Richland County in Ohio's Top 10 as deer season continues
Richland County ranks in Ohio's Top 10 for deer harvested during the first seven weeks of the 2024 deer season, the Ohio Division of Wildlife reports.
The Richland County total was 1,451.
Ohio’s full top 10 list among counties: Coshocton (2,318), Tuscarawas (1,995), Knox (1,882), Ashtabula (1,863), Holmes (1,755), Trumbull (1,687), Licking (1,663), Muskingum (1,592), Richland (1,451), and Guernsey (1,424).
Bowhunters across Ohio had harvested 65,783 deer through Nov. 10. The three-year average for deer harvested through the second weekend of November is 67,216.
"Ohio’s deer hunters are increasingly using longbows and crossbows to take advantage of tremendous deer hunting in October and November," the state wildlife division said in a news release. "The archery season lines up with the peak of the rut, or deer breeding season. Deer are traveling more often and farther at this time of year as bucks pursue does, making these months an exciting time to be hunting."
The statewide archery season began Sept. 28 and continues until Feb. 2, 2025.
The statewide gun season is Monday, Dec. 2 through Sunday, Dec. 8, and again Dec. 21-22. Deer muzzleloader season is Jan. 4-7, 202