: 705 (651); Lake: 54 (53); Lawrence: 262
(208); Licking: 577 (463); Logan: 219 (155); Lorain: 200 (180); Lucas:
24 (23); Madison: 40 (30); Mahoning: 209 (168); Marion: 122 (96);
Medina: 153 (154); Meigs: 414 (392); Mercer: 86 (38); Miami: 72 (28);
Monroe: 406 (333); Montgomery: 35 (18); Morgan: 434 (364); Morrow: 228
(158); Muskingum: 780 (696); Noble: 445 (386); Ottawa: 39 (20);
Paulding: 129 (75); Perry: 359 (339); Pickaway: 96 (65); Pike: 199
(180); Portage: 142 (155); Preble: 74 (47); Putnam: 94 (60); Richland:
411 (355); Ross: 307 (263); Sandusky: 68 (41); Scioto: 206 (195);
Seneca: 244 (203); Shelby: 119 (79); Stark: 248 (208); Summit: 29 (30);
Trumbull: 487 (425); Tuscarawas: 768 (645); Union: 103 (67); Van Wert:
50 (31); Vinton: 322 (338); Warren: 62 (34); Washington: 476 (438);
Wayne: 265 (206); Williams: 251 (138); Wood: 74 (39); Wyandot: 224
(168). Total: 22,366 (18,776).
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