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Meanwhile, the fall turkey harvest was about average this year.
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Meanwhile, the fall turkey harvest was about average this year.

Rick Swartz captured an image of a coyote trying its luck at turkeys Aug. 26 on the Doug Michie farm in Harshaw. The photo was submitted by Mike Heitman.
Serious turkey hunters gathered at Turkey Trot Acres Lodge in Candor (Tioga County) last Friday for the second annual Callmakers Summit, which brought together some of the finest custom callmakers in the country. The event
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin DNR recently announced the winners of the 2019 Wisconsin wild turkey, pheasant and waterfowl stamp design contests. Eighteen wildlife artists submitted a total of 24 pieces of artwork for the

Should the DEC’s Summer Sighting Survey confirm the writer’s observations, the low poult numbers this year will mean fewer jakes on the landscape next spring, and even more importantly, fewer 2-year-old longbeards in the spring

Preliminary data on the state DNR website shows hunters killed 38,886 wild turkeys, about 4,500 fewer than last year.

Sightings can be submitted on website.

Harvest third highest on record, thanks likely in large part to a localized condition that happens only once every 17 years.

That’s up more than 1,500 birds from last year.
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