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2013 Opening Day Harvest Stats

Boone

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The ODNR just posted the numbers from yesterday:

Ohio's Deer-Gun Season Opens
with 22,620 Deer Harvested
Deer-gun season remains open through Sunday, Dec. 8
COLUMBUS, OH – Hunters checked 22,620 white-tailed deer on Monday, Dec. 2, the opening day of Ohio’s deer-gun hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
The deer-gun season remains open through Sunday, Dec. 8. Hunters are encouraged to take to the field to enjoy the six days remaining in the deer-gun season. Hunting is the best and most effective management tool for maintaining Ohio’s healthy deer population.
Approximately 420,000 hunters are expected to participate in this year’s season. Find more information about deer hunting in the Ohio 2013-2014 Hunting and Trapping Regulations or at wildohio.com.
So far this season, hunters have harvested 109,932 deer compared to 113,107 at the same point in the season last year, which represents a 3% difference.
Counties reporting the highest numbers of deer checked in 2013: Coshocton (940), Ashtabula (880), Tuscarawas (853), Muskingum (831), Guernsey (742), Harrison (738), Carroll (698), Knox (645), Columbiana (584) and Licking (572).
The ODNR Division of Wildlife remains committed to properly managing Ohio’s deer populations through a combination of regulatory and programmatic changes. Progress toward reducing locally abundant herds closer to target levels is expected and strides have already been made in reducing deer herds in many counties that are above their targeted levels.
Hunters are encouraged to harvest more antlerless deer in some areas of Ohio this season to help the needy in their area and also manage deer populations. The ODNR Division of Wildlife is working with Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry (FHFH) to help pay for the processing of donated venison. Hunters who donate a deer to a food bank are not required to pay the processing cost as long as funding for the effort is available. More information about this program can be found online at fhfh.org.
Other opportunities for hunters to donate venison can be pursued through Safari Club International’s Sportsmen Against Hunger program. Information about this program can be found at safariclubfoundation.org. Whitetails Unlimited chapters also use local funds for programs such as venison donation. Go to whitetailsunlimited.com to find a local chapter and make a donation.
Deer hunting in Ohio continues to be a popular activity for many who enjoy the outdoors. Ohio hunters checked 218,910 deer during the 2012-2013 season. Ohio ranks fifth nationally in resident hunters and 11th in the number of jobs associated with hunting-related industries. Hunting has a more than $853 million economic impact in Ohio through the sale of equipment, fuel, food, lodging and more, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Hunting in America: An Economic Force for Conservation publication.
ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at ohiodnr.gov.
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Editor’s Note: A list of all white-tailed deer checked by hunters during opening day of the 2013 deer-gun hunting season is shown below. The first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for 2013, and the 2012 numbers are in parentheses.
Adams: 376 (478); Allen: 77 (122); Ashland: 318 (497); Ashtabula: 880 (816); Athens: 529 (602); Auglaize: 99 (107); Belmont: 530 (674); Brown: 262 (334); Butler: 92 (100); Carroll: 698 (776); Champaign: 137 (163); Clark: 56 (61); Clermont: 160 (268); Clinton: 68 (115); Columbiana: 584 (603); Coshocton: 940 (1,199); Crawford: 140 (164); Cuyahoga: 2 (5); Darke: 44 (91); Defiance: 269 (340); Delaware: 100 (175); Erie: 43 (61); Fairfield: 228 (325); Fayette: 24 (35); Franklin: 25 (53); Fulton: 127 (151); Gallia: 382 (523); Geauga: 153 (157); Greene: 66 (98); Guernsey: 742 (858); Hamilton: 42 (59); Hancock: 89 (174); Hardin: 142(148); Harrison: 738 (845); Henry: 112 (123); Highland: 294 (448); Hocking: 382 (664); Holmes: 521 (739); Huron: 338 (381); Jackson: 325 (463); Jefferson: 448 (649); Knox: 645 (830); Lake: 30 (55); Lawrence: 276 (342); Licking: 572 (805); Logan: 186 (234); Lorain: 157 (202); Lucas: 27 (26); Madison: 26 (39); Mahoning: 227 (242); Marion: 76 (111); Medina: 146 (202); Meigs: 435 (527); Mercer: 72 (100); Miami: 53 (54); Monroe: 364 (536); Montgomery: 34 (42); Morgan: 387 (587); Morrow: 176 (280); Muskingum: 831 (1,102); Noble: 402 (568); Ottawa: 25 (24); Paulding: 158 (191); Perry: 419 (587); Pickaway: 102 (168); Pike: 198 (294); Portage: 150 (189); Preble: 73 (82); Putnam: 72 (108); Richland: 314 (471); Ross: 307 (495); Sandusky: 60 (70); Scioto: 264 (303); Seneca: 199 (254); Shelby: 111 (155); Stark: 243 (253); Summit: 23 (43); Trumbull: 482 (471); Tuscarawas: 853 (1,091); Union: 82 (119); Van Wert: 42 (76); Vinton: 397 (544); Warren: 78 (129); Washington: 497 (747); Wayne: 190 (245); Williams: 340 (354); Wood: 59 (67); Wyandot: 178 (239). Total: 22,620 (29,297).
For more information, contact:
John Windau, ODNR Division of Wildlife
419-429-8359
Matt Eiselstein, ODNR Office of Communications
614-265-6860
 

