COLUMBUS — Ohio hunters checked 2,511 wild turkeys on the first day of the wild turkey hunting season Monday.
That number was up from last year, when hunters checked 2,335 wild turkeys on opening day.
Ohio’s spring wild turkey season is open through May 15.
Hunters are required to have a hunting license and a spring turkey hunting permit. The spring season bag limit is two bearded turkeys. Hunters can harvest one bearded turkey per day, and a second spring turkey permit can be purchased at any time throughout the spring turkey season. Turkeys must be checked by 11:30 p.m. the day of harvest.
Hunting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise until noon through May 1. Hunting hours from May 2 to 15 are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset.
Hunters may use shotguns or archery equipment to hunt wild turkeys. It is unlawful to hunt turkeys using bait, live decoys or electronic calling devices or to shoot a wild turkey while it is in a tree.
