Ohio’s wild turkey kill is up as spring season nears its end

As turkey season is winding down around Ohio, harvest numbers compared to last year are witnessing a bit of an uptick. Harvest numbers supplied by the ODNR Division of Wildlife (DOW) through May 14 showed Ohio’s cadre of hunters had killed 14,279 birds. That compares to the 10,734 turkeys harvested during the same time period in 2022. The three-year average for that time frame is 13,353.