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Youth numbers for this year

camofry

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COLUMBUS, OH- Young hunters across Ohio enjoyed success during the eighth annual Youth Deer-Gun Season, held Saturday and Sunday, November 19-20, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife.

Hunters aged 17 and under, harvested 8,681 deer during the special two-day season, as compared to 8,445 last year. Counties reporting the greatest number of deer killed were Tuscarawas-321, Guernsey-316, Coshocton-287, Muskingum-277, Holmes-275, Licking-248, Harrison-227, Knox-214, Belmont-207, and Washington-195.

The Division of Wildlife estimated 60,000 young hunters took to the state's fields and forests during the two-day season, which provides a high-quality hunting experience for younger Ohioans.

The youth deer-gun season was open in all 88 counties. All participants were required to wear hunter orange, possess a valid Ohio hunting license and deer permit, and be accompanied by a non-hunting adult.

The youth deer-gun season is one of four special youth-only hunting seasons designed to offer a safe and excellent early hunting experience for young hunters. Special days are also set aside for upland game, wild turkey, and waterfowl hunting opportunities.

Youngsters and all other hunters will have a chance at taking a whitetail during next week's statewide deer-gun season, which runs Monday through Sunday, November 28-December 4.

Details on youth hunting opportunities and all Ohio deer hunting seasons can be found in the 2011-2012 Ohio Hunting Regulations, available where licenses are sold. It can also be viewed online at wildohio.com.

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[EDITORS NOTE: A list of deer checked and tagged by young hunters during the 2011 two-day youth deer-gun season follows. Numbers for 2010 are listed in parentheses ( ).]

Adams –163(138); Allen –43(57); Ashland –127(121); Ashtabula –162(136); Athens –162(123); Auglaize –39(53); Belmont –207(202); Brown –131(151); Butler –51(55); Carroll –188(190); Champaign –67 (73); Clark –40(34); Clermont –83(112); Clinton –50(52); Columbiana –170(166); Coshocton –287(277); Crawford –70(59); Cuyahoga –1(1); Darke –42(46); Defiance –93(86); Delaware –66(46); Erie –24(37); Fairfield –90 (112); Fayette –15(16); Franklin –15(12); Fulton –33(50); Gallia –121(115); Geauga –67(56); Greene –29(36); Guernsey –316(248); Hamilton –19(15); Hancock –52(83); Hardin –50(66); Harrison –227(233); Henry –29(47); Highland –140(134); Hocking –166(154); Holmes –275(232); Huron –92(99); Jackson –128(93); Jefferson –171(156); Knox –214(223); Lake –7(9); Lawrence –142(106); Licking –248(218); Logan –103(94); Lorain –77(86); Lucas –9(5); Madison –26(33); Mahoning –60(49); Marion –40(33); Medina –56(43); Meigs –167(145); Mercer –33(51); Miami –26(30); Monroe –173(148); Montgomery 13–(19); Morgan –141(114); Morrow –72(85); Muskingum –277(254); Noble –184(158); Ottawa –25(11); Paulding –64(86); Perry –143(134); Pickaway –32(50); Pike –92(61); Portage –96(82); Preble –43(55); Putnam –50(84); Richland –138(118); Ross –155(149); Sandusky –25(33); Scioto –85(99); Seneca –71(104); Shelby –57(63); Stark –88(79); Summit-16(18); Trumbull –97(100); Tuscarawas –321(277); Union –56(37); Van Wert –25(58); Vinton –106(101); Warren –41(39); Washington –195(222); Wayne –90(91); Williams –68(77); Wood –41(55); Wyandot –92(87); Total –8,681 (8,445)
 

bowhunter1023

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We made the Top-10, yet we had a 12% decrease from last season. You can look at that list and see over half the state had a decline this year, despite the statewide number being up. The increase from 7 of the Top-10 is what carried the increase in numbers; the other three counties (Harrison, Knox, and Washington) had declines in numbers with Washington County being two-threes as bad a decline as Harrison and Knox. All this from the largest land mass county in Ohio. IMO, our county is getting one of, if not the shortest end of the stick these days. As each new list of numbers is released, we continue to kill less and less deer, despite having more ground to do it on. It ain't good fellas...
 
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Gern186

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We were down a little also, but the weather was warm and there is still a shit load of standing corn......the sky aint falling guys just because the kiddies didn't all tag out.
 

bowhunter1023

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We were down a little also, but the weather was warm and there is still a shit load of standing corn......the sky aint falling guys just because the kiddies didn't all tag out.

No one is saying that Chad. It is just a microcosm of a much larger problem. You can't blame the 12% decline on weather and standing corn down here. The weather was decent and we don't have enough standing corn to drastically impact the harvest numbers. If there are more kids killing less deer in similar conditions, then it points to what we've been debating in other threads: There are simply less deer to kill down here...
 

JD Boyd

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Wonder how it was an increase this year when last year there was 9,024 deer killed by the little orange army??? DOW is saying deer harvest was up 3%...