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October 13, 2005
TURKEYS TAKEN THROUGH
OCTOBER 12 |
| COUNTY |
2005 |
2004 |
| Adams |
4 |
21 |
| Athens |
12 |
17 |
| Ashland |
10 |
26 |
| Ashtabula |
36 |
38 |
| Belmont |
8 |
16 |
| Brown |
9 |
23 |
| Carroll |
14 |
28 |
| Clermont |
19 |
29 |
| Columbiana |
18 |
27 |
| Coshocton |
21 |
37 |
| Gallia |
11 |
28 |
| Geauga |
10 |
11 |
| Guernsey |
18 |
23 |
| Harrison |
24 |
21 |
| Highland |
4 |
9 |
| Hocking |
16 |
26 |
| Holmes |
6 |
15 |
| Jackson |
14 |
26 |
| Jefferson |
7 |
17 |
| Knox |
25 |
21 |
| Lawrence |
3 |
8 |
| Licking |
13 |
22 |
| Meigs |
14 |
21 |
| Monroe |
23 |
14 |
| Morgan |
9 |
11 |
| Morrow |
4 |
0 |
| Muskingum |
12 |
17 |
| Noble |
10 |
27 |
| Perry |
10 |
19 |
| Pike |
5 |
14 |
| Richland |
6 |
12 |
| Ross |
12 |
8 |
| Scioto |
6 |
11 |
| Trumbull |
20 |
24 |
| Tuscarawas |
22 |
22 |
| Vinton |
4 |
22 |
| Washington |
16 |
15 |
| Preliminary Total |
475 |
726 |
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OHIO FALL TURKEY HUNTING SEASON UNDERWAY
COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters killed 475 wild turkeys during the first five days of Ohio’s tenth annual fall wild turkey gun-hunting season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The season opened on October 8 and will run through October 23.
Last year, hunters killed a total of 726 birds in the same time period. “Hunters should find a greater number of turkeys as compared to past seasons, the result of two years of average reproductive success,” said Dave Swanson, forest wildlife biologist with ODNR. “However, Ohio’s forests experienced a bumper crop of acorns, which will spread the turkeys around, making it more difficult than last year to locate flocks.”
Wild turkeys can be hunted in 37 counties during the fall season. The archery-only portion of the fall turkey season, introduced in 2002, will begin October 24 and run through November 27. More than 26,000 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, per 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 checking station by 8 p.m. on the day of harvest.
The ODNR Division of Wildlife reminds hunters that the season will partially overlap the Early Muzzleloader Deer Hunting Season (October 24-29) on three state-owned areas: Wildcat Hollow in Perry and Morgan counties, Salt Fork Wildlife Area in Guernsey County, and Shawnee State Forest in Scioto County. Turkey hunting will not be allowed on these areas during the muzzleloader deer-hunting season.
THE CHART SHOWS WILD TURKEYS CHECKED AND TAGGED THROUGH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12. A FINAL TALLY WILL BE PROVIDED AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEASON.
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