Patrick Durkin: Wisconsin turkey hunters notch fifth-best season
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If one of my grandchildren pursues a career in wildlife management, I hope they sign on as Wisconsin’s chief turkey biologist. They would likely enjoy little stress and enduring job satisfaction, given the happiness turkeys inspire among hunters.
This spring, for example, Wisconsin hunters registered 50,287 turkeys, the fifth-best total since our 1983 inaugural season. That kill was only 447 shy of 2024’s total of 50,734, and only 2,593 (5%) below the record 52,880 shot in 2008.
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