Ohio’s deer-gun season to be extended an additional weekend

COLUMBUS — Ohio’s popular deer-gun season will run an additional weekend, Dec. 20 and 21, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.

The extra days were added beginning in 2006 in response to comments received from hunters for more weekend time to hunt.

“These two additional weekend days give deer hunters another chance at filling their deer tag while helping us in meeting our deer management goals,” said David M. Graham, chief of the Division of Wildlife.

So far this season, hunters have taken 51,620 deer during the first six weeks of the statewide archery season, which began Sept. 27 and continues through Feb. 1. The special youth season, Nov. 22 and 23, resulted in young hunters’ bagging 9,852 deer. Hunters checked 33,034 deer during the opening day of the statewide deer-gun season Monday.