OHIO — During Ohio's additional gun hunt weekend on Dec. 21-22, hunters checked 17,373 deer, beating last year's total and the three-year average.
Last year, hunters had 15,470 deer, and the three-year average is 13,417.
Of this year's total, 4,491 were antlered deer and 12,882 were does, button bucks, bucks with shed antlers and bucks with antlers shorter than 3 inches.
The counties that harvested the most deer during the gun hunt weekend are as follows:
- Ashtabula (580)
- Coshocton (574)
- Tuscarawas (515)
- Knox (491)
- Licking (454)
- Richland (447)
- Carroll (429)
- Muskingum (402)
- Harrison (400)
- Guernsey (380)
Archery season is still going until Feb. 2, 2025 for those wanting to pursue deer. The state's muzzleloader season starts Jan. 4, 2025 and ends on Jan. 7, 2025. For more information about hunting in Ohio or obtaining a license, click here. Weekly and yearly summaries of the deer harvest can be found here.