Hunters across Ohio checked 238,137 white-tailed deer during the 2024-25 hunting season, which ended Sunday, Feb. 2, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

In 2023, hunters took 19,363 deer on opening day of the gun season, which traditionally falls on the Monday after Thanksgiving. From 2021 to 2023, hunters checked an average of 19,439 deer during ...

Ohio’s deer season, which began in leafy September, ended with the Feb. 2 close of archery hunting. A series of successful firearms seasons came and went along the way. By most measures ...

Dozens of white-tailed deer taken during the 2024-25 hunting season tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease, sometimes called “Zombie deer disease.” The 24 deer were detected by hunters in ...