Ultimate Turkey Hunting News

New FWC quota process allows for guest permit - Jun. 05, 2009
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will be accepting applications until June 30 to be included in a random drawing for quota permits to hunt on Florida's wildlife management areas (WMAs) next season.

Delaware 2009 Spring Turkey Season Ends on a High Note - Jun. 03, 2009
The results are in: Delaware's 2009 spring turkey season which ended May 1 has set a new state harvest record of 313 birds, surpassing the previous state record of 249 birds taken in 2008. The 2009 season also marked the first time the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife has designated a special day for children and disabled hunters ? April 4, when four birds were harvested.

Wild Turkey Harvest Increased For The 2009 Spring Season - Jun. 03, 2009
Annapolis, Md. - Maryland hunters reported taking 2,910 wild turkeys during the 2009 spring turkey season, registering a 3 percent increase from the 2008 harvest of 2,833 turkeys.

2009 West Virginia Spring Gobbler Harvest Reported - Jun. 02, 2009
Preliminary figures indicate West Virginia hunters harvested 9,485 bearded turkeys statewide during the recently completed 2009 spring gobbler season. This year's spring harvest is approximately four percent below the 9,929 birds taken in 2008.

Hunters Take Record Number of Spring Turkeys - May. 21, 2009
Frankfort, KY - Kentucky's spring turkey hunters set a new state record this year. Hunters telechecked 29,006 birds during the 23-day season, which ended May 10. This surpassed the previous record of 28,797 birds in 2006.

2009 Ohio Spring Turkey Harvest Tops 18,500 Birds For Second Year in a Row - May. 18, 2009
COLUMBUS, OH - Hunters checked 18,936 wild turkeys during Ohio's four-week, statewide spring turkey-hunting season that ended May 17, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife.

Missouri hunters check 41,830 turkeys - May. 12, 2009
The harvest in the regular spring turkey season was less than last year but more than predicted.

Iowa Turkey Recovery is a Landmark Conservation Achievement - May. 05, 2009
When it comes to pursuing the wild turkey, a truer statement was never spoken. Those words, which rapidly became the catch phrase of turkey hunters statewide, were first uttered by Bishop as he addressed a packed audience of turkey hunter wanna bes during an Iowa Conservation Commission sponsored turkey hunting seminar held at the Mason City Public Library. Hunting buddy Steve Schutte and I were among those wild turkey wanna bes.

INCIDENT:Hunting Related Shooting - May. 01, 2009
On 05/01/09 at approximately 0600 hours, State Game Wardens, State Police and Lyndon Rescue responded to a report of a hunting related shooting at the above location. The shooting took place on private property.

THE TRUTH ABOUT TURKEYS - Apr. 30, 2009
Kansas spring turkey season is in full swing, and many hunters are enjoying the abundance of this large game bird. Other hunters who enjoy turkey hunting but also like to quail hunt may be wondering why turkey populations have surged in recent years while quail populations have declined in much of the state. Jim Pitman, small game biologist for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks (KDWP), has some answers.