I hear what you're saying Joe. Most of my hunting has been within 10 miles of SR 70 and no further south. We didn't have turkeys, well, any significant population of turkeys until the 90's in our county. I would say it's in it's hay day now. East Central Ohio in general is still putting up pretty solid numbers. I am far from an accomplished turkey hunter and have not turkey hunted the same property for more than 4-5 years ever, but almost always seem to find multiple vocal gobblers even on public land. Heck, this year in youth season we had 7 gobblers within 75 yards of us at one time. By far the funnest turkey hunting experience I have ever had. I don't think we have any less coyotes than a few counties south of us. I'm not sure why East Central is holding steady while counties just south of us are trending down. Hunting pressure? Amount of private vs. public land? Not sure, I just know I'm thankful to have a spot to introduce my boys into turkey hunting.