- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Serial:
- Wild turkey program ... harvest monitoring.
- Title:
- Wild turkey program, FY-2019 harvest monitoring
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Natural Resources. Wildlife Resources Division
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Wildlife Resources Division, issuing body.
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Natural Resources. Wildlife Resources Division
- Date of Original:
- 2019
- Subject:
- Turkey hunting--Georgia--Statistics--Periodicals
Wildlife management--Georgia--Periodicals
Turkey hunting
Wildlife management
Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Fact sheet on harvest monitoring in Georgia's Wild turkey program.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pg2-bs1-bt8-b2019-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_y-ga-bn200-pg2-bs1-bt8-b2019-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Georgia's Wild Turkey Program
Wild Turkey Program FY-2019: Harvest Monitoring
Statewide Wild Turkey Harvest
Statewide, 46,995 hunters hunted wild turkey in 2019; up 5% from 2018. These hunters harvested 17,073 gobblers in 2019 (unchanged from 2018). The harvest rate was 0.36 turkeys per hunter, slightly below the 2018 rate. Juvenile male turkeys (jakes) accounted for 1,467 of the total gobblers harvested (9%). Regionally, the Piedmont had the highest percentage of the total harvest (36%) followed closely by the Upper Coastal Plain (33%). These were followed by the Lower Coastal Plain (17%), Ridge and Valley (11%), and the Blue Ridge regions (3%). Regional harvest totals were similar to 2018, but harvest has decreased over the past decade across the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions. Hunter satisfaction was 81%, lower than the previous year and below the 5-year average of 88%. Hunter satisfaction is defined as the percentage of hunters surveyed who rated the season Excellent, Good, or Satisfactory. Source: Georgia Spring Turkey Harvest 2019 Report, Responsive Management
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Harvest Rate
Turkey Hunters and Harvest 2001-2019.
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Harvest Rate (turkeys harvested/hunter) 2001-2019
0.80 0.70 0.60 0.50 0.40 0.30 0.20 0.10 0.00
Turkey Hunters
Harvest
Turkey Harvest by Physiographic Region, 2010-2019
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2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Ridge & Valley Upper CP
Blue Ridge Lower CP
PiedmoGntrant Opportunity
Wild Turkey Program FY-2019: Harvest Monitoring
Harvest Reporting Game Check
Since 2016, hunters have been required to report their turkey harvest by phone, internet, or app. Total reported harvest to Game Check has remained stable from 2016-2019. This reporting requirement allows WRD to track harvest trends at finer spatial scales, as well as easily track WMA harvest.
Turkey harvest per square mile by county, 2019 Harvested turkeys reported to Game Check, 2016-2019
2016
11,229
2017
11,781
2018
11,948
2019
11,521
Georgia's Wild Turkey Program
Wildlife Management Area Harvest
In 2019, 13,934 hunters signed in on 113 WMAs, a 9% decrease from 2018. These hunters harvested 866 gobblers, a 3% decrease from 2017. Jakes comprised 21% of the WMA harvest. Overall, hunters had a success rate of 6.2% on wildlife management areas in Georgia.
Georgia WMA Harvest and Hunter use 2001-2019
Top Five WMAs for Total Harvest, 2019
Area
Paulding Forest Cohutta Dawson Forest Redlands Crockford-Pigeon Mtn
Turkeys Harvested
57 52 48 39 32
Top Five WMAs for Hunter Success, 2019
Area
Hunter Success
Joe Kurz
23.5%
Standing Boy Creek
22.2%
Dukes Creek
21.1%
Dawson Forest
19.4%
Griffin RidGgerant Opportuni1t7y.2%