Early Ohio bow season off to a solid start in ’23

In much the same fashion the presidential vote recorded in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire  – the first place in the nation to report such things – means nothing in the grand scheme of such elections, so largely does, too, the initial harvest tally of Ohio’s deer-hunting season.
For the first four days of Ohio’s 2023-24 deer-hunting season – and as of Oct. 3 – 1,807 antlered and 3,281 antlerless deer were tallied for a combined total of 5,088 animals. The corresponding figures for the 2022-23 season were, respectively, 2,270, 3,878, and 6,148. The like statistics for the 2021-22 season much more closely followed those of this year’s initial numbers: 1,710, 3,255, and 4,965, respectively. Note that all numbers are for archery only.