Saturday, March 20, 2010
Wild Turkeys Plentiful In KY
KENTUCKY...
Turkey hunting in Kentucky will likely provide the best results in years. State wildlife specialists say the spring turkey hunting season might be one of the best in a decade. A wild turkey biologist with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, says the reason is record reproduction in 2008. Conservation officers and wildlife biologists counted 3.7 turkey chicks per hen in 2008, the most ever counted in the state. Kentucky's 23-day spring wild turkey season begins April 17 and closes May 9. The youth-only weekend, for hunters under age 16, is April 3 and 4. The fish and wildlife department says there are about 220,000 wild turkeys in Kentucky and some 90,000 people hunt turkeys in the state.
Turkey hunting in Kentucky will likely provide the best results in years. State wildlife specialists say the spring turkey hunting season might be one of the best in a decade. A wild turkey biologist with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, says the reason is record reproduction in 2008. Conservation officers and wildlife biologists counted 3.7 turkey chicks per hen in 2008, the most ever counted in the state. Kentucky's 23-day spring wild turkey season begins April 17 and closes May 9. The youth-only weekend, for hunters under age 16, is April 3 and 4. The fish and wildlife department says there are about 220,000 wild turkeys in Kentucky and some 90,000 people hunt turkeys in the state.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 6:43 AM 
