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.
Checking the forecast…
18/100
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 · 78 at this point last season
432 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 383 typical · 49 non-typical · latest 2025 · #14 of 88
| Score | Hunter | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 213 0/8 | Jeffery Russell | 2020 |
| 207 2/8 | Timothy B Lockhart | 2022 |
| 203 0/8 | Wesley Gilkey | 1970 |
| 199 6/8 | Cody R Boothe | 1970 |
| 198 0/8 | Jack Satterfield | 2000 |
Taken with: Modern Shotgun 216 · Long Bow 100 · Crossbow 71 · Muzzleloader 26
All 432 entries →Buck board: no Meigs 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. Shade River SF. 2025 EHD dropped harvest well below average.
430 sq mi of land (Census)
EHD outbreak flagged by ODNR in 2025.
Meigs County was created in 1819 and named for Return J. Meigs Jr. Pomeroy, the seat, clings to the Ohio River hills.
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