Ohio Population and Management Archive - Ohio
View the archive by scrolling through the window below. Historic deer hunt data is below the Archive window on the left column with links to sources.
Annual Hunter Reported Kill
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
2023: 213,928
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.
Deer Summary