Ohio turkey hunters bag more than 10,000 birds.

Ohio’s wild turkey hunters have bagged 10,078 birds so far during the 2025 spring season, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife. Wild turkey hunting opened on April 19 in the 83 counties that comprise the south zone. This year’s results include all birds taken through Sunday as well as the 1,740 turkeys checked during the youth-only season, April 12-13. In 2024, hunters checked 10,082 wild turkeys during the same time period, with a three-year average (2022-2024) of 9,094.