Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau

Vinton County

Steep timber, hollows, and ridge-to-creek funnels. Big-woods public tracts mixed with family farms.

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

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Sit forecast · Tomorrow · Thu, Oct 15

Fair day to sit

54/100

Typical week (neutral)
High 74° · 9° cooler (helps)
Wind 3 mph (helps)
Rain 48% (hurts)
Waxing crescent (neutral)

NWS forecast for 6–10am and 3–7pm, the moon and past harvest timing. A guide, not a promise. All counties

Sit forecast

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36/100

TrophyBook Opportunity Score · v1

#68 of 88 Ohio counties

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

Total harvest1,931 deer · beats 48% of other counties
19.2 / 40
Harvest trend-11% · beats 6% of other counties
1.5 / 25
Harvest per sq mi4.7 per sq mi · beats 48% of other counties
9.6 / 20
Book-buck odds2.0 per 1,000 deer · beats 39% of other counties
5.8 / 15

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

Harvest142#56 of 88 · +19.3% vs last year

So far in 2026-27

Bucks64#50 of 88 · 45% of harvest

78 antlerless · +33% vs last year

Harvest per sq mi0.34#56 of 88

Not a population count

Book-buck odds2.0#51 of 88 · 0.9× Ohio

Per 1,000 deer · 21 entries, 2019–23

Harvest trend-11%#82 of 88

Last 3 seasons vs the 3 before

Harvest by season

2019-202,439
2020-212,110
2021-222,433
2022-231,986
2023-241,708
2024-252,156
2025-261,931
2026-27 so far142

Through Oct 13, 2026 · 119 at this point last season

Book bucks

378 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 334 typical · 44 non-typical · latest 2024 · #17 of 88

Score	Hunter	Year	Weapon	Rack
212 0/8	David Manley	2016	Long Bow	Non-Typical
200 2/8	Jason Williams	2007	Modern Shotgun	Non-Typical
196 1/8	Brian Martin	2007	Modern Shotgun	Non-Typical
194 6/8	Riley J Arms	1993	Modern Shotgun	Non-Typical
193 2/8	Brent Ames	2022	Crossbow	Non-Typical

Taken with: Modern Shotgun 224 · Long Bow 73 · Crossbow 50 · Muzzleloader 18

All 378 entries →

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

How it hunts

Oak-hickory forest, regenerating clearcuts, and brushy benches.

Public access. Zaleski State Forest and Vinton Furnace. Classic public oak woods.

412 sq mi of land (Census)

History

Least-populous county in Ohio, stacked with Zaleski and Vinton Furnace public oak timber.

Vinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 12,800, making it the least populous county of Ohio. Its county seat is McArthur. The county is named for Samuel Finley Vinton, a US Representative from Ohio.

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