With another several days of deer hunting in their tree
stands and ground blinds, Ohio’s archers have - as of October 6th - shot 9,473
animals.
The “as of” September 30th statewide count was
4,587 deer being killed; or a more than doubling of the kill (an additional 4,886
animals, to be exact) over the next six days.
Where the raw numbers get some meat on them is to compare
this year’s October 6th (11 days of hunting) to-date numbers with the
comparable 11 days of hunting during each of the 2013-2014 and the 2014-2015
seasons.
Here we see that during the 2013-2014 season’s first 11
days, archery hunters killed 9,601 deer. For the 2014-2015 season’s first 11
days, archery hunters killed 10,033 deer.
Thus for the first 11 days of Ohio’s deer-hunting season
the comparable 2013 and 2015 figures very closely mirror each other; off by
only a statistically insignificant 128 animals.
In checking out some of Ohio’s 88 counties, the raw numbers
shows that Adams County’s deer kill has declined over the past three seasons.
Based on only the first 11 days worth of numbers, of course.
For Adams County the first 11 days saw a kill of 229
deer; a figure that fell to 198 deer but a slight bump up to 203 deer for this
season’s first 11 days.
Other examples include Guernsey County where the first 11
days of this on-going season saw 219 deer being killed. Its comparable 2013
figure was 227 deer killed while its 2014 comparable figure was 246 deer
killed.
This year’s do-date big kids on the deer-killing block
include Trumbull County (337 deer), Licking County (301 deer), Ashtabula County
(300 deer).
In making an apples-to-apples to-date comparison – if using
raw numbers is a proper way to harvest such data – the 2013 kill for Trumbull
County was 319 while its matching 2014 deer kill number was 344 animals.
Licking County’s 2013 comparable to-date figure was 329
and its 2014 to-date figure was 373 deer.
In looking at Ashtabula County we see that in the first
days of the 2013 season the deer kill was 288 while its 2014 sibling was 311
deer killed.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife is providing only this year’s
to-date raw figures, noting that a host of variables can contribute to shifts
in deer kills.
Be that as it may, you dance with the one that brought
you and if these figures are all that’s available than they become the measuring
stick.
Jeff is the retired News-Herald reporter who covered the earth sciences, the area's three county park systems and the outdoors for the newspaper. During his 30 years with The News-Herald Jeff was the recipient of more than 125 state, regional and national journalism awards. He also is a columnist and features writer for the Ohio Outdoor News, which is published every other week and details the outdoors happenings in the state.
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