Ohio Division of Wildlife

🦃 NEWS: Like the 2026 spring season, the spring wild turkey hunting seasons include separate youth dates for the south and northeast zones.
📅 The spring 2027 wild turkey hunting season dates are:
⏺️ South Zone Youth: Saturday, April 17 to Sunday, April 18, 202
⏺️ Northeast Zone Youth: Saturday, April 24 to Sunday, April 25, 2027
⏺️ South Zone: Saturday, April 24 to Sunday, May 23, 2027
⏺️ Northeast Zone: Saturday, May 1 to Sunday, May 30, 2027

📍 Ohio’s spring turkey hunting season is split into two zones to align with the timing of turkey nesting in those regions. The south zone covers the majority of Ohio, comprising 83 counties. The northeast zone includes Ashtabula, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, and Trumbull counties.

🌤️ Hunting hours during the youth weekends in both zones are from 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset. In the south zone and northeast zone, hunting hours for the first nine days of each season will be from 30 minutes before sunrise until noon, with hours for the remainder of the season from 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset.