SE Ohio Public

[Double j]

Looking for some pointers on public lands to focus on in SE Ohio to try to find some birds.
Drove through Dillon last weekend planning on looking at Salt Fork this weekend.
Thanks in advance

[CntrlPA]

Every piece of public lland in SE ohio land will have birds in the area. Getting away from other hunters is the part you should be concerned with.

[Double j]

Every piece of public lland in SE ohio land will have birds in the area. Getting away from other hunters is the part you should be concerned with.

Thanks for the info. And nothing new to me all my turkey hunting thus far has been on Louisiana public land and pressure can't get any worse then that..

[CntrlPA]

Every piece of public lland in SE ohio land will have birds in the area. Getting away from other hunters is the part you should be concerned with.

Thanks for the info. And nothing new to me all my turkey hunting thus far has been on Louisiana public land and pressure can't get any worse then that..

According to this, it does. Assuming a similar percentage hunts turkey in each state. Don't overlook knocking on doors though. There's still a lot of people out there that give permission to hunt. Especially archery and spring gobbler, most people are very protective of their rifle/shotgun season for deer.

http://www.qdma.com/articles/hunter-density-across-the-u.s

[aaron]

Yes pressure in SE ohio I will imagine will put Louisiana pressure to shame.  We are a very populated state with very small amounts of public land.   That being said your best bet will be to go weekdays after the first week.   I agree with the above post of trying to knock on doors.   A buddy and I just spent a full ten hour Saturday knocking on doors in southern ohio.  We asked 25 farms and got permission for two spots.  both spots we are the only turkey hunters.  It is tough and you will absolutely get mostly no's but it can be done. 

[Double j]

Yes pressure in SE ohio I will imagine will put Louisiana pressure to shame.  We are a very populated state with very small amounts of public land.   That being said your best bet will be to go weekdays after the first week.   I agree with the above post of trying to knock on doors.   A buddy and I just spent a full ten hour Saturday knocking on doors in southern ohio.  We asked 25 farms and got permission for two spots.  both spots we are the only turkey hunters.  It is tough and you will absolutely get mostly no's but it can be done.

Thanks fellas....
I hunt public a bit I can figure weekdays are best but not possible for me.
Same ole same ole us LA boys get told when we look for info to hunt up North...
That hunting pressure map and yall info may apply to deer hunting and/or hunting in general but definitely not turkeys...
About half the state has turkeys maybe less. We do have a good bit of public land but Very few public lands offer turkey hunting and most the season is a few days or a week or two and none of the public lands really have a good population birds are usually in concentrated areas. Most are lottery only for a weekend. Put that all together and even on weekdays you got guys all over you

[shadetree callers]

Do you plan to hunt SE Ohio or eastern Ohio? The places you mentioned are eastern . Where are you coming from and what route do you bring into Ohio? There are plenty of birds though not as many as ten years ago. We have lots of public land to hunt but as usual there are lots of hunters too but most give up after the first week.  Concentrate on the last three weeks and especially the last week because the  birds are usually hot in the late season and hunters are fewer.