Turkey Permits Are Coming

The DNR has held it’s drawing for spring turkey permits and the successful hunters will be notified by post card this coming week. They drew over 145,000 permits for the 6 hunting periods starting April 13. But don’t despair if you forgot to apply or didn’t get a permit because there are over 80,000 leftover permits still available. They go on sale on March 21.

The leftover permits cost $10 each and you can buy one per day until they’re gone. This gives the avid turkey hunter a lot of chances for a long season. Last year hunters took over 47,000 turkeys in the spring hunt. When you think back about 30 years to when they first brought Missouri birds to Wisconsin, that 47,000 figure is astonishing. Before that time there were no wild turkeys in Wisconsin and now they are everywhere in the state. This is one of the most successful programs the DNR has run in many years. Of course the wild turkey is a tough bird capable of living almost everywhere, so that helped a lot.

There are thousands of turkeys in our area of Wisconsin. If you’ve never experienced the thrill of a spring turkey hunt, you really should give it a try. We have some of the best turkey hunting in the state, right here in our back yards. It’s a glorious time of year and a hunt that you’ll long remember.

post by: Dan Bomkamp