Young hunters have been taking aim at wild turkeys during the weekend. A year ago, hunters age 16 and under checked 1,785 bearded birds statewide during their designated weekend hunt, making the two ...

For almost 16,000 hunters, the spring turkey season ended the day they tagged their legal limit of a single bearded bird. Bird or no, the season’s final day was May 18 in 83 of the state’s 88 counties ...

Spring turkey harvest numbers in the state have been steadily increasing over the past five years. Starting in 2027, hunters will likely be limited to one bearded bird per spring season to protect the ...