Ansel, it really depends on where you want to hunt. In Northwestern Ohio, the deer numbers aren't booming...but there are deer. I'm not sure what the pressure is like there.

In central Ohio,(Where I live) there are tons of deer, but permission is hard to come by and public land is limited and sometimes crowded.

In southern Ohio, there are all kinds of deer. I'm not sure about permission, but there are like 200,000 acres of public land. (Wayne nat'l and other places)

GOOD LUCK!!!