The Ohio Division of Wildlife released the total number of white-tail deer checked by hunters during the 2025 deer gun hunting week on Tuesday, demonstrating a higher number total for the state than the recent three-year average.

According to the division, 85,448 deer were harvested across the state this year, compared to the three-year average of 76,409, a total that encompasses harvests in 2022, 2023 and 2024. While numbers were higher-than-average in most counties, a handful of those counties saw an "unprecedented outbreak" of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) over the summer, the division said in a Facebook post. The bag limit during the gun season was reduced in those counties in response to the outbreak, the division said. This included Athens, Meigs, Morgan and Washington countie

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