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 · 61 at this point last season
407 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 355 typical · 52 non-typical · latest 2025 · #15 of 88
| Score | Hunter | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 222 3/8 | Jeffery Thieman | 2018 |
| 213 0/8 | Eric Morrow | 2009 |
| 210 5/8 | Ronald Stout | 2022 |
| 206 6/8 | Chris Lint | 2022 |
| 202 7/8 | Jim Bebout | 2016 |
Taken with: Modern Shotgun 236 · Long Bow 62 · Crossbow 51 · Muzzleloader 39
All 407 entries →Buck board: no Morgan 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. Wolf Creek WA. 2025 EHD county.
416 sq mi of land (Census)
EHD outbreak flagged by ODNR in 2025.
Morgan County was established in 1817 and named for Daniel Morgan. McConnelsville is the county seat on the Muskingum River.
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