County boasts turkey hunting’s top spot
June 4th, 2006 by Administrator
County boasts turkey hunting’s top spot
Ashtabula County is No. 1 for turkey hunting, according to Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife officials.
Sportsmen checked in 782 gobblers and Guernsey County came in second-place with 661 turkeys, officials said.
Ohio’s total turkey count came to 18,262 birds, a 4 percent increase over last year’s 17,542 turkeys.
Wildlife officials said the other top counties in the state were Harrison (625), Meigs (612), Tuscarawas (570), Athens (566), Coshocton (551), Washington (517) and Jackson (493). Cleveland-area totals included Cuyahoga (7), Geauga (358), Lake (171), Lorain (114), Medina (114) and Summit (68) counties.