New York and Turkey

Title Issue
Youths get their gobblers

Youths get their gobblers

Two-day harvest up 15 percent

May 2013
Striking out in Kansas

Striking out in Kansas

Rio Grande hunt ends with no tags filled

May 2013
Gobbler-getting gear for 2013: Simply the best

Gobbler-getting gear for 2013: Simply the best

One of these springs, the gobblers are just going to surrender. I can see it now: a trio of longbeards marching back to my truck, wings behind their heads, just giving up before I even put a tag on them

April 2013
Good old days gone, hunting remains solid

Good old days gone, hunting remains solid

Turkey harvest way down, but production better last year

April 2013
New turkey study to focus on hen survival

New turkey study to focus on hen survival

Will lead to changes in fall seasons

January 2013
DEC seeks volunteers for turkey, pheasant surveys

DEC seeks volunteers for turkey, pheasant surveys

DEC is looking for volunteers to participate in surveys for two popular game birds: wild turkeys and ring-necked pheasants.

August 2012
Solid up north, down in central N.Y.

Solid up north, down in central N.Y.

Preliminary numbers show New York’s spring gobbler kill may be up slightly from last season.

June 2012
DEC balks at all-day gobbler hunting in New York

DEC balks at all-day gobbler hunting in New York

New York wildlife biologists don’t see all-day spring gobbler hunting in the state’s near future, even though it’s a move neighboring states like Pennsylvania and Ohio have made in recent years

May 2012
Weather again impacts turkey hunting youths

Weather again impacts turkey hunting youths

Some iffy weather, courtesy of a cold front that swept across the state on the first morning of New York’s two-day youth turkey hunt, likely impacted harvest numbers this year.

May 2012

Cell-ing point: Talking turkey

April 2012