Glaciated Allegheny Plateau

Coshocton County

Ohio's harvest king. Mix of Woodbury public land and private ridge-and-crop funnels.

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

Sit forecast

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71/100

TrophyBook Opportunity Score · v1

#13 of 88 Ohio counties

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

  • Total harvest8,527 deer · beats 100% of other counties
    40.0 / 40
  • Harvest trend+14% · beats 44% of other counties
    11.0 / 25
  • Harvest per sq mi15.1 per sq mi · beats 99% of other counties
    19.8 / 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

Harvest955#1 of 88 · +36.6% vs last yearSo far in 2026-27
Bucks364#1 of 88 · 38% of harvest591 antlerless · +66% vs last year
Harvest per sq mi1.7#2 of 88Not a population count
Book-buck odds0.9#83 of 88 · 0.4× OhioPer 1,000 deer · 31 entries, 2019–23
Harvest trend+14%#50 of 88Last 3 seasons vs the 3 before

Harvest by season

  • 2019-206,715
  • 2020-216,791
  • 2021-227,144
  • 2022-237,590
  • 2023-247,740
  • 2024-258,196
  • 2025-268,527
  • 2026-27 so far955

Through Oct 13, 2026 · 699 at this point last season

Book bucks

532 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 428 typical · 104 non-typical · latest 2024 · #5 of 88

ScoreHunterYearWeaponRack
244 4/8Joseph Raber2010Modern ShotgunNon-Typical
228 4/8Coy Givens1998CrossbowNon-Typical
210 5/8Bill Murphy2007MuzzleloaderNon-Typical
206 5/8Jamie Dorsey2012Modern ShotgunNon-Typical
204 6/8Gene Shrum1998Long BowNon-Typical

Taken with: Modern Shotgun 270 · Long Bow 104 · Crossbow 101 · Muzzleloader 40

All 532 entries →

Buck board: no Coshocton 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. Woodbury WMA is the flagship public tract in Ohio's hottest harvest county.

564 sq mi of land (Census)

History

Ohio’s modern harvest king — Coshocton has led the state in checked deer more years than any other county this decade.

Coshocton County was established in 1810; the name comes from a Lenape word for river crossing. The county seat is Coshocton, at the confluence of the Walhonding and Tuscarawas rivers.

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