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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14/100
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 · 31 at this point last season
459 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 403 typical · 56 non-typical · latest 2025 · #10 of 88
| Score | Hunter | Year |
|---|---|---|
| 208 2/8 | Robert R Zimmerman | 1995 |
| 207 5/8 | Dominick Omspach | 2021 |
| 206 7/8 | Brian Liedorff | 2021 |
| 206 0/8 | Gregory A Wagner | 2009 |
| 203 5/8 | Dave Stevens | 1994 |
Taken with: Modern Shotgun 266 · Crossbow 80 · Long Bow 61 · Muzzleloader 33
All 459 entries →Buck board: no Washington 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. Wayne NF and the Ohio River hills. 2025 EHD county.
635 sq mi of land (Census)
EHD outbreak flagged by ODNR in 2025.
Ohio River hills and Wayne NF; also hit hard by the 2025 EHD outbreak.
Washington County is a county located in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,711. Its county seat is Marietta. The county, the oldest in the state, is named for George Washington. Washington County comprises the Marietta, Ohio Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna, WV–OH Combined Statistical Area.
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