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Fall archery hunters reach third-highest turkey harvest on record for the season

WSIU Public Broadcasting | By Leah Lerner
Published February 13, 2023 at 10:20 AM CST
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Fall archery hunters reach third-highest turkey harvest on record for the season.

Hunters in Illinois harvested a statewide total of 801 wild turkeys during the 2022-2023 fall archery turkey season between Oct. 1 and Jan. 15.

The total compares with the statewide fall archery turkey harvest of 683 in 2021-2022 and is the third-highest harvest total on record for the season in Illinois. The top five counties for fall archery wild turkey harvest this season were Vermilion with 27 turkeys harvested; Ogle, 24; Clay, 22; Marion, 21; and Randolph, 21.

The harvest consisted of 48% males and 52% hens.
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Leah Lerner
Leah Lerner is a media writer, producer, and announcer at WSIU Public Broadcasting located at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Contact WSIU Radio at 618-453-6101 or email wsiunews@wsiu.org.
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