The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife recently announced promising news for the state's wild turkey population, reporting a slight increase in the 2024 wild turkey poult index. With an average of 2.9 poults per hen, this marks the fourth consecutive year of above-average or slightly above-average brood surveys — a positive trend that highlights Ohio’s ongoing turkey population growth.
Ohio's wild turkey poult index, a metric used to estimate nest success for the popular gamebird, was above average for the third year in a row, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.
