Deer Management, CWD Rules and Fall Season Opening

Ohio's 2026–27 fall hunting season is active, and harvest reporting gives Carroll County a local signal: 529 deer checked, ranking ninth statewide. Ohio’s expanding Field to Food Bank program has 2026 donation dates and sites and encourages antlerless harvest where deer exceed management goals, but no site is identified locally; no new Carroll County-specific CWD restriction or regulatory change has been established.