The
Wisconsin DNR has released the numbers for the
Fall Turkey Hunt - 4,633 birds were registered, which was down from 2012. You can also see harvest information for the
Spring Turkey Hunt, and if you did not enter the drawing for a Turkey License,
10,000 permits will be available in mid-March.
MADISON -- Wisconsin wild turkey hunters registered a total of 4,633 birds during the fall 2013 wild turkey season, a decrease of 34 percent from the 7,054 turkeys registered during the 2012 season. Success rates also decreased, from 12.9 percent in 2012 to 7.1 percent during the 2013 season.
"The late spring and wet June last year translated into poor overall reproductive success for turkeys, so with fewer young birds out there we expected to see a bit of a drop in harvest during the fall season," said Scott Walter, upland wildlife ecologist for the Department of Natural Resources. "However, the magnitude of the decline from the 2012 harvest was somewhat surprising. We'll be looking at the results of our fall hunter survey to see if hunter participation rates or effort may have played roles in the drop in harvest."
Full Story Hunters register 4,633 birds in 2013 fall wild turkey hunt; spring permit levels set
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