
Iowa sees slight drop in wild turkey harvest
Hunters reported nearly 11,800 turkeys during 2017 spring season.
Hunters reported nearly 11,800 turkeys during 2017 spring season.
Hunters checked 19,095 birds during the 2017 wild turkey south zone and northeast zone hunting seasons compared to 16,229 birds in 2016. Youth hunters checked 1,920 birds during the 2017 youth season compared to 1,564
The final 2017 Environment bill, which Gov. Mark Dayton likely will sign, includes a provision to allow scopes during the blackpowder season.
It’s the combined harvest from the August Canada goose management take and the September Canada goose hunting season.
Outings draw 32 hunters who bagged nine gobblers.
The 2016 deer take included 106,055 antlerless deer and 107,006 bucks.
Would increase the cost to hunt a trophy buffalo in Custer State Park by $1,500, making the new fee $6,500. The cost to hunt a non-trophy bison bull would increase $1,000 to $3,250.
Harvest data shows a continued correlation between the pheasant population and the number of acres of land in the Conservation Reserve Program.
Some resident hunters fear the commercialization of waterfowl hunting in the state, while some business interests want more nonresident hunters and their money in South Dakota.
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