The wild turkey season is just a few weeks away in Iowa and early indications are it could be a good one. D-N-R wildlife biologist Jim Coffey says birds should be plentiful.
“We’ve had a couple of three back-to-back good brood seasons or summer brooding seasons, so that should result in some good numbers of turkeys on the landscape across most of the state this year,” he says.
Coffey says ground nesting birds like pheasants, quail and turkeys do well in dry years. The youth-only wild turkey season for residents age 15 and younger opens things up from April 10th to the 12th. Season 1 is April 13th to the 16th, season 2 is April 17th to the 21st, season 3 is April 22nd to the 28th, season 4 is April 29th to May 17th. The Resident Archery Only season is April 13th to May 17th.
