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From the DNR
COLUMBUS, OH – For the opening day of Ohio’s 2013 spring wild turkey season, hunters harvested 2,762 wild turkeys, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR). The 2013 opening day total is a 24 percent increase from the 2012 opening day tally when 2,227 turkeys were killed.
This year, Ashtabula County had the most checked wild turkeys of the opening day with 114 turkeys. Ashtabula County also had the largest number of turkeys harvested during the 2012 opening day.
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Editor’s Note: A list of all wild turkeys checked during opening day of the 2013 spring turkey hunting season is shown below. The first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for 2013, and the 2012 numbers are in parentheses.
The counties with the most checked wild turkeys during opening day of the 2013 spring season were: Ashtabula (114), Muskingum (97), Coshocton (89), Guernsey (87), Tuscarawas (85), Harrison (76), Monroe (76), Belmont (72), Trumbull (70) and Adams (69).
Adams: 69 (62); Allen: 1 (4); Ashland: 39 (22); Ashtabula: 114 (93); Athens: 52 (41); Auglaize: 4 (5); Belmont: 72 (38); Brown: 58 (55); Butler: 25 (27); Carroll: 59 (38); Champaign: 21 (9); Clark: 4 (2); Clermont: 60 (54); Clinton: 8 (10); Columbiana: 62 (41); Coshocton: 89 (79); Crawford: 14 (10); Cuyahoga: 1 (0); Darke: 4 (4); Defiance: 20 (22); Delaware: 13 (16); Erie: 7 (7); Fairfield: 12 (11); Fayette: 1 (0); Franklin: 3 (6); Fulton: 15 (12); Gallia: 63 (35); Geauga: 52 (34); Greene: 8 (1); Guernsey: 87 (69); Hamilton: 16 (13); Hancock: 5 (3); Hardin: 11 (11); Harrison: 76 (50); Henry: 6 (5); Highland: 41 (57); Hocking: 40 (41); Holmes: 47 (41); Huron: 33 (16); Jackson: 59 (49); Jefferson: 60 (32); Knox: 63 (56); Lake: 8 (14); Lawrence: 30 (14); Licking: 60 (52); Logan: 19 (26); Lorain: 19 (22); Lucas: 6 (9); Madison: 1 (0); Mahoning: 24 (21); Marion: 3 (7); Medina: 12 (7); Meigs: 60 (45); Mercer: 1 (2); Miami: 3 (2); Monroe: 76 (43); Montgomery: 5 (1); Morgan: 57 (37); Morrow: 30 (29); Muskingum: 97 (74); Noble: 47 (43); Ottawa: 2 (2); Paulding: 8 (10); Perry: 47 (37); Pickaway: 4 (6); Pike: 44 (48); Portage: 47 (32); Preble: 14 (16); Putnam: 8 (8); Richland: 47 (50); Ross: 49 (46); Sandusky: 3 (1); Scioto: 40 (33); Seneca: 13 (17); Shelby: 10 (5); Stark: 29 (24); Summit: 3 (1); Trumbull: 70 (41); Tuscarawas: 85 (78); Union: 4 (5); Van Wert: 1 (0); Vinton: 39 (32); Warren: 17 (15); Washington: 60 (35); Wayne: 15 (7); Williams: 30 (33); Wood: 5 (3); Wyandot: 16 (13). Total: 2,762 (2,227).