Deer hunters in Ohio had one final weekend of gun season before Christmas and checked more than 17,000 deer during the two days. But if you haven't bagged your trophy yet, muzzleloader season is ...

The annual deer take stayed for nine seasons at fewer than 200,000, bottoming out at 172,049 in 2018-19. The harvest hit ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — We're about halfway through deer gun hunting week in Ohio and hunters across the state have already tagged thousands of deer. More than 26 thousand were checked Monday, the first day of ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Ohio’s deer hunting season will begin soon. Deer archery hunting season will begin in Ohio on Sept. 28, according to ODNR’s Division of Wildlife. Ohio has an extensive bowhunting ...

COLUMBUS — Ohio's hunting seasons for squirrel, dove, Canada geese and teal open in early September. Bowhunters can look forward to the start of white-tailed deer archery season later in the month, ...

Ohio's muzzleloader deer season is scheduled for Jan. 3-6, 2026. Coshocton County reported the highest number of deer taken during the gun season weekend. The overall deer hunting season in Ohio ...

Coshocton once again leads Ohio as the county with the most deer harvested during the weeklong gun season that ended Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025. Ohio hunters checked 85,448 deer during the week, according ...

Southern Ohio’s Pike County is prime whitetail ground, with rolling hills and hardwoods, brushy draws and plenty of farmland. That’s where Dale Cooper, of Chillicothe, found himself on Dec. 2, the ...

Ohio’s youth gun season saw an increase in deer harvest compared to the previous year. Coshocton, Tuscarawas, and Knox counties were among the top producers for both youth gun and archery seasons.