Successful 2021 Spring Turkey Harvest Recorded in New Hampshire
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July 22, 2021
Concord, NH – Hunters harvested a total of 5,399 turkeys in New Hampshire during the 2021 spring season, a decrease of 319 turkeys (5.6%) from the 2020 season. The 2021 youth turkey hunt weekend resulted in a total harvest of 542 turkeys, or 10% of the season’s total, which was an increase in harvest from the previous year. In 2020 youth hunters took 500 birds which represented 8.74% of the spring season total.
Of the 5,399 turkeys harvested this spring, 28 (0.5%) were bearded hens, 2,002 were jakes (37.1%), and 3,369 were toms (62.4%).
2021 was the third season in which hunters had the opportunity to harvest a second bird in the spring in certain Wildlife Management Units (WMUs). A total of 4,442 hunters were successful in harvesting a turkey this spring. Among those, 3,486 (78.5%) registered one bird and 956 hunters (21.5%) registered two birds. Of the 956 hun
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