Ohio's Fall Wild Turkey Hunting Season Underway

Ohio’s Fall Wild Turkey Hunting Season Underway

Ohio’s Fall Wild Turkey Hunting Season Underway
438 birds harvested during first five days of season.

Ohio Division of Wildlife

COLUMBUS, OH --(AmmoLand.com)- Hunters harvested 438 wild turkeys during the first five days of Ohio’s fall wild turkey hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The season opened on October 10 and will run through November 29.

Last year, hunters killed 547 birds in the same time period. The top 10 counties for wild turkeys killed to date are: Coshocton – 24, Ashtabula – 23, Guernsey 18; Brown and Tuscarawas – 17, Perry, Ross, Trumbull and Washington – 15, and Highland – 14.

Wild turkeys can be hunted in 48 counties during the fall season with the addition of two additional counties: Defiance and Williams. More than 20,000 hunters pursued wild turkeys in Ohio last fall.

Fall wild turkey hunting hours are a half-hour before sunrise to sunset. The bag limit is one turkey of either sex per hunter for the fall season. A fall turkey permit is required in addition to a current Ohio hunting license. All turkeys killed must be taken to an official turkey check station by 8 p.m. on the day of harvest.

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR web site at www.ohiodnr.com.

NOTE: The following is a breakdown by county of wild turkeys checked and tagged through October 14. The number taken during the 2008 fall turkey season is marked in (_): 2009 (2008); counties marked (NA) had no fall season in 2008. A final tally will be provided at the close of the season.

Adams – 6 (17); Ashland – 13 (7); Ashtabula – 23 (39); Athens – 11 (15); Belmont – 8 (7); Brown – 17 (22); Carroll – 10 (11); Clermont – 7 (23); Columbiana – 6 (18); Coshocton – 24 (19); Cuyahoga – 0 (0); Defiance – 5 (NA); Gallia – 5 (10); Geauga – 10 (11); Guernsey – 18 (13); Harrison – 12 (20); Highland – 14 (15); Hocking – 9 (2); Holmes – 12 (18); Jackson – 12 (17); Jefferson – 4 (5); Knox – 8 (11); Lake – 7 (4); Lawrence – 12 (6); Licking – 9 (10); Lorain – 5 (8); Mahoning – 3 (4); Medina – 5 (8); Meigs – 8 (12); Monroe – 9 (5); Morgan – 11 (9); Morrow – 4 (5); Muskingum – 5 (7); Noble – 2 (21); Perry – 15 (6); Pike – 2 (8); Portage – 9 (13); Richland – 6 (16); Ross – 15 (10); Scioto – 9 (8); Stark – 8 (5); Summit – 4 (4); Trumbull – 15 (17); Tuscarawas – 17 (21); Vinton – 6 (15); Washington – 15 (20); Wayne – 0 (5) and Williams – 3 (NA).
Preliminary total – 438 (547).