During the 2017 fall season 1,062 wild turkey were harvested, which is a 51. Ohios hunters have the opportunity to pursue wild turkeys during a sixweek season from saturday, oct. Fall turkey hunting is only legal in some areas of ohio. Turkey harvest numbers ohio department of natural resources. A wild turkey of either sex may be hunted during the fall season. Season dates and bag limits ohio department of natural. Not a single one of ohios 88 counties recorded an opening day this year. Dan bayus arrows a giant 8 pt in the ohio rut with his bow. A valid ohio hunting license and fall turkey permit are required, unless exempted.
Fish and wildlifes process allows the proposal of waterfowl regulations to the ohio wildlife council in january. Openingday deer harvest nosedives with foul weather outdoornews. Ohio hunters should enjoy another productive fall turkey hunt, based. A complete report of the 2017 fall wild turkey season is available at wildohio. Ohio valley ohio s hunters have the opportunity to pursue wild turkeys during a sixweek season from saturday, oct. It has known security flaws and may not display all features of this and other websites.
Fall wild turkey hunting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset. Gobblers and hens are legal game during the fall wild turkey season. Top 5 ohio public hunting areas for deer and turkey explore public land in your state at music. Public land bowhunting2017 ohio public land longbow buckthe. Notable upticks in fall harvest are evident following summers with high reproductive indices e. Additional details regarding fall wild turkey hunting can be found in the 20162017 ohio hunting and trapping regulations or at wildohio. This is because the bird taken during the youth season counts as the first bird for the first week of the regular season. Spring wild turkey season is open in the northeast zone from may 4, 2020 through. The youth wild turkey season will occur on saturday and sunday, april 2122, according to the ohio department of natural resources odnr. One male turkey or turkey with visible beard youths who take a turkey during the youth season may not harvest a second bird until april 27. April 24 may 21, 2017 spring turkey hunting south zone may 128, 2017 spring turkey hunting northeast zone 5 counties. Hunting, trapping, and shooting sports hunting resources by species turkey turkey harvest. Ohio hunters see spike in harvest, total 22,571 turkeys outdoornews.
Hunters checked 20,689 birds during the 2018 wild turkey south zone and northeast zone hunting seasons compared to 19,147 birds in 2017. Hunting any wild animal except waterfowl from 30 minutes before. The ohio wildlife council approved the 2017 2018 hunting seasons in april 2017. Official site of the ohio department of natural resources, division of wildlife. Ohios turkey hunting seasons are in the spring and fall, with occasional special dates set aside for youth. For more information about hunts in your area, visit the ohio department of natural resources website. Seventy ohio counties are open for fall turkey hunting, including three.
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