11/28/17 – 12:00 P.M.

Hancock County hunters tagged more deer during the opening day of deer-gun season compared to a year ago. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says local hunters checked 133 deer on Monday. That’s compared to 95 in 2016.

Putnam County hunters checked 34 more deer on opening day this year compared to last year.

The Department of Natural Resources says numbers were higher in every area county. That follows a statewide trend. The total number of deer tagged Monday came to more than 22,000. That’s nearly 3,600 more than a year ago.