The two-day youth deer gun hunt last weekend was the biggest yet gauged solely by numbers. Youngsters 17 and under checked 10,449 deer statewide Nov. 16-17, topping not only last year’s take of ...

hunters harvested 95,606 deer during all 2023 gun seasons (gun week, December gun weekend, and youth weekend) per ODNR. That total includes 70,103 deer taken during the seven-day gun season. Improve ...