|
Opening Day |
2006 |
2007 |
|
Adams |
55 |
43 |
|
Allen |
1 |
2 |
|
Ashland |
50 |
33 |
|
Ashtabula |
114 |
125 |
|
Athens |
144 |
103 |
|
Auglaize |
6 |
3 |
|
Belmont |
79 |
42 |
|
Brown |
56 |
54 |
|
Butler |
6 |
8 |
|
Carroll |
44 |
34 |
|
Champaign |
15 |
18 |
|
Clark |
9 |
9 |
|
Clermont |
50 |
64 |
|
Clinton |
6 |
5 |
|
Columbiana |
64 |
36 |
|
Coshocton |
71 |
75 |
|
Crawford |
10 |
13 |
|
Cuyahoga |
0 |
0 |
|
Darke |
5 |
2 |
|
Defiance |
30 |
20 |
|
Delaware |
5 |
11 |
|
Erie |
3 |
5 |
|
Fairfield |
21 |
21 |
|
Fayette |
1 |
3 |
|
Franklin |
1 |
2 |
|
Fulton |
6 |
5 |
|
Gallia |
57 |
39 |
|
Geauga |
63 |
66 |
|
Greene |
5 |
2 |
|
Guernsey |
120 |
76 |
|
Hamilton |
18 |
18 |
|
Hancock |
1 |
3 |
|
Hardin |
5 |
8 |
|
Harrison |
83 |
85 |
|
Henry |
3 |
4 |
|
Highland |
32 |
58 |
|
Hocking |
50 |
46 |
|
Holmes |
63 |
39 |
|
Huron |
21 |
12 |
|
Jackson |
101 |
78 |
|
Jefferson |
82 |
44 |
|
Knox |
65 |
68 |
|
Lake |
21 |
33 |
|
Lawrence |
42 |
43 |
|
Licking |
50 |
54 |
|
Logan |
26 |
18 |
|
Lorain |
18 |
25 |
|
Lucas |
1 |
4 |
|
Madison |
0 |
1 |
|
Mahoning |
27 |
33 |
|
Marion |
3 |
1 |
|
Medina |
12 |
15 |
|
Meigs |
116 |
86 |
|
Mercer |
0 |
2 |
|
Miami |
1 |
1 |
|
Monroe |
70 |
52 |
|
Montgomery |
0 |
2 |
|
Morgan |
67 |
57 |
|
Morrow |
42 |
22 |
|
Muskingum |
67 |
57 |
|
Noble |
69 |
20 |
|
Ottawa |
0 |
0 |
|
Paulding |
13 |
4 |
|
Perry |
62 |
47 |
|
Pickaway |
7 |
13 |
|
Pike |
47 |
30 |
|
Portage |
21 |
28 |
|
Preble |
7 |
7 |
|
Putnam |
5 |
8 |
|
Richland |
50 |
60 |
|
Ross |
61 |
61 |
|
Sandusky |
1 |
1 |
|
Scioto |
60 |
47 |
|
Seneca |
21 |
11 |
|
Shelby |
10 |
4 |
|
Stark |
38 |
41 |
|
Summit |
9 |
9 |
|
Trumbull |
69 |
66 |
|
Tuscarawas |
102 |
81 |
|
Union |
2 |
0 |
|
Van Wert |
1 |
2 |
|
Vinton |
49 |
21 |
|
Warren |
18 |
9 |
|
Washington |
90 |
66 |
|
Wayne |
21 |
11 |
|
Williams |
35 |
28 |
|
Wood |
1 |
3 |
|
Wyandot |
5 |
3 |
|
Totals |
3,058 |
2,569 |
April 23, 2007
OHIO'S SPRING TURKEY HUNTING SEASON UNDERWAY
Ashtabula County leads harvest on opening day
COLUMBUS, OH - Ohio hunters harvested 2,569 bearded wild turkeys on the first day of the spring turkey-hunting season, which is open statewide through May 20. The preliminary figure was 16 percent below last year's opening day harvest number of 3,058 turkeys, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
Top counties for wild turkeys killed were: Ashtabula-125, Athens-103, Meigs-86, Harrison-85, Tuscarawas-81, Jackson-78, Guernsey-76, Coshocton-75, Knox-68, and Geauga, Trumbull and Washington-66 each.
This is the eighth year that spring turkey hunting has been open in all of Ohio's 88 counties. The state's first modern-day spring turkey hunt was held in 1966.
The Division of Wildlife estimates that more than 85,000 people will hunt turkeys during the four-week season. Legal hunting hours are one-half hour before sunrise until noon daily. Ohio's wild turkey population was estimated at 200,000 prior to the start of the spring season.
A special youth-only hunt for hunters age 17 and younger was held statewide on Saturday and Sunday, April 21-22. Young hunters killed 1,630 birds statewide. Top reporting counties were: Coshocton-66, Jackson and Tuscarawas-58 each, Brown and Trumbull-52 each, Athens- 49, Harrison- 48, Ashtabula and Columbiana- 47 each, and Washington- 46. Last year, 1,872 birds were taken over the same two-day period.
The national 'Families Afield' initiative, spearheaded by the National Wild Turkey Federation, National Shooting Sports Foundation, and the U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance, encourages parents to take their youngsters hunting.
As part of this national initiative, Ohio has instituted an apprentice hunting license program. The program allows new hunters to sample the experience of hunting under the mentorship of a licensed adult, prior to completing a hunter education course. Ohio's Apprentice License Program began in May 2006. Since then, more than 10,000 new hunters, mostly youth, have taken advantage of the program.
"I am pleased that the apprentice license bill has been so successful," said Sen. Steve Buehrer, (R-Delta), sponsor of the 2006 Apprentice License Bill. "Sportsmen and women are the best advocates for the protection and proper management of our natural resources."
Only bearded wild turkeys may be taken during the spring hunting season. A hunter is required to take a harvested turkey to an official check station for permanent tagging by 2 p.m. on the day of harvest. Hunters with the proper permits may take a limit of two bearded gobblers during the four-week season, but not more than one wild turkey per day.
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