Lake Plains

Wyandot County

Flat farm and marsh country, plus suburban woods on the lake counties. Inside Ohio's CWD surveillance area (2025-26 positives were reported in this six-county cluster).

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

Sit forecast

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57/100

TrophyBook Opportunity Score · v1

Tied #34 of 88 Ohio counties

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

  • Total harvest2,405 deer · beats 56% of other counties
    22.4 / 40
  • Harvest trend+19% · beats 56% of other counties
    14.0 / 25
  • Harvest per sq mi5.9 per sq mi · beats 61% of other counties
    12.2 / 20
  • Book-buck odds2.4 per 1,000 deer · beats 56% of other counties
    8.4 / 15

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

Harvest402#18 of 88 · -7.8% vs last yearSo far in 2026-27
Bucks127#22 of 88 · 32% of harvest275 antlerless · -5% vs last year
Harvest per sq mi0.99#11 of 88Not a population count
Book-buck odds2.4#38 of 88 · 1.1× OhioPer 1,000 deer · 22 entries, 2019–23
Harvest trend+19%#36 of 88Last 3 seasons vs the 3 before

Harvest by season

  • 2019-201,562
  • 2020-211,919
  • 2021-221,658
  • 2022-231,873
  • 2023-241,835
  • 2024-252,238
  • 2025-262,405
  • 2026-27 so far402

Through Oct 13, 2026 · 436 at this point last season

Book bucks

256 Buckeye Big Buck Club entries · 205 typical · 51 non-typical · latest 2024 · #33 of 88

ScoreHunterYearWeaponRack
205 7/8Jackson R Smalley2020Straight-Walled RifleNon-Typical
204 2/8Trisha Lucius2023CrossbowNon-Typical
200 2/8Anthony Gentile1991Modern ShotgunNon-Typical
198 1/8Travis Thiel2013CrossbowNon-Typical
197 6/8Charles W May1981Modern ShotgunNon-Typical

Taken with: Modern Shotgun 91 · Long Bow 77 · Crossbow 45 · Muzzleloader 29

All 256 entries →

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

How it hunts

Flat farm and marsh country, plus suburban woods on the lake counties.

Woodlots, wetlands, and remnant beach-ridge timber.

Public access. Mostly private ground with scattered metroparks, stream corridors, or small WMAs.

407 sq mi of land (Census)

CWD surveillance area (2025-26).

History

Wyandot County is a county located in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,900. Its county seat is Upper Sandusky. It was named for the Wyandot People, who lived there before and after European expansion. Their autonym is variously translated from their language as "around the plains" and "dwellers on the peninsula". The county was organized by the state legislature from parts of Crawford, Marion, Hardin and Hancock counties on February 3, 1845.

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