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Deer gun season opens statewide Monday
Published Saturday, November 28, 2009
IRONTON — Ohio’s deer gun season opens across the state on Monday, giving Lawrence County hunters a full week to harvest a whitetail.
Similar to 2008, the upcoming season will again include an extra weekend of gun hunting on Dec. 19-20, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife.
Deer can be hunted with a legal muzzleloader, handgun or shotgun from one half-hour before sunrise to sunset through Sunday, Dec. 6 and again on the extra weekend of Dec. 19-20.
With a pre-hunting season population estimate of 650,000 white-tailed deer scattered throughout the state, the Division of Wildlife anticipates nearly 125,000 deer will be killed during the nine-day season by more than 420,000 participating hunters.
White-tailed deer is easily the most popular game animal in Ohio and is hunted in three deer hunting zones divided within the state.
Beginning Nov. 30 and continuing through Dec. 6, a limit of one deer may be taken in Zone A and two deer in Zone B.
A total of six deer may be harvested in eastern and southeastern Ohio’s Zone C (Lawrence and Scioto counties are in Zone C) during the weeklong gun season.
An antlerless deer permit will be valid for deer-gun week only in Zone C.
Beginning on Dec. 7, the bag limit is three deer in Zone C and antlerless deer permits are no longer valid. Any time a hunter is allowed to take more than one deer, they must purchase an additional permit.
Antlerless deer permits must be purchased no later than today.
The Division of Wildlife is encouraging hunters to kill more does (female deer) this season using the reduced-priced antlerless deer permit and donate any extra venison to organizations assisting Ohioans in need.
The Division is collaborating with Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry to help pay for the processing of donated venison.
Hunters who donate their deer are not required to pay the processing cost as long as the deer are taken to a participating processor.
Counties being served by this program can be found online at www.fhfh.org. According to the website, Lawrence County is not part of the program but Scioto County is.
Hunters may take only one antlered deer, regardless of zone, hunting method or season. A deer permit is required in addition to a valid Ohio hunting license.
Youngsters age 17 and under were able to get a head start jump on their adult hunting companions with the completion of the seventh annual Young Deer-Gun Season.
Held Nov. 21-22, hunters under the age of 17 killed 9,331 deer throughout the state including 131 deer in Lawrence County during the two-day session.
The Division of Wildlife also suggests all hunters place safety first before heading out for the 2009 deer gun season. Several of their tips include:
• Treat every gun with the respect due a loaded gun.
• Control the direction of the muzzle at all times.
• Be sure the barrel and action are clear of obstructions.
• Be sure of your target and what is beyond it.
• Unload guns when not in use.
• Never point a gun at anything you do not want to shoot.
• Never climb over or under a fence, into or out of a tree or jump a ditch with a loaded gun.
• Never shoot at a flat, hard surface or water.
• Store guns and ammunition under lock and key.
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Posted by goybar1 (anonymous) on November 29, 2009 at 9:17 a.m. (Suggest removal)
EVERYONE PLEASE BE CAREFUL AND BE SURE WHAT YOU ARE SHOOTING AT-MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SAFE BACKSTOP.TO THE BOYS ON ARRONS CREEK (BOTTOMS UP )
Posted by falinrok (anonymous) on November 29, 2009 at 10:40 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Lock up your dogs, Keep your head down & your powder dry. The hills are about to fill up with drunken drug addicts with guns...
Posted by mykool79 (anonymous) on November 29, 2009 at 4:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
why make stupid comments like that? hunting is a great to bond with the youngsters and teach them about life and some responsibility. it is alsopart of wild life population control. good luck everyone and BE CAREFUL!!!!!
Posted by falinrok (anonymous) on November 29, 2009 at 4:46 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sure mykool , take a kid out in the woods to teach him/her about life by killing something... whats wrong with that picture? The day i cannot get my meat wrapped in celophane ill hunt.
Posted by grnivy (anonymous) on November 30, 2009 at 1:53 a.m. (Suggest removal)
falinrock you do realize that before that meat was wrapped in cellophane it was ALIVE and in some cases on someones farm where children learn from their parents how to KILL it and pack it in that cellophane. And by your comment I guess you dislike 4-h as well where dads and moms help their children raise cows, pigs, etc. to be killed and once again wrapped in cellophane and sold to you. Now how is going out and killing a deer with your child any different?
Posted by falinrok (anonymous) on November 30, 2009 at 8:33 a.m. (Suggest removal)
grnivy... By the way you emphasize the words "alive" & "kill" makes you look like a serial killer... I realize "killing" animals is nessesary to eat but to make a holiday/sport out of it in my opinion is stupid.
Posted by grnivy (anonymous) on November 30, 2009 at 12:59 p.m. (Suggest removal)
it is not truely a holiday sport it just happens to be the proper time of year for deer season falls during the holidays. And my emphasis was meant to show how silly you sounded by thinking hunting was bad but yet you eat meat. You cannot have it both ways if you eat meat someone killid it.
Posted by mykool79 (anonymous) on November 30, 2009 at 2:11 p.m. (Suggest removal)
And how can you understand life with out understanding death? And hunting is a nessacery part of wild life management! And there is alot more to it besides killing a deer! I would almost bet my 9 year old son has more respect for wild life than most adults. And the number on reason is be cause we enjoy it, and thats the most important one.
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