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August 24th Special Deer Hunts For Eight State Nature Preserves

July 23, 2024 Mike Smith

Article Presented By Hanes Total Health Care Center…

(Columbus) – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Natural Areas and Preserves is holding special deer hunts at eight state nature preserves across Ohio during the 2024-25 hunting season. These locations were identified as areas where deer populations pose a threat to native plant communities. The division is offering both gun and archery hunts this year.
 
Special gun hunts will be offered at Boch Hollow (Hocking County) and Stage’s Pond (Pickaway County) state nature preserves. Lake Katharine State Nature Preserve (Jackson County) will offer archery, gun, and muzzleloader hunting opportunities. The remaining hunts at Caesar Creek, Davey Woods, Goll Woods, Hueston Woods, and Lawrence Woods state nature preserves, will be archery only. 
 


Special deer hunts will be offered at eight state nature preserves.

 
Ohio’s nature preserve system protects some of the state’s rarest and highest quality ecology.  Excessive browsing, when deer feed on leaves and plants, can negatively impact many sensitive habitats and has been linked to increasing the spread of non-native, invasive plant species.
 
Hunters must attend a mandatory meeting for each preserve they would like to hunt. After each meeting, hunters will have an opportunity to purchase a $5 ticket to be entered into the preserve’s special hunt drawing. Hunters who wish to apply for hunts at multiple sites will have to attend multiple meetings and purchase additional tickets. Entry forms will not be accepted by mail.
 
After the drawing, successful entrants will be asked to remain for a pre-hunt orientation. Other special hunt requirements include:

  • Hunters must possess a valid 2024-2025 hunting license to purchase tickets.
  • Names will be randomly drawn and those selected will be assigned a specific time to hunt. For archery hunts, an orientation will be conducted immediately following the drawing.
  • Hunters will be permitted to hunt with a partner; the partner is not required to attend the drawing or orientation.
  • Hunters interested in the Lake Katharine gun, muzzleloader, and archery hunts will have to purchase separate lottery tickets for each event.

Some of the hunts this year will be “antlerless deer only,” while others will allow the taking of antlered deer but only after harvesting an antlerless deer first. Harvesting helps manage the deer population. Other special regulations will be addressed at the orientation meetings following the drawings.   

This year’s hunt locations and meeting dates are as follows:

Boch Hollow (Hocking County) – Gun

  • Mandatory Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 24, 11:30 a.m.
  • Meeting Location:  7211 Bremen Rd., Logan, OH 43138

For more information, contact Preserve Manager Levi Miller at (740) 380-8919 or levi.miller@dnr.ohio.gov

Caesar Creek (Warren County) – Late SeasonArchery

  • Mandatory Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 24, 12 p.m.
  • Meeting Location: Preserve Parking Lot, 4080 Corwin Rd., Oregonia, OH 45054

For more information, contact Preserve Manager Eric Sagasser at (937) 418-8710 or eric.sagasser@dnr.ohio.gov


Davey Woods (Champaign County) – Archery

  • Mandatory Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 24, 4 p.m.
  • Meeting Location: Preserve parking area, 7661 Lonesome Rd., St. Paris, OH 43072

For more information, contact Preserve Manager Michelle Comer at (937) 537-6173 or michelle.comer@dnr.ohio.gov


Goll Woods (Fulton County) – Archery

  • Mandatory Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m.
  • Meeting Location: Preserve Office, 26093 County Road F, Archbold, OH 43502

For more information, contact Preserve Manager Ryan Schroeder at (419) 445-1775 or ryan.schroeder@dnr.ohio.gov


Hueston Woods (Butler and Preble counties) – Late SeasonArchery

  • Mandatory Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 24, 8 a.m.
  • Meeting Location:  State Park Conference Center, 6301 Park Office Rd., College Corner, OH 45003

For more information, contact Preserve Manager Eric Sagasser at (937) 418-8710 or eric.sagasser@dnr.ohio.gov or Preserve Manager Michelle Comer at (937) 537-6173 or michelle.comer@dnr.ohio.gov


Lake Katharine (Jackson County) – Gun, Muzzleloader, and Archery

  • Mandatory Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 17, 10 a.m.
  • Location: Preserve Office, 1703 Lake Katharine Road, Jackson, OH  45640       

For more information, contact Preserve Manager Coleman Minney at 740-979-9707 or Coleman.Minney@dnr.ohio.gov


Lawrence Woods (Hardin County) – Archery

  • Mandatory Meeting: Saturday, Aug. 24, 2 p.m.
  • Meeting Location: Preserve parking area, 13278 County Road 190, Kenton, OH 43226

For more information, contact Preserve Manager Ryan Schroeder at (419) 445-1775 or ryan.schroeder@dnr.ohio.gov


Stage’s Pond (Pickaway County) – Gun

  • Mandatory Meeting:  Saturday, Aug. 24, 9 a.m.
  • Meeting Location: Preserve office, 4792 Hagerty Rd., Ashville, OH 43103

For more information, contact Preserve Manager Levi Miller at (740) 380-8919 or levi.miller@dnr.ohio.gov

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