COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters checked 17,638 wild turkeys during the combined 2015 spring wild turkey hunting season and youth wild turkey hunting season, April 18-May 17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR).
Hunters checked 16,049 birds during the four weeks of the 2015 wild turkey season. Young hunters checked 1,589 birds during the 2015 youth season.
Ohio’s 2015 spring wild turkey season was open April 20 through May 17. Youth season was April 18-19. Find more information about wild turkey hunting at wildohio.gov. Wild turkeys were extirpated in Ohio by 1904 and were reintroduced in the 1950s by the ODNR Division of Wildlife. Ohio’s first modern day wild turkey season opened in 1966 in nine counties, and hunters checked 12 birds. The wild turkey harvest topped 1,000 for the first time in 1984. Spring turkey hunting opened statewide in 2000, and Ohio hunters checked more than 20,000 wild turkeys for the first time that year.
ODNR ensures a balance between wise use and protection of our natural resources for the benefit of all. Visit the ODNR website at ohiodnr.gov.
Editor’s Note: A list of all wild turkeys checked during the 2015 combined spring turkey hunting season is shown below. The first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for 2015, and the 2014 numbers are in parentheses.
Adams: 413 (381); Allen: 78 (48); Ashland: 208 (223); Ashtabula: 557 (615); Athens: 323 (342); Auglaize: 50 (42); Belmont: 520 (444); Brown: 327 (340); Butler: 200 (155); Carroll: 330 (365); Champaign: 102 (91); Clark: 19 (13); Clermont: 347 (288); Clinton: 60 (62); Columbiana: 385 (395); Coshocton: 458 (484); Crawford: 63 (72); Cuyahoga: 10 (2); Darke: 55 (36); Defiance: 298 (208); Delaware: 107 (116); Erie: 49 (51); Fairfield: 108 (66); Fayette: 14 (10); Franklin: 11 (17); Fulton: 117 (99); Gallia: 393 (328); Geauga: 269 (264); Greene: 23 (17); Guernsey: 484 (466); Hamilton:116 (86); Hancock: 60 (29); Hardin: 101 (76); Harrison: 430 (392); Henry: 58 (31); Highland: 357 (312); Hocking: 268 (267); Holmes: 252 (269); Huron: 155 (142); Jackson: 320 (277); Jefferson: 373 (347); Knox: 354 (415); Lake: 68 (74); Lawrence: 222 (163); Licking: 370 (337); Logan: 117 (146); Lorain: 139 (138); Lucas: 45 (50); Madison: 6 (5); Mahoning: 213 (247); Marion: 31 (28); Medina: 145 (122); Meigs: 450 (397); Mercer: 23 (19); Miami: 17 (16); Monroe: 481 (424); Montgomery: 25 (13); Morgan: 325 (277); Morrow: 170 (182); Muskingum: 478 (453); Noble: 335 (292); Ottawa: 0 (6); Paulding: 145 (87); Perry: 260 (255); Pickaway: 24 (23); Pike: 246 (257); Portage: 236 (247); Preble: 108 (95); Putnam: 89 (71); Richland: 277 (307); Ross: 330 (289); Sandusky: 22 (21); Scioto: 236 (199); Seneca: 162 (140); Shelby: 42 (54); Stark: 223 (261); Summit: 54 (40); Trumbull: 435 (417); Tuscarawas: 426 (493); Union: 32 (32); Van Wert: 17 (17); Vinton: 329 (242); Warren: 67 (89); Washington: 466 (394); Wayne: 100 (107); Williams: 296 (239); Wood: 30 (28); Wyandot: 104 (80). Totals: 17,638 (16,556).
Retrieved from: http://wildlife.ohiodnr.gov/stay-informed/news-announcements/post/ohio-hunters-check-more-than-17-600-wild-turkeys-during-spring-season on 5/28/15
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