COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio hunters have harvested a total of 9,392 deer during the extra weekend of gun hunting from Saturday, Dec. 18 to Sunday, Dec. 19 according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

Over the past three years, hunters checked an average of 12,734 deer during the same two-day period.

The top 10 counties for deer taken during this year's two-day gun season are:

-Coshocton (307)

-Tuscarawas (287)

-Licking (256)

-Guernsey (236)

-Ashtabula (232)

-Knox (229)

-Carroll (220)

-Muskingum (219)

-Ashland (210)

-Holmes (208)

After hunters checked 70,413 deer during the week long gun season from Nov. 29 to Dec. 5, the total harvest during the 2021 hunting season was 79,805 deer.

Hunters harvested an average of 78,014 deer during the nine days of gun hunting over the past three years. Additionally, young hunters harvested 7,634 whitetails during the two-day youth gun season.

Archery hunters have checked 82,125 deer through Sunday, Dec. 19.