Opinion
Ohio posts above average deer hunting numbers for 2021-2022 season
Looking continues to be going sturdy in Ohio.
The state’s Division of Pure Sources launched the numbers for its 2021-2022 deer looking season. In keeping with the outcomes, the variety of deer harvested this yr was increased than the state’s 3-year-average.
The entire harvest for Ohio’s 2021-2022 deer looking season was above the three-year common.
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The Ohio DNR introduced that 196,988 deer have been harvested in the latest season. The season concluded on Sunday, Feb. 6.
The typical variety of deer harvested for the previous three seasons in Ohio is 184,746.
Kendra Wecker, chief of the Division of Wildlife, mentioned, “Ohio’s deer inhabitants is among the strongest within the nation, which is confirmed by these season totals. Ohio is a nationwide chief in deer administration partly due to the great cooperation between landowners and hunters. Due to all those that participated within the looking season this yr.”
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Whereas the harvest was above common, it was nonetheless barely decrease than final yr’s.
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Whereas the numbers for the 2021-2022 season are increased than the common, they’re nonetheless barely decrease than the 2020-2021 season. Throughout that point interval, the whole variety of deer harvested within the state was 197,721.
Ohio has the fifth-highest variety of registered hunters in the US.
Pennsylvania noticed one in every of its greatest bear looking seasons final yr.
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Many states throughout the nation have seen a rise in looking over the previous two years.
Fox Information beforehand reported that the Pennsylvania Sport Fee introduced that 3,659 bears have been harvested by hunters final season. This makes final season the second-largest recorded since 2011, and the fifth–largest ever recorded in Pennsylvania.
The state offered 205,812 bear licenses final yr.
Emily Carrollo, the Sport Fee’s black bear biologist, mentioned, “Pennsylvania has an extended historical past of supporting a variety of black bears, lots of actually spectacular dimension, throughout a lot of the state. Better of all, the long run continues to look vibrant for this useful resource, too.”
