Wanted to add that Ohio's deer numbers only continue to rise every year. Last year we could harvest seven deer. Used to be just one, and sometimes buck only. Proof that it takes good DNR to have a great deer hunting state. Ohio controls the deer population with the gun season not Archery season. Our gun season is being tweaked every year based on population and our deer heard only continues to do well and grow. If your numbers drop they could easily shave time off the rifle season, Ohioshortens and extendsit almost every year while our archery season has been getting longer and better. Archers are also allowed to take more deer then gun season in Ohio since the majority of harvest comes from gun season.