Regional turkey harvest mixed as Virginia posts strong spring season

Regional turkey harvest mixed as Virginia posts strong spring season

Virginia hunters harvested 24,105 wild turkeys in the 2026 spring season, a 17% increase over 2025, reflecting healthy turkey populations and one of the strongest harvests in state history, according to the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources.

TWRA Releases 2026 Turkey Hunting Results, Harvest Tops 34,900 Birds Statewide - Clarksville Online - Clarksville News, Sports, Events and Information

Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) reports the state’s spring turkey hunting season resulted in a harvest of 34,990 birds, the fourth-highest reported harvest on record. It is the best harvest since the 2020 COVID record season and ranks behind only the 2006 and 2010 seasons overall. The 2026 spring harvest is a 13 percent increase over the previous 5-year average of 31,038. A total of 28,266 hunters harvested at leas…

Ohio Spring Turkey Harvest Finishes Above Average

OutdoorHub Ohio Spring Turkey Harvest Finishes Above Average Ohio turkey hunters wrapped up the 2026 spring season with a harvest that finished just shy of last year’s total but remained slightly above the state’s recent three-year average. According to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, hunters checked 15,887 wild turkeys during the season, which ran from April 18 through May 31. That number includes 2,058 birds take…