Fall archery season for wild turkey continues through November 28
COLUMBUS, OH -- Hunters harvested a preliminary total of 1,555 wild turkeys during Ohio’s ninth annual fall turkey gun-hunting season that was open in 36 counties October 9-24, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife. The preliminary figure is a decrease from last year’s preliminary gun-season total of 1,853 birds.
There’s still time for hunters to take advantage of mild fall weather and a good wild turkey population. The archery-only portion of the wild turkey hunting season began October 25 and will run through November 28.
During the archery-only portion of the fall turkey hunt, hours are a half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour after sunset. Hunters must have a fall turkey permit, as well as a 2004 Ohio hunting license, to participate in the fall season.
The ODNR Division of Wildlife says Ohio has approximately 170,000 wild turkeys statewide. Wild turkeys, absent in the state a half-century ago, now inhabit each of Ohio’s 88 counties.