Though the figures are a tad different from what was reported late last month, the net result is the same.
More Ohio deer managed to give hunters the slip last year than during the 2009-2010 various deer-hunting seasons.
And the difference between previous figures and the these final, official figures is one of statistics gathering. Last year saw the final time that the Ohio Division of Wildlife would first issue preliminary deer kill results.
Beginning with this up-coming season the agency will have the ability to issue near real-time figures due to the establishment of the new $16 million on-line license-issuing and animal check-in process.
Last month the state could only give preliminary results, based on where the deer were checked in and not necessarily where they were actually taken. That latter detail required hand checking and sorting, which took some additional time.
Regardless the number of deer killed by Ohio’s approximately 400,000 white-tail hunters stood at 239,260 deer; down from the official 2009-2010 all-seasons total of 261,260 animals.
Counties reporting the highest number of deer checked during the season were: Coshocton-8,837, Tuscarawas-8,164, Licking-7,819, Muskingum-7,130, Guernsey-6,990, Harrison-6,965, Knox-6,335, Carroll-5,721, Holmes-5,635, and Ashtabula-5,333.
Ohio’s first modern day deer-gun season opened in 1943 in three counties; hunters harvested 168 deer. In 1956, deer hunting was allowed in all 88 counties and hunters killed 3,911 deer during a one-week season.
This year hunters were encouraged to kill more does and donate extra venison to organizations assisting Ohioans in need.
A statewide hearing on all the proposed 2011-2012 rules will be held on March 10 at 9 a.m.at the Division of Wildlife’s District One office, which is located at 1500 Dublin Road in Columbus.
After considering public input, the eight-member Ohio Wildlife Council will vote on the proposed rules and season dates during its April 6 meeting.
However, there is virtually no change in the regulations -which are complicated in their own right - between the 2009-2010 and 2010-2012 deer-hunting rules.
The best that hunters can do is lobby for changes to the 2012-2013 deer-hunting regulations; often a lengthy process with the very conservative Wildlife Division and its Wildlife Council.
The following is a list of deer checked by hunters during the four-month deer hunting season. Numbers for the 2009-2010 all-seasons are listed in parentheses: Adams – 3,914 (4,489); Allen – 1,292 (1,002); Ashland – 3,336 (3,424); Ashtabula – 5,333 (5,298); Athens – 4,256 (5,577); Auglaize – 737 (813); Belmont – 5,247 (6,160); Brown – 3,379 (3,334); Butler – 1,652 (1,757); Carroll – 5,721 (5,809); Champaign – 1,704 (1,837); Clark – 967 (975); Clermont – 3,723 (3,651); Clinton – 1,103 (1,114); Columbiana – 4,627 (4,764); Coshocton – 8,837 (9,633); Crawford – 1,237 (1,360); Cuyahoga – 629 (639); Darke – 844 (861); Defiance – 2,042 (1,593); Delaware – 2,123 (2,296); Erie – 917 (1,035); Fairfield – 3,022 (3,324); Fayette (This county is moving into a more restrictive deer zone)– 333 (447); Franklin – 826 (1,065); Fulton – 1,029 (785); Gallia – 3,555 (3,998); Geauga – 2,463 (2,551); Greene – 1,075 (1,155); Guernsey – 6,990 (8,289); Hamilton – 2,142 (2,051); Hancock – 1,465 (1,916); Hardin – 1,374 (1,646); Harrison – 6,965 (8,043); Henry – 940 (733); Highland – 3,435 (3,554); Hocking – 4,215 (5,430); Holmes – 5,635 (6,209); Huron – 2,316 (2,561); Jackson – 3,491 (4,385); Jefferson – 4,880 (5,887); Knox – 6,335 (7,173); Lake – 783 (852); Lawrence – 2,843 (2,961); Licking –7,819 (8,590); Logan –2,315 (2,514); Lorain – 2,744 (2,603); Lucas – 679 (829); Madison – 592 (659); Mahoning – 1,930 (1,900); Marion – 964 (925); Medina – 2,122 (2,143); Meigs - 3,975 (4,821); Mercer – 652 (683); Miami – 865 (812); Monroe – 3,991 (5,106); Montgomery – 663 (640); Morgan – 3,742 (4,130); Morrow – 2,143 (2,345); Muskingum –7,130 (7,865); Noble – 4,223 (4,980); Ottawa – 404 (411); Paulding – 1,441 (1,023); Perry – 3,874 (4,556); Pickaway – 1,199 (1,370); Pike – 2,304 (2,606); Portage – 2,726 (2,862); Preble – 940 (1,001); Putnam - 917 (786); Richland – 4,695 (4,754); Ross –3,864 (4,358); Sandusky – 799 (850); Scioto – 2,809 (3,030); Seneca – 1,988 (2,254); Shelby – 1,111 (1,051); Stark – 2,346 (2,565); Summit – 1,344 (1,455); Trumbull – 3,496 (3,712); Tuscarawas – 8,164 (9,010); Union – 967 (983); Van Wert – 835 (662); Vinton – 3,049 (3,942); Warren –1,693 (1,674); Washington –4,594 (5,203); Wayne – 2,353 (2,274); Williams – 2,316 (1,985); Wood – 918 (961); and Wyandot – 1,833 (1,945) Total – 239,260 (261,260).
- Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
JFrischkorn@News-Herald.com
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