Deer gun week harvest hits 114,633; Tuscarawas is the top county for hunters

[Skunk]

Deer gun week harvest hits 114,633; Tuscarawas is the top county for hunters

By D'Arcy Egan, The Plain Dealer, found at Cleveland.com

December 10, 2009, 5:15PM

The following results were compiled by the Ohio Division of Wildlife.

Ohio hunters took 114,633 white-tailed deer during the state's popular, weeklong deer-gun season on Nov. 30-Dec. 6, according to the Ohio Division of Wildlife. In 2008, hunters killed a preliminary total of 116,798 deer during the same time period. 
 
Counties reporting the highest numbers of deer brought to Ohio check stations last week were: Tuscarawas-5,901; Harrison-4,310; Guernsey-4,289; Licking-3,734; Coshocton-3,680; Washington-3,589; Holmes-3,265; Belmont-3,238; Athens-3,049; and Knox-3,046.
 
A total of 178,397 deer have been harvested so far this season when combining the adult and youth gun seasons, early muzzleloader season, and the first six weeks of the archery season. That compares to a total of 179,194 killed last year during the same time period. Hunters took a total of 252,017 deer during all of last year's hunting seasons. 
 
Hunters still have a weekend of deer-gun hunting, December 19-20, and nine weeks of archery hunting in Ohio. Archery season remains open until February 7, 2010. The statewide muzzleloader deer-hunting season will be held January 9-12, 2010. 

Ohio's first modern day deer-gun season opened in 1943 in three counties, when hunters harvested 168 deer. In 1956, deer hunting was allowed in all 88 counties and hunters killed 3,911 deer during that one-week season.
 
A detailed listing of deer-hunting rules is contained in the 2009-2010 Ohio Hunting Regulations, available where licenses are sold. It may also be viewed online at www.wildohio.com.
 

EDITORS NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF DEER CHECKED AND TAGGED BY HUNTERS DURING THE 2009 DEER-GUN HUNTING SEASON.  THE NUMBER TAKEN DURING THE 2008 SEASON IS MARKED IN ( ): 2009 (2008)
 
Adams –1,790 (1,333); Allen –567 (431); Ashland –2,239 (2,168); Ashtabula –2,084 (2,776); Athens –3,049 (3,068); Auglaize –221 (357); Belmont –3,238 (2,407); Brown –1,096 (1,643); Butler –411 (364); Carroll –1,715 (2,174); Champaign –737 (743); Clark –338 (321); Clermont –1,166 (1,211); Clinton –558 (502); Columbiana –2,186 (2,384); Coshocton –3,680 (4,043); Crawford –1,002 (1,013); Cuyahoga –107 (88); Darke –309 (195); Defiance –762 (1,027); Delaware –652 (804); Erie –332 (320); Fairfield –1,964 (1,681); Fayette –221 (165); Franklin –263 (264); Fulton –377 (380); Gallia –1,766 (2,110); Geauga –509 (1,008); Greene –221 (242); Guernsey –4,289 (4,017); Hamilton –377 (331); Hancock –449 (394); Hardin –655 (571); Harrison –4,310 (4,136); Henry –264 (299); Highland –1,695 (1,694); Hocking –2,594 (2,337); Holmes –3,265 (3,138); Huron –1,142 (1,138); Jackson –2,577 (2,159); Jefferson –2,699 (2,840); Knox –3,046 (3,067); Lake –282 (363); Lawrence –1,510 (1,570); Licking –3,734 (3,597); Logan –815 (723); Lorain –808 (685); Lucas –273 (290); Madison –193 (189); Mahoning –694 (723); Marion –308 (315); Medina –639 (712);  Meigs –2,203 (2,465); Mercer –231 (211); Miami –126 (145); Monroe –2,521 (2,807); Montgomery –177 (154); Morgan –1,887 (1,910); Morrow –957 (1,043); Muskingum –2,829 (2,452); Noble –2,561 (2,636); Ottawa –65 (55); Paulding –472 (424); Perry – 2,046(2,108); Pickaway -635 (604); Pike –1,254 (1,212); Portage –544 (658); Preble –229 (237); Putnam –624 (542); Richland –1,438 (2,384); Ross –2,355 (2,340); Sandusky –217 (229); Scioto –1,420 (1,673); Seneca –1,012 (953); Shelby –448 (434); Stark –1,615 (1,718); Summit –381 (435); Trumbull –1,474 (1,738); Tuscarawas –5,901 (5,862); Union –478 (407); Van Wert –245 (251); Vinton –1,829 (1,538); Warren –462 (510); Washington –3,589 (3,753); Wayne –618 (825); Williams –615 (578); Wood –402 (391); Wyandot –595 (606);

Total –114,633 (116,798)

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[Catfish]

Don`t know how that compairs to last year state wide, but at the local check station the deer kill was up over last year but every other day was way down. Last year in gun season they checked in around 1250 deer in gun season. This year they got around 750 in gun season.

[Zeeks]

well I did not get 1.  Maybe this coming weekend will be successful.  I was down at Tar Hollow SF for the start of gun season.  Sounded like WWIII at the beginning.  Just not where I was at.   They say the numbers are down this year.

[Catfish]

I think the main reason the numbers were down here this year was that the number of hunters was way down. I was cheched by 2 of the best look game wardens I have ever seen, I would like to have taken them both home with me, but dont think the wife would have like that. Any way they said that there was only 1/3 the number of hunters out this year compaired to last.

[.54]

I know personally I'm seeing less deer because there's less available hunting land. The last two places I hunted and took lots of deer has now been replaced by new home subdivisons. The developers keep gobbling the land up and clearing the best hunting areas. I used to be able to drive to some public hunting land but they closed the best area to hunting and turned it into bike trails. Seeing guys in those skin tight bike shorts in what used to be my favorite hunting area makes me wanna puke.

[DennyRoark]

Hunter numbers appeared to be down in my area, but county deer numbers were about the same as last year.   I have a 15 acre woodlot and depend on other hunters to move them around.  Saw (heard) very few people after Monday.  Me & young 'un managed to get a doe Monday.  NO deer seen on Tuesday-Saturday. Wife got a small doe early Sunday morning.  Hope more people are out this week-end!  Catfish, where are you at?  Wyandot County wardens are flat ugly