Ohio officials report a decline in deer harvested during the December bonus gun weekend, with weather potentially playing a role as hunting season continues statewide.
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During deer hunting season you may not be able to use all the meat or want it it all - Sarah Schott with Ohio Division of Wildlife is in with …
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife is accepting applications for public land controlled hunts until Thursday, July 31.
Ohio hunting and fishing licenses for the 2025-26 seasons are now available for purchase through the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
December 23, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hunters across Ohio checked 17,373 white-tailed deer on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 21-22, during the state’s additional weekend of deer gun hunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Last year, hunters tagged 15,470 deer during the gun weekend, with a three-year average of 13,417.
November 18, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hunters ages 17 and younger checked 10,449 white-tailed deer during Ohio’s youth gun hunting season on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 16-17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Each fall, youth hunters enjoy a weekend of deer hunting with a firearm before the statewide gun season begins.
November 14, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Archery hunters in Ohio harvested 5,390 white-tailed deer on Saturday, Nov. 9, the highest single-day total this season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. So far this season, bowhunters across Ohio have harvested 65,783 deer through Sunday, Nov. 10. The three-year average for deer harvested through the second weekend of November is 67,216. Last year, hunters checked 69,886 deer through the corresponding date. The statewide archery season began Sept. 28 and continues until Feb. 2, 2025.
November 5, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio archery hunters have checked 48,321 deer through Sunday, Nov. 3, which includes the first six weekends of bowhunting, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The 2024-25 statewide archery season began on Saturday, Sept. 28 and continues through Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Deer harvested this year include 23,311 antlered deer and 25,010 antlerless deer, a category which includes does and button bucks. The average bow harvest through the first weekend of November over the last three years is 50,844 white-tailed deer. Last year, hunters checked 51,352 deer over the same period. Ohio’s top 10 counties for archery harvest through Sunday, Nov. 3 are: Coshocton (1,673), Tuscarawas (1,514), Ashtabula (1,490), Knox (1,375), Holmes (1,355), Trumbull (1,353), Licking (1,216), Muskingum (1,119), Richland (1,097), and Guernsey (10,039).
September 19, 2024, Press Release from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources: COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio’s popular deer archery hunting season begins on Saturday, Sept. 28, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. Deer are Ohio’s most sought-after game animal and an important food source for families across the Buckeye State. Ohio has an extensive archery season that is open Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024, through Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Hunters may use crossbows, compound bows, recurve bows, and longbows to pursue deer during the archery season.
State officials say hunters checked more than 4,000 fewer white-tailed deer during Ohio's two-day deer-gun hunting season this year than in last year's two-day season.