BEFORE YOU LEASE (or BUY) HUNTING PROPERTY IN OHIO: I live in Guernsey County, (southeastern) OH, and my wife and I are avid, dedicated and responsible deerhunters. The deer numbers are quickly dwindling in our area due to the mismangement of land-owner kill permits. Several of our neighbors, and many others in our county, are given unwarranted kill permits from the local DNR. These permits allow landowners and farmers free reign to SLAUGHTER deer with any weapon (and yes, that includes rifles, which are illegal for a licensed hunter to use to harvest deer in Ohio), at any time of the day, any manner, from spring to fall. It has become an "evening past-time" with some of the permit holders....to see how many deer they can kill. The sad fact of it is that some of the permit holders gut-shoot the deer so they don't have to deal with dead and dying deer on their property. Just yesterday, I went down to my pond to fish and smelled a horrible rotting-smell, finding a dandy 8 point, still growing in velvet, which was gut-shot and seems that he had layed there for some time and suffered. I'm going to start a petition and hopefully, things will change, however, this has been going on for MANY years now. Something to consider before you lease.....you might want to call ODNR headquarters (Columbus, OH) and ask who, where, and how many kill permits are issued wherever it is that you're looking to lease/buy....
I live in Morrow County, Ohio. We are absolutely covered up with deer. The farmers can get permits to shoot deer...but 100% of the permits I have hunted on have been anterless only.
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BEFORE YOU LEASE (or BUY) HUNTING PROPERTY IN OHIO: I live in Guernsey County, (southeastern) OH, and my wife and I are avid, dedicated and responsible deerhunters. The deer numbers are quickly dwindling in our area due to the mismangement of land-owner kill permits. Several of our neighbors, and many others in our county, are given unwarranted kill permits from the local DNR. These permits allow landowners and farmers free reign to SLAUGHTER deer with any weapon (and yes, that includes rifles, which are illegal for a licensed hunter to use to harvest deer in Ohio), at any time of the day, any manner, from spring to fall. It has become an "evening past-time" with some of the permit holders....to see how many deer they can kill. The sad fact of it is that some of the permit holders gut-shoot the deer so they don't have to deal with dead and dying deer on their property. Just yesterday, I went down to my pond to fish and smelled a horrible rotting-smell, finding a dandy 8 point, still growing in velvet, which was gut-shot and seems that he had layed there for some time and suffered. I'm going to start a petition and hopefully, things will change, however, this has been going on for MANY years now. Something to consider before you lease.....you might want to call ODNR headquarters (Columbus, OH) and ask who, where, and how many kill permits are issued wherever it is that you're looking to lease/buy....
Prospective ohio deerhunters -- a word of caution
