Ohio's estimated 70,000 did their part by calling in 21,909 gobblers during the recently concluded spring season.
That figure is a 16 percent increase over the disappointing 2009 spring season kill of 18,936 birds.
Once again Ashtabula County led the state with a kill of 923 birds and compared to the 831 birds shot there during the 2009 spring season.
Added to this year's Top 10 list was Adams County with a kill of 606 birds. That is a huge increase from the 394 birds shot there during the 2009 spring season. State wildlife biologists projected before this year's April 19 to May 16 season that several of the Ohio River counties - such as Adams will enjoy an especially solid spring season due to the appearance last year of a large cicada hatch that provided superior forage for poults.
Trumbull County also made the Top 10 list with 588 birds (ranking seventh). In 2009 Trumbull County saw a kill of 568 birds.
Here is a list of selected counties and their 2010 spring wild turkey kill with their spring 2009 kills in parentheses: Adams County - 606 (394), Ashtabula County - 923 (831), Coshocton - 563 (454), Cuyahoga - 22 (20), Erie - 81 (88), Geauga - 483 (422), Guernsey - 618 (560), Huron - 183 (175), Lake - 209 (200), Lorain - 199 (175), Medina - 149 (145), Ottawa - 12 (7), Sandusky - 18 (11), Scioto (an Ohio River county) - 407 (279), Trumbull County - 588 (568), Tuscarawas - 621 (609).
- Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
JFrischkorn@News-Herald.com
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