Ohio’s kids gobbled their way to a just-concluded
youth-only season kill of 1,564 bearded wild turkeys.
That figure is statistically a mirror of the 1,589
turkeys that youngsters age 17 and younger shot during the 2015 youth-only wild
turkey hunt.
Last year youths accounted for nine percent of the state’s
total spring wild turkey hunting kill of 17,679 birds. The highest total all—classes
spring turkey kill was the 23,421 birs registered in 2010.
The Ohio Division of Wildlife just released the numbers
for the April 16th and 17th season.
Today’s general spring wild turkey season opener kill
numbers will be delivered tomorrow, April 19th.
Certainly youths enjoyed fine weather for their two-day
hunt, just as did everyone else who participated in today’s general spring
season opener, which continues through May 15.
Here is the list of all wild turkeys checked by kids’-only hunters during the
2016 two-day youth spring hunting. The first number following the county’s name
shows the harvest numbers for 2016, and the 2015 numbers are in parentheses.
Just what to make of the figures is interesting conjecture and
likely will dovetail with something meaningful (or not) when the results of the
general season are posted.
It was estimated by the Wildlife Division that the state had more
than 180,000 wild turkeys in 2013 with the population appearing to be stable.
In 2015 the Wildlife Division sold 9,245 youth-only spring wild
turkey hunting tags along with 41,392 adult spring wild turkey hunting permits
plus another 4,679 tags to eligible senior citizens.
Adams: 34 (36); Allen: 11
(10); Ashland: 29 (24); Ashtabula: 44 (32); Athens: 22 (32); Auglaize: 4 (2);
Belmont: 40 (38); Brown: 31 (37); Butler: 10 (19); Carroll: 25 (30); Champaign:
7 (4); Clark: 2 (2); Clermont: 29 (22); Clinton: 1 (5); Columbiana: 38 (43);
Coshocton: 34 (48); Crawford: 6 (2); Cuyahoga: 0 (0); Darke: 14 (15); Defiance:
44 (27); Delaware: 5 (5); Erie: 6 (2); Fairfield: 7 (6); Fayette: 5 (1);
Franklin: 3 (2); Fulton: 15 (11); Gallia: 31 (32); Geauga: 23 (27); Greene: 1
(0); Guernsey: 38 (50); Hamilton: 8 (6); Hancock: 3 (3); Hardin: 5 (4);
Harrison: 39 (41); Henry: 11 (11); Highland: 36 (36); Hocking: 14 (27); Holmes:
21 (29); Huron: 12 (22); Jackson: 34 (38); Jefferson: 39 (31); Knox: 23 (32);
Lake: 4 (2); Lawrence: 24 (22); Licking: 16 (33); Logan: 17 (6); Lorain: 12
(5); Lucas: 4 (4); Madison: 2 (0); Mahoning: 18 (19); Marion: 4 (3); Medina: 12
(12); Meigs: 31 (44); Mercer: 1 (1); Miami: 2 (0); Monroe: 51 (57); Montgomery:
1 (1); Morgan: 28 (30); Morrow: 14 (19); Muskingum: 33 (48); Noble: 55 (44);
Ottawa: 0 (0); Paulding: 8 (11); Perry: 26 (31); Pickaway: 3 (2); Pike: 17
(14); Portage: 19 (12); Preble: 10 (10); Putnam: 12 (12); Richland: 21 (33);
Ross: 29 (25); Sandusky: 5 (1); Scioto: 13 (9); Seneca: 9 (15); Shelby: 5 (6);
Stark: 13 (21); Summit: 3 (1); Trumbull: 46 (35); Tuscarawas: 44 (46); Union: 5
(2); Van Wert: 1 (1); Vinton: 32 (25); Warren: 12 (4); Washington: 52 (40);
Wayne: 6 (6); Williams: 28 (19); Wood: 3 (4); Wyandot: 9 (10). Total: 1,564 (1,589).
By Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
JFrischk@Ameritech.net
Jeff is the retired News-Herald reporter who covered the earth sciences, the area's three county park systems and the outdoors for the newspaper. Jeff is the recipient of more than 125 state, regional and national journalism awards. He also is a columnist and features writer for the Ohio Outdoor News, which is published every other week and details the outdoors happenings in the state.
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