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COLUMBUS – Wild turkey hunters across Ohio have checked 14,355 birds in the spring 2025 season as of Sunday, May 11, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
 
   This year’s statewide total represents 23 days of hunting in the 83 counties that comprise the south zone, nine days of hunting in the northeast zone, and the 1,740 turkeys taken over the two-day youth hunting weekend, April 12-13.

 
   Hunters checked an average of 13,128 turkeys by the corresponding date in the previous three seasons (2022 to 2024) and reported 14,377 birds at this point in 2024.
 
   The 10 counties with the highest totals for wild turkey harvest so far in the 2025 spring season: Belmont (425), Monroe (422), Guernsey (393), Muskingum (377), Tuscarawas (366), Carroll (363), Columbiana (354), Meigs (348), Harrison (347), and Coshocton (344). 
 
   The Division of Wildlife has issued 51,822 spring turkey permits that are valid throughout the 2025 season. Ohio’s spring turkey hunting season in the 83 counties comprising the south zone is open until Sunday, May 18. Hunting in the northeast zone is open until Sunday, June 1. Statewide, turkey hunting is now permitted from 30 minutes before sunrise until sunset. The season bag limit is one bearded turkey. Find more information in Ohio’s 2024-25 hunting and trapping regulations booklet.
 
   Hunters are required to have a valid hunting license in addition to a spring turkey permit, unless exempted. Successful hunters are required to game-check their turkey no later than 11:30 p.m. on the day of harvest. Game check, licenses, and permits are available on the HuntFish OH app, via the Ohio Wildlife Licensing System, or at a participating license agent. Game check can also be completed by phone at 1-877-TAG-IT-OH (877-824-4864).
 
   Find more information about Ohio’s wild turkey hunting at wildohio.gov.

FINAL RESULTS
A list of all wild turkeys checked by hunters in each county through Sunday, May 11, 2025, is shown below. Results include 23 days of hunting in the south zone, nine days in the northeast zone, and the two-day youth season. The first number following the county’s name shows the harvest numbers for 2025, and the three-year average (2022 to 2024) through the corresponding dates is in parentheses. The three-year average represents 16 days of hunting in the northeast zone compared to nine in the 2025 total because of a later start date this year. The numbers below are raw data and subject to change. 
 
Adams: 331 (312); Allen: 77 (65); Ashland: 156 (153); Ashtabula: 333 (341); Athens: 223 (256); Auglaize: 45 (39); Belmont: 425 (355); Brown: 295 (261); Butler: 150 (173); Carroll: 363 (292); Champaign: 61 (72); Clark: 21 (22); Clermont: 244 (233); Clinton: 69 (58); Columbiana: 354 (316); Coshocton: 344 (306); Crawford: 47 (50); Cuyahoga: 7 (8); Darke: 58 (60); Defiance: 209 (163); Delaware: 68 (76); Erie: 39 (34); Fairfield: 65 (86); Fayette: 10 (8); Franklin: 23 (14); Fulton: 147 (113); Gallia: 312 (347); Geauga: 138 (178); Greene: 30 (24); Guernsey: 393 (327); Hamilton: 71 (96); Hancock: 56 (35); Hardin: 82 (85); Harrison: 347 (312); Henry: 60 (51); Highland: 312 (275); Hocking: 176 (200); Holmes: 204 (182); Huron: 87 (75); Jackson: 271 (216); Jefferson: 329 (319); Knox: 231 (199); Lake: 46 (43); Lawrence: 222 (189); Licking: 239 (236); Logan: 108 (116); Lorain: 122 (97); Lucas: 73 (57); Madison: 4 (6); Mahoning: 224 (161); Marion: 52 (32); Medina: 98 (94); Meigs: 348 (319); Mercer: 31 (22); Miami: 40 (28); Monroe: 422 (352); Montgomery: 21 (29); Morgan: 222 (215); Morrow: 123 (121); Muskingum: 377 (351); Noble: 299 (292); Ottawa: 1 (1); Paulding: 77 (65); Perry: 208 (232); Pickaway: 16 (15); Pike: 189 (180); Portage: 283 (183); Preble: 107 (115); Putnam: 55 (32); Richland: 196 (190); Ross: 238 (238); Sandusky: 45 (25); Scioto: 297 (212); Seneca: 122 (103); Shelby: 46 (34); Stark: 271 (225); Summit: 60 (46); Trumbull: 269 (273); Tuscarawas: 366 (369); Union: 41 (45); Van Wert: 14 (17); Vinton: 231 (192); Warren: 72 (72); Washington: 324 (319); Wayne: 104 (91); Williams: 244 (191); Wood: 31 (23); Wyandot: 114 (93).
 

2025 total: 14,355
3-year average total: 13,128