Glaciated Allegheny Plateau

Trumbull County

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

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

Sit forecast

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69/100

TrophyBook Opportunity Score · v1

#15 of 88 Ohio counties

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

  • Total harvest5,324 deer · beats 91% of other counties
    36.4 / 40
  • Harvest trend+21% · beats 62% of other counties
    15.5 / 25
  • Harvest per sq mi8.6 per sq mi · beats 85% of other counties
    17.0 / 20
  • Book-buck odds0.8 per 1,000 deer · beats 0% of other counties
    0.0 / 15

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

Harvest889#2 of 88 · +27.0% vs last yearSo far in 2026-27
Bucks297#3 of 88 · 33% of harvest592 antlerless · +32% vs last year
Harvest per sq mi1.4#3 of 88Not a population count
Book-buck odds0.8#87 of 88 · 0.4× OhioPer 1,000 deer · 14 entries, 2019–23
Harvest trend+21%#33 of 88Last 3 seasons vs the 3 before

Harvest by season

  • 2019-203,668
  • 2020-214,015
  • 2021-223,994
  • 2022-234,251
  • 2023-244,703
  • 2024-254,852
  • 2025-265,324
  • 2026-27 so far889

Through Oct 13, 2026 · 700 at this point last season

Book bucks

184 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 155 typical · 29 non-typical · latest 2024 · #46 of 88

ScoreHunterYearWeaponRack
225 2/8Paul Lehman—Modern ShotgunNon-Typical
220 6/8Dana Srbinovich2011Long BowNon-Typical
197 7/8James Eaken1985Modern ShotgunNon-Typical
194 5/8Dewey Gray2003MuzzleloaderNon-Typical
194 2/8Ryan Schlemmer2015CrossbowNon-Typical

Taken with: Modern Shotgun 97 · Long Bow 35 · Muzzleloader 25 · Crossbow 23

All 184 entries →

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

How it hunts

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

Public access. Mosquito Creek WA. Wetland timber and farm edges.

617 sq mi of land (Census)

History

Trumbull County was formed in 1800 as the heart of the Connecticut Western Reserve and named for Governor Jonathan Trumbull. Warren is the county seat.

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