News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 28, 2011
 

Fall Turkey Season Concludes
 

COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio's fall wild turkey season ended November 27 with hunters bagging 1,375 during the seven-week season. Ashtabula County led the state with 67 birds taken, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. Last year’s harvest total was 1,425.

The 2011 fall turkey season ran from October 8 through November 27 allowing hunters to pursue a wild turkey of either sex using a shotgun, muzzleloading shotgun, bow or crossbow in 48 counties in the state.

Prior to the start of this fall’s hunting season, Ohio’s estimated wild turkey population was around 180,000. As many as 15,000 people, not counting private landowners hunting on their own property, enjoyed Ohio’s fall wild turkey season.

The top 10 counties for fall turkey harvest were: Ashtabula-67, Knox-55, Guernsey and Tuscarawas-53, Noble-50, Monroe-45, Coshocton-44, Holmes-42, Licking-40, and Carroll and Richland-39.

Hunters who wish to share their success may submit a photo to wildohio.com.

The ODNR 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. 

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EDITORS NOTE: The following is a list of wild turkeys checked and tagged through November 27. The number taken during the 2010 fall turkey season is marked in ( ): 2011 (2010).

Adams –35 (29); Ashland –17 (38); Ashtabula –67 (77); Athens –27 (18); Belmont –32 (11); Brown –26 (28); Carroll –39 (28); Clermont –32 (44); Columbiana –37 (35); Coshocton –44 (68); Cuyahoga –0 (2); Defiance-13 (25); Gallia –36 (34); Geauga –31 (53); Guernsey –53 (39); Harrison –38 (34); Highland –37 (51); Hocking –20 (17); Holmes –42 (29); Jackson –17 (22); Jefferson –20 (25); Knox –55 (62); Lake –7 (4); Lawrence –21 (16); Licking –40 (53); Lorain –29 (15); Mahoning –24 (27); Medina –17 (24); Meigs –15 (33); Monroe –45 (15); Morgan –23 (20); Morrow –11 (13); Muskingum-36 (32); Noble –50 (34); Perry –26 (25); Pike –21 (10); Portage –18 (23); Richland –39 (31); Ross –19 (32); Scioto –22(12); Stark –23 (19); Summit –3 (8); Trumbull –31 (60); Tuscarawas –53 (56); Vinton –21 (19); Washington –24 (25); Wayne –9 (8) and Williams-27 (22).  Preliminary totals –1,375 (1,425).

For more information, contact:
Karen Norris, ODNR Division of Wildlife Central Ohio
614. 644. 3925
John Windau, ODNR Division of Wildlife Northwest Ohio
419. 424. 5000
Jamey Graham, ODNR Division of Wildlife Northeast Ohio
330. 644. 2293
Lindsay (Linkhart) Rist, ODNR Division of Wildlife Southeast Ohio
740. 589. 9930
Kathy Garza-Behr, ODNR Division of Wildlife Southwest Ohio
937. 372. 9261