Some 18 days into
this year’s lengthy aggregate Ohio deer-hunting season and the
state’s hunters made up for lost time during the past week.
The to-date deer
kill as of October 17th stands at 13,050 animals. That figure is only
242 fewer deer than were killed during the same 18-day reporting
period, ending October 17, 2018.
It’s also a huge
jump from the October 10th, 2018 to October 10th, 2017 respective
differential. Last week the gap stood at 2,165 animals, and only six
of Ohio’s 88 counties had recorded 2018 to-date gains over their
respective comparable to-date 2017 figures.
However, data
gleaned from the Ohio Division of Wildlife’s Wednesday weekly tally
– made available due to the state’s computer-based deer harvest
reporting system – shows that for the current to-date reporting
period, 41 Ohio counties recorded gains over their respective and
comparable 2017 to-date numbers.
Among the current
to-date gainers (with their respective 2017 to-date numbers in
parentheses) are: Brown – 169 (136); Coschocton – 497 (419);
Gallia – 121 (97); Geauga – 198 (186); Hancock – 110 (85);
Hardin – 112 (77); Knox – 320 (275); Medina – 224 (203); Meigs
– 171(146); Noble – 179 (132); Preble – 90 (74); and Seneca –
147 (123).
Among the current
to-date laggards (with their respective 2017 to-date numbers in
parentheses) are: Adams – 184 (234); Ashtabula – 431 (487);
Cuyahoga – 183 (224); Franklin – 75 (109); Green – 63 (81);
Lake – 108 (131); Lorain – 210 (246); Licking – 372 (391);
Lucas – 66 (113); Muskingum – 256 (272); Perry – 99 (129); Pike
– 84 (113); Summit – 179 (215); Trumbull – 422 (474); and
Williams – 127 (140).
One county –
Warren – posted an identical to-date 2017 and to-date 2018 deer
kill number: 107 animals.
Perhaps
interestingly the number of antlered deer killed to-date thus far is
running ahead of the 2017 to-date figure. Those numbers are 4,076 and
3,927, respectively.
- Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
JFrischk@Ameritech.net
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