
Two-day gun deer season harvest down sharply
Ohio’s hunters checked 9,625 white-tailed deer; last year, the harvest was 14,115.

Ohio’s hunters checked 9,625 white-tailed deer; last year, the harvest was 14,115.

Hunters will have opportunity to make up ground this weekend.
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 State wildlife officer Matt Teders, assigned to Madison County, received a report of a capsized boat on Deer Creek north of Madison Lake. Officer Teders was able to hike

Amid challenging weather, hunters in Ohio checked 60,557 white-tailed deer during the 2018 weeklong deer-gun season. Last year, hunters checked 72,814 deer over the same period.

Meanwhile, the fall turkey harvest was about average this year.

This year’s first day sees 13,614 deer harvested, compared to 22,366 last year.
Central Ohio – Wildlife District 1 State wildlife officer Tony Zerkle, assigned to Fairfield County, received a call from a homeowner who was having issues with a neighbor tampering with traps. The caller explained that

Total harvest just below same period from last year.

Application deadline is Wednesday, Nov. 14.
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