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Monday, December 7, 2009
Fewer deer taken in gun season
The 2009 deer gun kills were up in Clark County, but down for the rest of the state during the one-week season.
In Clark County, 338 deer were checked in last week, up from last year’s 321.
In Champaign County, 737 were checked in, just a little under last year’s 743.
The big-game hunting grounds of Tuscarawas County produced an amazing 5,901 checked deer.
Overall, 114,633 deer were checked in, just below last season’s 116,798. The gun season resumes on Dec. 19 and 20.
See the complete release on the jump.
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 7, 2009 Tuscarawas County Leads 2009 Deer-gun Harvest
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters took 114,633 white-tailed deer during the state’s popular, weeklong deer-gun season, which ran November 30 through December 6, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. In 2008, hunters killed a preliminary total of 116,798 deer during the same time period.
Counties reporting the highest numbers of deer brought to Ohio check stations last week included Tuscarawas-5,901; Harrison-4,310; Guernsey-4,289; Licking-3,734; Coshocton-3,680; Washington-3,589; Holmes-3,265; Belmont-3,238; Athens-3,049; and Knox-3,046.
A total of 178,397 deer have been harvested so far this season when combining the adult and youth gun seasons, early muzzleloader season, and the first six weeks of the archery season. That compares to a total of 179,194 killed last year during the same time period. Hunters took a total of 252,017 deer during all of last year’s hunting seasons.
The statewide deer population was estimated to be 650,000 in late September, prior to the start of the hunting season. Approximately 420,000 hunters were expected to participate in the statewide deer-gun season.
Hunters still have a weekend of deer-gun hunting, December 19-20, and nine weeks of archery hunting in Ohio. Archery season remains open until February 7, 2010. The statewide muzzleloader deer-hunting season will be held January 9-12, 2010.
Saturday, December 5 was designated as Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry Day. Although Chief Dave Graham was unable to fill his tag that day, many other hunters did and donated. Totals for deer donated though the FHFH program will be available next week.
Donations of extra deer will be accepted through the entire deer season which ends on February 7, 2010. Hunters who give their deer to a food bank are not required to pay the processing cost as long as the deer are taken to a participating processor and funding for the effort lasts. Counties being served by this program can be found online at www.fhfh.org http://www.fhfh.org/ .
Hunters who wish to share their success can submit a photo of themselves and the deer they killed this year to www.wildohio.com http://www.wildohio.com .
The white-tailed deer is the most popular game animal in Ohio, frequently pursued by generations of hunters. Ohio ranks 8th nationally in annual hunting-related sales and 10th in the number of jobs associated with the hunting-related industry. Each year, hunting has a $859 million economic impact in Ohio through the sale of equipment, fuel, food, lodging and more.
Ohio’s first modern day deer-gun season opened in 1943 in three counties, when hunters harvested 168 deer. In 1956, deer hunting was allowed in all 88 counties and hunters killed 3,911 deer during that one-week season.
A detailed listing of deer-hunting rules is contained in the 2009-2010 Ohio Hunting Regulations, available where licenses are sold. It may also be viewed online at www.wildohio.com http://www.wildohio.com .
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EDITORS NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF DEER CHECKED AND TAGGED BY HUNTERS DURING THE 2009 DEER-GUN HUNTING SEASON. THE NUMBER TAKEN DURING THE 2008 SEASON IS MARKED IN ( ): 2009 (2008)
Adams -1,790 (1,333); Allen -567 (431); Ashland -2,239 (2,168); Ashtabula -2,084 (2,776); Athens -3,049 (3,068); Auglaize -221 (357); Belmont -3,238 (2,407); Brown -1,096 (1,643); Butler -411 (364); Carroll -1,715 (2,174); Champaign -737 (743); Clark -338 (321); Clermont -1,166 (1,211); Clinton -558 (502); Columbiana -2,186 (2,384); Coshocton -3,680 (4,043); Crawford -1,002 (1,013); Cuyahoga -107 (88); Darke -309 (195); Defiance -762 (1,027); Delaware -652 (804); Erie -332 (320); Fairfield -1,964 (1,681); Fayette -221 (165); Franklin -263 (264); Fulton -377 (380); Gallia -1,766 (2,110); Geauga -509 (1,008); Greene -221 (242); Guernsey -4,289 (4,017); Hamilton -377 (331); Hancock -449 (394); Hardin -655 (571); Harrison -4,310 (4,136); Henry -264 (299); Highland -1,695 (1,694); Hocking -2,594 (2,337); Holmes -3,265 (3,138); Huron -1,142 (1,138); Jackson -2,577 (2,159); Jefferson -2,699 (2,840); Knox -3,046 (3,067); Lake -282 (363); Lawrence -1,510 (1,570); Licking -3,734 (3,597); Logan -815 (723); Lorain -808 (685); Lucas -273 (290); Madison -193 (189); Mahoning -694 (723); Marion -308 (315); Medina -639 (712); Meigs -2,203 (2,465); Mercer -231 (211); Miami -126 (145); Monroe -2,521 (2,807); Montgomery -177 (154); Morgan -1,887 (1,910); Morrow -957 (1,043); Muskingum -2,829 (2,452); Noble -2,561 (2,636); Ottawa -65 (55); Paulding -472 (424); Perry - 2,046(2,108); Pickaway -635 (604); Pike -1,254 (1,212); Portage -544 (658); Preble -229 (237); Putnam -624 (542); Richland -1,438 (2,384); Ross -2,355 (2,340); Sandusky -217 (229); Scioto -1,420 (1,673); Seneca -1,012 (953); Shelby -448 (434); Stark -1,615 (1,718); Summit -381 (435); Trumbull -1,474 (1,738); Tuscarawas -5,901 (5,862); Union -478 (407); Van Wert -245 (251); Vinton -1,829 (1,538); Warren -462 (510); Washington -3,589 (3,753); Wayne -618 (825); Williams -615 (578); Wood -402 (391); Wyandot -595 (606); Total -114,633 (116,798)
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