CONCORD — The New Hampshire 2024 spring turkey harvest was lower when compared with recent seasons, primarily due to decreased reproductive success and poult survival in 2023, according to state Fish and Game officials. Hunters harvested 4,563 turkeys this spring, which was a decrease of 18 percent from 2023’s tally (5,580) and 17 percent below the previous 5-year average (5,503). The 2024 harvest level was similar to 2017 and 2018.
During years with warm, dry spring and summer weather, reproductive rates for wild turkeys are high, but the opposite occurs when cool, wet weather persists for an extended period of time. Above-average rainfall during the spring and summer of 2023 resulted in lower nesting success and fewer turkeys maturing into the fall population last year, so a reduced harvest is not unexpected.
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