What The Heck ?????

[mrbighorns]

That fricking sucks- sorry man. Total BS!

 

[Sauger]

I have drove from coshcoton to the NW corner of the state 2 days in a row and have seen exactly 7 orange hunters and 2 deer. There was trucks parked at state land again and a few here and there....no one is hunting. The weather has not been the best and the forecast for tomorrow is going to suck. There will be some good ones this weekend.

 

[giles]

They sure know how to rape the land.

 

[JARHEAD]

It happens. It is public so not alot I can do about it. Just sucks that people don't have any respect for others. Granted, they did beat me there but hunting like they did takes away from everyone else.

 

[hickslawns]

I have drove from coshcoton to the NW corner of the state 2 days in a row and have seen exactly 7 orange hunters and 2 deer. There was trucks parked at state land again and a few here and there....no one is hunting. The weather has not been the best and the forecast for tomorrow is going to suck. There will be some good ones this weekend.

Could have driven past me. Sat dark to dark. Hour and a half to go and two guys show up to hunt the 5-7 acre woods I was in. Only one had orange though. Plenty of shots. More shots heard in two days than I've heard the last few gun seasons combined.

 

[Sauger]

Could of, yesterday I went to Lordstown taking the backway through Deerfield. Today I went to Buffalo NY and that was all interstate.

 

[CJD3]

Is that what the harvest report says or your guess? Honestly asking, I have no idea. That is insane if so!!!!

I saw a report somewhere.

Here is more food for thought.

Annual Hunter Reported Kill

(1843 to 2006)

1901 - 1942 closed

1943: 168

1944: 117

1945: 62

1946: closed

1947: 1,000

1948: 1,600

1949: closed

1950: 3,500

1951: closed

1952: 450

1953: closed

1954: closed

1955: 4,200

1956: 3,911

1957: 4,784

1958: 4,415

1959: 2,960

1960: 2,584

1961: closed

1962: 2,114

1963: 2,074

1964: 1,326

1965: 406

1966: 1,074

1967: 1,437

1968: 1,396

1969: 2,105

1970: 2,387

1971: 3,831

1972: 5,074

1973: 7,594

1974: 10,747

1975: 14,972

1976: 23,431

1977: 22,319

1978: 22,967

1979: 34,874

1980: 40,499

1981: 47,634

1982: 52,885

1983: 59,812

1984: 66,860

1985: 64,263

1986: 67,626

1987: 79,355

1988: 100,674

1989 91,236

1990 98,468

1991 119,215

1992 126,113

1993 138,752

1994 170,527

1995 179,543

1996 158,000

1997 153,159

1998 118,270

1999: 126,770

2000: 150,432

2001: 165,124

2002: 204,652

2003: 197,790

2004: 216,443

2005: 209,513

2006: 237,316

2007: 232,212

2008: 252,017

2009: 261,314

2010: 239,476

2011: 219,748

2012: 218,910

2013: 191,503

2014: 175,801

2015: 188,335

2016: 182,169

2017: 186,247

2018: 172,040

2019: 184,465

2020: 197,735

2021: 196,988





Deer-gun season by year

2007 103,195

2008 116,797

2009 114,633

2010 104,442

2011 90,282

2012 86,964

2013 75,408



Deer hunting was suspended in Ohio from the early 1900s to 1943 to allow of recovery of a herd decimated by over hunting.

 

[JARHEAD]

Thanks for the stats. Interesting to see the real upturn in harvest started in the early 70s!

 

[CJD3]

2015

https://ohiodnr.gov/static/documents/wildlife/wildlife-management/Pub%205304_DeerSummary_R0916.pdf

2021

https://ohiodnr.gov/static/documents/wildlife/wildlife-management/Pub_5304_2021.pdf

 

[hickslawns]

Could of, yesterday I went to Lordstown taking the backway through Deerfield. Today I went to Buffalo NY and that was all interstate.

I just meant there were a crapload of people in my area shooting. Some wearing orange. Some not.

 

[Jackalope]

vans that the Amish drive

Yoder toaters

 

[Bigcountry40]

Got to the public at 630. Hour and a half before legal shooting time, Amish in groups of 3 or 4 every couple hundred yards spread out for 3/4s of a mile or so. Drove to the other end and there was 3 vans that the Amish drive. They were driving the entire chunk of public at one time.

What piece of public?

 

[Bigcountry40]

I heard more shots this year opening day on the Tuscarwaras/coshocton line than I have in 10 plus years, sounded like old times

 

[Dannmann801]

@CJD3
2008/2009
Dannmann starts deer hunting.
2008/2009
Stats peak.
Coincidence?

 

[CJD3]

@CJD3
2008/2009
Dannmann starts deer hunting.
2008/2009
Stats peak.
Coincidence?

I think not.

 

[JARHEAD]

What piece of public?

I was on a piece called Ales Wildlife Area

 

[JARHEAD]

What piece of public?

Where about you hunting at?

 

[Bigcountry40]

Where about you hunting at?

I hunted Woodbury for years, but hunt private with multiple hunters now nothing special. I seen similar situations with Amish in woodbury

 

[Dustinb80]

It happens. It is public so not alot I can do about it. Just sucks that people don't have any respect for others. Granted, they did beat me there but hunting like they did takes away from everyone else.

They could have drove home on 4 flats...

 

[ThatBuckeyeGuy]

They could have drove home on 4 flats...

So if they were in their buggys how would you do it? Cut out most of the rungs on their wheels so the wheels collapse on the way . I need sleep lol