Ohio’s gun hunters see an uptick in opening day kills

In spite of the epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) outbreak that plundered the deer herd in several southeast Ohio counties this summer, hunters still found enough whitetails elsewhere to give a glow to the opening day firearms deer-hunting season harvest. 
In fact, call the Dec. 1 shotgun (and rifle) start of Ohio’s seven-day deer-gun season a “very solid” opener compared to recent deer gun seasons, Clint McCoy, the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s deer biologist, told Ohio Outdoor News.

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