Tag: white-tailed deer
Healthy deer herds don’t happen by accident
Stop the corn! Learn how deer adapt to winter diets and why spring minerals are the key to supporting antler growth and herd health on your land.
By the numbers: Ohio’s 2025-26 deer hunting season
Ohio hunters checked 232,142 white-tailed deer this season, marking the fourth consecutive year the total has topped the 200,000 mark and the seventh-highest harvest on record. Find out the top 10 counties, the impact of the unprecedented EHD outbreak in southern Ohio and which hunting implement is the most popular with Ohio hunters.
EHD outbreak forces ODNR to consider further deer bag limits
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources' Ohio Wildlife Council is considering reducing deer bag limits in southeast Ohio counties with EHD outbreaks.
How white-tailed deer overcame extinction
Once nearly wiped out in Ohio, white-tailed deer have rebounded to around 800,000 today, modeling a conservation victory and creating hunting opportunities.
A warden’s review of Ohio’s deer hunting
As seen through a wildlife officer’s eyes, from one-deer limits to archery’s rise, Ohio’s deer hunting seasons have evolved dramatically since the 1980s.
EHD outbreak forces ODNR to limit deer harvests in SE Ohio
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources recently restricted bag limits for white-tailed deer hunting in areas hit hard with Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease.
Deer archery hunting began Sept. 13 in CWD surveillance area
Hunters in Ohio have additional dates this season to pursue white-tailed deer in the Chronic Wasting Disease surveillance area.
Thousands of deer infected with EHD in southeast Ohio
Thousands of deer have fallen sick or died from Epizootic Hemorrhaging Disease in southeast Ohio, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
Ohio deer poaching case ends with guilty pleas
Two Mississippi men pleaded guilty to multiple wildlife violations after poaching white-tailed deer in southeast Ohio and were ordered to pay $15,054.37.
CWD detected in some deer during the 2024-25 deer hunting season
The ODNR Division of Wildlife confirmed that 24 white-tailed deer taken during the 2024-25 hunting season tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.
