Post by dcheckman on Nov 5, 2012 17:04:18 GMT -5
Harvest Management, October 2012
This year, 2012, was our second season of an all-day spring wild turkey hunting during the second half of the season (began third Monday of the season). During the ½ day portion, 71% of the harvest occurred before 9am; the same as last year. During the all-day season 20% of the harvests occurred after noon, similar to the 22% last year. For the afternoon segment, the majority of the harvest occurred between 6-8pm, similar to last year. The latest reported harvest was 8:40pm (8:35pm in 2011). Hunting hours closed from 8:38-8:58pm during the first week of all-day hunting (ended 4 minutes later for each meridian west), up to 8:50-9:10pm during the last week of hunting.
All-day spring hunting for the second half of the season also is offered in Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. New Jersey will offer this in 2014, Vermont’s administration will strongly consider it, and Maine is to consider it. Connecticut’s youth season closes at 5pm, but they are not considering it for the regular season. The 5pm closure is to avoid impacting the behavior of birds going to roost.
Data collection ended for the two annual turkey summer sighting surveys (statewide daily WCO and WMU 5A weekly surveys) which provide information on trends in recruitment and populations.
This year, 2012, was our second season of an all-day spring wild turkey hunting during the second half of the season (began third Monday of the season). During the ½ day portion, 71% of the harvest occurred before 9am; the same as last year. During the all-day season 20% of the harvests occurred after noon, similar to the 22% last year. For the afternoon segment, the majority of the harvest occurred between 6-8pm, similar to last year. The latest reported harvest was 8:40pm (8:35pm in 2011). Hunting hours closed from 8:38-8:58pm during the first week of all-day hunting (ended 4 minutes later for each meridian west), up to 8:50-9:10pm during the last week of hunting.
All-day spring hunting for the second half of the season also is offered in Virginia, Ohio and Maryland. New Jersey will offer this in 2014, Vermont’s administration will strongly consider it, and Maine is to consider it. Connecticut’s youth season closes at 5pm, but they are not considering it for the regular season. The 5pm closure is to avoid impacting the behavior of birds going to roost.
Data collection ended for the two annual turkey summer sighting surveys (statewide daily WCO and WMU 5A weekly surveys) which provide information on trends in recruitment and populations.
