Conesville Wildlife Area: hunting and access
Conesville Wildlife Area is 2,930 acres on ODNR's hunting map in Coshocton County, 2 miles from Conesville, listed by ODNR as open to hunting. Hunters checked 8,527 deer in Coshocton County in 2025-26.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: ODNR's ODNR area open to hunting data, read 2026-10. Harvest: Division of Wildlife harvest reports, 2021-22 to 2025-26.
Land on ODNR's hunting mapOther state landLand trusts and other open landConesville Wildlife AreaCounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 2,930 acres |
|---|---|
| County | Coshocton County |
| Deer harvest unit | Coshocton County |
| Hunting (ODNR) | Open |
| Kind (ODNR) | wildlife area |
| Managed by | the Division of Wildlife |
| Held by ODNR as | owned land |
| Nearest towns | Conesville (2 mi), Plainfield (4 mi) and Coshocton (5 mi) |
What are the rules on Conesville Wildlife Area?
ODNR's land layer lists the area as open to hunting under Ohio's statewide seasons and rules.
Deer bag limits in Ohio are set by county; the Division's 2026-27 season list points to the bag limit map.
How many deer are taken around Conesville Wildlife Area?
Conesville Wildlife Area lies in Coshocton County. Hunters checked 8,527 deer in Coshocton County in 2025-26, against 8,196 in 2024-25.
| County | Conesville Wildlife Area acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Deer, 2024 | Deer, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coshocton County | 2,929 | 8,527 | 8,196 | 7,740 |
Harvest for the whole county, not the hunting area alone: the Division of Wildlife's 2025-26, 2024-25 and 2023-24 final deer harvest reports and Publication 5304 (2021-22).
How do you get to Conesville Wildlife Area?
Nearest towns: Conesville (2 miles), Plainfield (4 miles), Coshocton (5 miles) and West Lafayette (6 miles). Highways within 5 miles: OH 93, OH 83, OH 541, OH 16 and OH 208.
What other public land is near Conesville Wildlife Area?
ODNR areas open to hunting within 10 miles:
- Conesville Public Recreation Area: 2,473 acres, next to it
- Wills Creek Lake Hunt Area: 6,659 acres, next to it
- Tri-Valley Wildlife Area: 16,885 acres, next to it
- Woodbury Wildlife Area: 19,248 acres, 3.3 miles away
- Munro Basin Wildlife Area: 23 acres, 5.7 miles away
- Powelson Wildlife Area: 2,775 acres, 9.4 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Conesville Wildlife Area
Counting Conesville Wildlife Area itself, 22,406 of the 40,673 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (55.1%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and ODNR's land boundaries.
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| Land on ODNR's hunting map | 13,078 |
| Land trusts and other open land | 9,323 |
| Other state land | 5 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Conesville Wildlife Area?
In Coshocton County, 2 miles from Conesville.
Can you hunt on Conesville Wildlife Area?
Yes. ODNR's layer lists it as open to hunting under Ohio's statewide seasons.
How much public land is around Conesville Wildlife Area?
22,406 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Conesville Wildlife Area included, by USGS PAD-US 4.1 and ODNR's land boundaries. The closest other ODNR area open to hunting is Conesville Public Recreation Area (next to it).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: ODNR lands hunting status.
- Boundary and acres: ODNR's map layer above. Surrounding public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public) and ODNR's land boundaries with hunting status.
- Deer harvest: the Division of Wildlife's 2025-26, 2024-25 and 2023-24 final deer harvest reports and Publication 5304 (2021-22).
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