{"id":12880,"date":"2017-01-25T09:41:57","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/?p=12880"},"modified":"2017-04-14T14:56:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:56:56","slug":"record-winter-turkey-season-reported","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/2017\/01\/25\/record-winter-turkey-season-reported\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Winter Turkey Season Reported"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hunters reported taking 109 wild turkeys during Maryland\u2019s third annual winter\u00a0turkey hunting season<\/a>, which was open statewide Jan. 19-21.<\/p>\n

The harvest was significantly higher than the 61 birds taken last winter, which was hampered by severe weather, and slightly higher\u00a0than the inaugural 2015 season.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are glad to see hunters taking advantage of this new opportunity,\u201d said Wildlife and Heritage Service<\/a> Director Paul Peditto. \u201cOur goal is to give more hunters the chance to benefit from the great wildlife management success story that lead to the restoration of this remarkable species.”<\/p>\n

The winter turkey season was established in 2015 to provide hunters an additional hunting opportunity while minimizing conflicts with other seasons.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Turkey populations<\/a>\u00a0were minimal in the state\u00a0until an extensive\u00a0Maryland Department of Natural Resources<\/a>\u00a0program, which trapped and relocated wild flocks of turkeys and succeeded in establishing populations in every county.<\/p>\n

Turkeys were harvested in 22 counties this winter, with Dorchester, Washington, and Charles counties reporting the highest figures. Adult males comprised about 49 percent of the harvest with the rest a combination of\u00a0female and juvenile birds. Ninety percent were taken with a shotgun with others harvested with a crossbow or vertical bow.<\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Winter Wild Turkey Season Harvest, 2015-2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
County<\/strong><\/td>\n2015<\/strong><\/td>\n2016<\/strong><\/td>\n2017<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Allegany<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anne Arundel<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Baltimore<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Calvert<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caroline<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carroll<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cecil<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charles<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dorchester<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frederick<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Garrett<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Harford<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Howard<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kent<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Montgomery<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prince George\u2019s<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Queen Anne\u2019s<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Somerset<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
St. Mary\u2019s<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Talbot<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Washington<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wicomico<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Worcester<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n108<\/strong><\/td>\n61<\/strong><\/td>\n109<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hunters reported taking 109 wild turkeys during Maryland\u2019s third annual winter\u00a0turkey hunting season, which was open statewide Jan. 19-21. The harvest was significantly higher than the 61 birds taken last winter, which was hampered by severe weather, and slightly higher\u00a0than the inaugural 2015 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[957,3172],"tags":[2924,2922,2945,3122,2909],"class_list":["post-12880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-appnews","category-hunting","tag-charles-county","tag-dorchester-county","tag-paul-peditto","tag-turkey","tag-washington-county"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12880"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12901,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12880\/revisions\/12901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/dnr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}