For more information, contact the Area Manager, Highlandtown WMA, 16760 Spring Valley Road, Salineville, OH 43945; or call (330) 679-2201.

Killdeer Plains WMA
This wonderful area covers 8,627 acres about eight miles south of Upper Sandusky in Wyandot and Marion counties. State Route 115 provides access from state Route 294 about two miles west of Harpster. Access is also possible from state Route 309 approximately eight miles west of Marion. State routes 67 and 295 form the west and north borders, respectively. Parking lots and latrines are available within the WMA.

The original area, covering some 30,000 acres, was eventually drained, but today it is extensively farmed with corn and soybeans as the principal crops. Within the WMA, about two-thirds of the property is cropland, fields and meadows. The rest is about evenly divided between woodlands, shrub coverts and water. In all, about 1,000 acres are wooded.

Killdeer Plains WMA is known for its good deer population, and deer hunting there is quite popular. There is a 3,750-acre No Trespassing Waterfowl Zone within the WMA, and it is closed to public hunting except on a special permit basis.

For more information, contact the Area Manager, Killdeer Plains WMA, 19100 CH 115, Harpster, OH 43323; or call (740) 496-2254.

DISTRICT ONE
Delaware WMA
Situated 10 miles south of Marion and eight miles north of Delaware in Delaware, Marion and Morrow counties, this public hunting ground covers 4,670 acres. In all, there are more than 8,300 acres of public land and water here, including Delaware Reservoir and Delaware State Park, on the south side of the reservoir. Nearly all of it is licensed to the ODNR for recreational use. The park offers several boat launch sites for hunters and 211 campsites with electrical hookups.

For more information, contact the Delaware State Park Office, 5202 U.S. 23 North, Delaware, OH 43015; or call (740) 369-2761.

Much of the topography within the Delaware WMA varies from flat prairie and fields to gently rolling woodlands. About 40 percent of the area consists of second-growth hardwoods, including cottonwood, ash, elm, beech, maple, hickory, oak and black walnut. Some 350 acres are under cultivation in small grain crops, and approximately 50 percent of the area is in old fields consisting of mixed grasses, briers and small shrubs. About 10 percent of the area has been planted in prairie grass, timothy and clover.

The WMA may be reached from the east or west by state Route 229 and from the south or north by U.S. Route 23 and county Road 220. Parking lots are situated throughout the area, and there are several boat launch sites as well. There is also a rifle range for hunters who purchase a shooting range permit.

Contact the ODOW in Columbus at (614) 644-3925 for permit information.

For more information on Delaware WMA, contact the Area Manager, Delaware WMA, 8589 Horseshoe Road, Ashley, OH 43003; or call (740) 747-2919.

Deer Creek WMA
Located in Fayette, Madison and Pickaway counties about four miles south of Mount Sterling on state Route 207, Deer Creek WMA covers 4,085 acres. It can be reached via U.S. Route 22 and state Route 56 from the east or west, and U.S. Route 62 and state routes 3, 104 and 207 from the north or south.

The property abuts Deer Creek Lake and 3,165-acre Deer Creek State Park, which is south and east of the lake. In all, there are 7,575 acres under lease to the ODNR and ODOW where public hunting is allowed in some of the undeveloped areas of the park and on all lands managed by the Ohio Division of Wildlife.