Steep timber, hollows, and ridge-to-creek funnels. Big-woods public tracts mixed with family farms. ODNR flagged a 2025 EHD outbreak here; harvest ran well below the three-year average.
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Ranks the county on harvest and record-book numbers. Not the odds of taking a buck.
2025-26 harvest · record book 2019–2023 · How it works
Through Oct 13, 2026 · 53 at this point last season
558 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 485 typical · 73 non-typical · latest 2025 · #4 of 88
| Score | Hunter | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 218 6/8 | Mike A Rex | 2005 |
| 207 5/8 | Patrick Price | 2016 |
| 201 4/8 | Leonard Lucas | 1984 |
| 197 0/8 | Donald Wilson | 2012 |
| 196 7/8 | Frank Smith | 1986 |
Taken with: Modern Shotgun 296 · Long Bow 136 · Crossbow 85 · Muzzleloader 26
All 558 entries →Buck board: no Athens deer posted for 2026-27 yet. Post the first
Steep timber, hollows, and ridge-to-creek funnels. Big-woods public tracts mixed with family farms.
Oak-hickory forest, regenerating clearcuts, and brushy benches.
Public access. Wayne National Forest and Strouds Run. Big public woods; 2025 EHD hit harvest hard.
507 sq mi of land (Census)
EHD outbreak flagged by ODNR in 2025.
Wayne National Forest country; a 2025 EHD outbreak crushed recent harvest numbers.
Athens County is a county in southeastern Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 62,431. Its county seat and largest city is Athens. The county was formed in 1805 from Washington County. Because Ohio's first state university, Ohio University, was established here in 1804, the town and the county are named for the ancient center of learning, Athens, Greece.
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