Minnesota Wild Turkey Success

[Mayfly]

Just put a new turkey article on the home page...

Check it out:  http://mnoutdoorsman.com/forums/index.php

[Go Big Red!]

Wisconsin has had great success with their turkey population.  I have personally seen birds as far north as Iron Belt (South of Hurley on Hwy 77 - Straight east of Duluth).  I what to say I have read that Wis has 300,000 birds in the state.  I'll dig around and see what I can find on that number.

[Go Big Red!]

I might be way off on the number.  I did find a 1990 study stating there are 60,000 birds.  Seems low from what I can remember.

[Go Big Red!]

Here's what I found from the American Hunter website. The link bellow discusses the top 10 turkey states.

http://www.americanhunter.org/articles/top-states-turkey-hunting/

"Wisconsin has the fourth highest turkey population (Easterns) in the country with 320,000 birds, and despite the draw, hunters there took a mind-numbing 47,722 gobblers, still only 11 percent of the overall population."