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Ohio County, Indiana: deer harvest and public hunting land

Ohio County covers 87 square miles around Rising Sun. Hunters took 502 deer here in the 2025 season, 236 of them antlered, by the DNR's deer report. That is up 11% from 2024. Almost none of Ohio County is public land (USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries), so most hunting here is on private land with permission.

Data updated October 2026. Harvest: the DNR's deer reports, 2021 to 2025. Land: PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property layer.

Map of Indiana's Ohio County: public land by manager, the counties around it; towns: Rising Sun, Aurora and Dillsboro

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Ohio County at a glance
Size55,880 acres (87 square miles)
Deer taken, 2025502 (236 antlered, 266 antlerless)
Public land0% (8 acres)
Public hunting propertiesNone mapped
Towns in and near itRising Sun, Aurora, Dillsboro and Patriot

How many deer are harvested in Ohio County?

Hunters took 502 deer in Ohio County in 2025: 236 antlered and 266 antlerless (53% antlerless).

SeasonDeer takenAntleredAntlerless
2025502236266
2024452243209
2023469266203
2022560258302
2021632316316

Source: Indiana DNR White-tailed Deer Reports (2021 to 2025 seasons, Table 3-4), Ohio County.

How much public land is in Ohio County?

8 of Ohio County's 55,880 acres are public land open to the public (0%). The biggest share is land trusts and other open land: 8 acres.

ManagerAcresShare of Ohio County
Land trusts and other open land8under 0.1%
All public land open to the public8under 0.1%

Measured by FilledTag inside the county line from USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries. Hunting rules differ by manager: properties on the DNR's public hunting map are open under the DNR's rules for each; national forest is open; refuges follow U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rules; Corps of Engineers lake land is open in many places under each project's own rules; state parks hold only special hunts; city and county land sets its own rules.

How do you get to Ohio County?

No numbered highway crosses it. Towns inside: Rising Sun. Nearby: Aurora (3 miles), Dillsboro (3 miles), Patriot (5 miles) and Lawrenceburg (5 miles).

Which counties border Ohio County?

Ohio County touches 3 other counties. Their latest DNR harvest and public land, for comparison:

CountyDeer harvestedYearPublic land
Ripley County1,276202511.1%
Dearborn County1,90520250.6%
Switzerland County1,23620251.4%

Questions hunters ask

How many deer were harvested in Ohio County in 2025?

502: 236 antlered and 266 antlerless (DNR). In 2024: 452.

Is there public hunting land in Ohio County?

8 acres, 0% of the county, are public land open to the public by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and the DNR's public hunting property boundaries, the largest share land trusts and other open land (8 acres).

What is the deer bag limit in Ohio County?

Indiana's statewide limit is 1 antlered and 6 antlerless deer; each county has its own antlerless limit within that, on the DNR's county antlerless bag limit list.

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Where these numbers come from

FilledTag is not part of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. Numbers are copied from the DNR and the federal sources above, or measured from their maps; nothing on this page is estimated by FilledTag.

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