Glaciated Allegheny Plateau

Ashtabula County

Ohio's largest county. Big private tracts plus Grand River public land.

ODNR data through Oct 13, 2026 · Archery open · Youth gun Nov 21–22 · Season dates

Sit forecast

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70/100

TrophyBook Opportunity Score · v1

#14 of 88 Ohio counties

Ranks the county on harvest and record-book numbers. Not the odds of taking a buck.

  • Total harvest7,161 deer · beats 98% of other counties
    39.2 / 40
  • Harvest trend+16% · beats 51% of other counties
    12.8 / 25
  • Harvest per sq mi10.2 per sq mi · beats 91% of other counties
    18.2 / 20
  • Book-buck odds0.9 per 1,000 deer · beats 2% of other counties
    0.3 / 15

2025-26 harvest · record book 2019–2023 · How it works

Harvest784#4 of 88 · +24.8% vs last yearSo far in 2026-27
Bucks252#4 of 88 · 32% of harvest532 antlerless · +47% vs last year
Harvest per sq mi1.1#6 of 88Not a population count
Book-buck odds0.9#83 of 88 · 0.4× OhioPer 1,000 deer · 23 entries, 2019–23
Harvest trend+16%#43 of 88Last 3 seasons vs the 3 before

Harvest by season

  • 2019-204,949
  • 2020-215,662
  • 2021-225,193
  • 2022-235,592
  • 2023-245,887
  • 2024-256,042
  • 2025-267,161
  • 2026-27 so far784

Through Oct 13, 2026 · 628 at this point last season

Book bucks

190 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 150 typical · 40 non-typical · latest 2024 · #44 of 88

ScoreHunterYearWeaponRack
242 5/8James Clark1957Modern ShotgunNon-Typical
215 3/8Jeff Clemson2001Long BowNon-Typical
213 4/8Dennis Meinke2020Hand GunNon-Typical
210 0/8Jerry Conklin1975Modern ShotgunNon-Typical
207 7/8George Solnick1962Modern ShotgunNon-Typical

Taken with: Modern Shotgun 90 · Crossbow 43 · Long Bow 40 · Muzzleloader 15

All 190 entries →

Buck board: no Ashtabula deer posted for 2026-27 yet. Post the first

How it hunts

Rolling hills, woodlots, and creek bottoms cut through mixed farm country.

Hardwood ridges, CRP edges, and river-bottom timber.

Public access. Grand River WA and Pymatuning country — big public marsh-and-timber mix.

702 sq mi of land (Census)

History

Ohio’s largest county by land area — more than 700 square miles of lake-plain and Grand River timber.

Ashtabula County is the northeasternmost county in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 97,574. The county seat is Jefferson, while its largest city is Ashtabula. The county was created in 1808 and later organized in 1811. The name Ashtabula derives from the Lenape language phrase ashte-pihële, which translates to 'always enough (fish) to go around, to be given away' and is a contraction of apchi ('always') + tepi ('enough') + hële. Ashtabula County is part of the Cleveland, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area.

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