Where oh where has the wild turkey gone in Ohio?

The last wild turkeys that I “saw” in my creek bottom – via a trailcam photo – was on March 5, 2022. Since then nada, nothing, no birds, despite searching all around my bailiwick for evidence.
For years prior, I had wondered when, or whether, these great gamebirds finally might make their way into my western Sandusky County creek bottom – one of the last areas of Ohio to see their resurgence in a classic wildlife management tale. But it happened about four years ago.

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