OHIO’S ARCHERY DEER HUNTERS OFF TO A FAST START
Harvest numbers up in first six weeks of deer hunting season

COLUMBUS, OH - For the fourth straight year, Ohio bow hunters set a record harvest during the first six weeks of the state’s deer-archery season, taking 53,982 whitetails. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife, this year’s early archery season harvest is 18 percent higher than last year’s record of 45,733 deer.
 
Bow hunting for deer is popular in Ohio. The season started in September and will continue through February 3.
 
Counties reporting the highest numbers of deer brought to check stations were Licking – 2,239; Tuscarawas – 2,202; Holmes – 2,185; Harrison – 1,561; Guernsey – 1,517; Ashtabula – 1,344; Trumbull – 1,303; Ashland – 1,237; Clermont – 1,134; and Knox – 1,101.
 
The statewide deer population was estimated to be 675,000 in early October. Approximately 300,000 bow hunters are expected to participate in the statewide deer-archery hunting season.
 
Last year, bow hunters harvested a total of 67,912 deer during the four-month Ohio archery season.
 
A detailed listing of deer-hunting rules can be found in the 2007-2008 Ohio Hunting and Trapping Regulations.

THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF DEER CHECKED AND TAGGED BY HUNTERS DURING THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF THE CURRENT DEER-ARCHERY HUNTING SEASON.  THE NUMBER TAKEN DURING THE 2006 SEASON IS MARKED IN ( ): 2007 (2006)

Adams – 791 (591); Allen – 334 (185); Ashland –1,237 (1,084); Ashtabula – 1,344 (1,034); Athens – 1,024 (885); Auglaize – 207 (152); Belmont – 503 (580); Brown – 741 (608); Butler – 446 (484); Carroll – 591 (564); Champaign – 518 (414); Clark – 368 (398); Clermont –1,134 (1,107); Clinton – 289 (202); Columbiana –1,028 (875); Coshocton – 998 (1,084) ; Crawford – 379 (291); Cuyahoga – 276 (164); Darke – 129 (89); Defiance – 266 (180); Delaware – 567 (600); Erie – 383 (254); Fairfield – 1,095 (871); Fayette – 91 (77); Franklin –371 (430); Fulton – 219 (151); Gallia – 289 (420); Geauga – 829 (808); Greene – 245 (158); Guernsey – 1,517 (1,003); Hamilton – 762 (669); Hancock – 243 (208); Hardin – 147 (99); Harrison – 1,561 (1,140); Henry – 96 (50); Highland – 719 (644); Hocking – 1,014 (879); Holmes – 2,185 (1,624); Huron – 441 (450); Jackson – 927 (819); Jefferson – 861 (740); Knox – 1,101 (1,085); Lake – 509 (522); Lawrence – 602 (532); Licking – 2,239 (1,679); Logan – 387 (336); Lorain –717 (750); Lucas – 328 (354); Madison – 93 (89); Mahoning – 560 (425); Marion – 152 (102); Medina – 624 (480); Meigs – 729 (609); Mercer – 152 (79); Miami – 125 (61); Monroe – 460 (600); Montgomery – 265 (193); Morgan – 628 (364); Morrow – 524 (490); Muskingum – 858 (822); Noble – 515 (576); Ottawa – 106 (56); Paulding – 183 (84); Perry – 684 (621); Pickaway – 315 (270); Pike – 322 (312); Portage – 670 (751); Preble – 251 (161); Putnam – 334 (231); Richland – 861 (482); Ross – 902 (856); Sandusky – 162 (160); Scioto – 671 (599); Seneca – 343 (379); Shelby – 424 (220); Stark – 954 (741); Summit – 725 (806); Trumbull – 1,303 (1,082); Tuscarawas – 2,202 (1,724); Union – 300 (261); Van Wert – 129 (54); Vinton – 523 (378); Warren – 682 (556); Washington – 837 (764); Wayne – 340 (301); Williams – 428 (270); Wood – 308 (224); Wyandot – 290 (177); Total – 53,982 (45,733)