The first of the wild turkey seasons opens today (Friday) with the youth hunt. D-N-R wildlife biologist Jim Coffey says he expects hunter numbers to be good.
“We’ll issue just probably around 50 to 52-thousand licenses this year. And that’s one reason why we do have the split seasons,” he says. Coffey says turkey hunters like to be out on their own, and don’t like to be interfered with by other hunters. Coffey says they’ve had several good nesting season and there should be plenty of turkeys out there — but that doesn’t guarantee you’ll bag one.
