Wisconsin Spring Turkey Hunting Season Results
Saturday, June 11th, 2016 -- 7:58 AM
(Wisconsin Ag Connection) -Preliminary totals show turkey hunters registered 45,496 birds during the 2016 spring turkey hunting season in Wisconsin, an 11 percent increase from the spring 2015 season.A total of 213,672 permits were issued for the spring 2016 spring turkey season, compared to 208,250 the year before. Zone 1 produced the highest overall turkey harvest at 13,862 birds, followed by zones 2 and 3, where hunters registered 11,083 and 10,348 turkeys respectively.
Overall, the statewide hunter success rate was 21.3 percent, compared to 19.7 percent in 2015. The highest hunter success rate was seen in Zone 2, with a rate of 23 percent, followed by Zone 1 at 22 percent and Zone 4 at 21 percent. Success rates were between 14 percent and 20 percent for the remaining zones.
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