Boone

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So, there was a decrease of 22.8% compared to last year, even with snow covering most of southeast Ohio. I like the spin of only a 3% difference so far compared to last year, lol.
 
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nis1

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So, there was a decrease of 22.8% compared to last year, even with snow covering most of southeast Ohio. I like the spin of only a 3% difference so far compared to last year, lol.

There's only a 3% difference now because we had the doe only gun season. Since they did away with the second shotgun season, the percent gap is gonna jump big time in a couple of weeks. I'm sure they'll blame it on the fact that people didn't take advantage of the doe only season when in reality less deer are being killed because there are in fact many less deer in Ohio.
 
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hickslawns

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When my low deer density county is down 45 deer on opening day of gun season. . . . and I heard more shots yesterday than ever before. . . . and I contributed by harvesting one. . . . me thinks the ship is sinking. Looks like next year will be a button buck antlerless tag filling year for me. lol
 

brock ratcliff

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Good to see Fayette still chugging along. 24 - hehe. Hopefully none of them were off my lil piece.
 

dante322

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Progress toward reducing locally abundant herds closer to target levels is expected and strides have already been made in reducing deer herds in many counties that are above their targeted levels.
Hunters are encouraged to harvest more antlerless deer in some areas of Ohio this season

No mention of exactly which counties are "above targeted levels". tell me which ones and i'll go there, cause i don't want to shoot any here.
 

Lundy

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If you do the math, factor in the reduction for the first day of gun, reduced youth gun kill, add in the early MZ and we have a slightly increased archery harvest YTD over 2012, If the numbers they supplied YTD are accurate.
 
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bowhunter1023

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Jefferson is down 201 deer. We had perfect weather... very little wind and snow on the ground. The scenario was perfect for a large harvest. Can't shoot what's not there I suppose.

Same down here. Best damn weather we have had on opening day in at least 6-7 years down here. There is no other reason we shot so fewer deer than the simple fact that we have WAY LESS deer than we had just 4-5 years ago. IMO, I heard more shooting on opening day than I have in several years. Proof is in the pudding.
 

MK111

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Butler county was down 8% with 92 from 100 last year. Perfect weather at about 50 degrees.
 

Milo

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Can't wait till this cold snap hits. Hope to have a discussion with the fella who felt it necessary to use my tree stand on Monday also. I'm amazed ever year with people's antics
 

Curran

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Hope to have a discussion with the fella who felt it necessary to use my tree stand on Monday also. I'm amazed ever year with people's antics

Sorry Milo, I didn't know you were planning on hunting it. :smiley_crocodile:


In all seriousness, that fuggin sucks. You shoulda gave him a warning shot.
 
What a kick in the junk Milo! Just don't get people how they can do crap like that, trespass and hunt other people's stand locations and somehow think it's right. Not many stories started on here saying...I trespassed and set in some dude's stand!! WTF!