During shotgun season, deer hunters are given the green light to begin their hunt a half hour before sunrise, which during this time of year averages about 7:10 a.m. This means for those looking to be ...

Ohio's youth gun season for deer hunters aged 17 and under is scheduled for November 22 and 23, 2025. The main deer gun season for 2025 will run from December 1-7 and again on December 20-21.

If dove hunting is the appetizer of fall hunting, the opening of deer season on Nov. 1 for most of the state’s million or so hunters is the main course. While the landscape has changed over the years ...

Ohio hunters harvested 85,448 deer during the weeklong gun season that ended Dec. 7, 2025. Coshocton County once again led the state with 3,037 deer harvested during the gun season. Hunters have ...