Pa hunter looking for ohio public land suggestion

[thickey62]

Started hunting ohio this past deer season, I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a decent wildlife area or one with less hunting pressure to spring turkey hunt this spring?  I hunted highlandtown wildlife area for first day of deer and it was a mad house.

[Ruger M77]

I'll give this a bump for ya Im also interested in ohio I wonderd how the Wayne NF would be

[Limbstrutter]

Wayne.  I haven't personally hunted there but my uncle's use to always talk about how awesome the place was to hunt. Full of everything.

[captin_hook]

What part of pa are you in?..... My bad, misread post.

[the Ward]

I don't know if you tried this yet, but if you go on the odnr website there is a section that has maps and listings of all the public hunting areas. Ohio public land gets hammered pretty hard, especially during deer gun season. I hunted Highland town once in deer season, your right about the crowds!We used to hunt in Jefferson county quite a bit. We would camp at Jefferson Lake state park and hunt there and the surrounding areas like Harrison and Fernwood. I never hunted turkey there but I know that there was good populations though. For turkey I mostly hunt Trumbull and Ashtabula county's. The Wayne should be good but I think it would be tough to scout due to its size and it is intermixed with a lot of private land in some blocks, a map is your friend there. Good luck, you should be able to find some good hunting in those areas, and I would try hunting during the weekdays if possible, it will be less crowded by far.

[turkey_slayer]

I deer hunt Ohio on public land. Going to Turkey hunt it this year cause the amount of gobblers I seen was ridiculous. With that said, I would stay away from all the big name places and focus on small, not well known areas away from any cities or big towns.

[thickey62]

I'm thinking ill prob try highlandtown first because it's pretty close and then maybe try leesville or valley run, I know ill at least be hunting April 25,26,27 and maybe may 2.  If I get some more time I might travel further west and give it a shot In some areas I want to check out for archery. Thanks for the posts