USING AVID HUNTER AND BROOD SURVEYS TO PREDICT HUNTER SUCCESS AND ASSESS REGULATORY CHANGES IN SPRING GOBBLER SEASONS

Abstract: Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo; hereafter, turkey) populations can exhibit annual fluctuations in excess of 50% of their long‐term mean due to reproductive variability. State wildlife agencies often monitor population trends by collecting reproduction and recruitment data. However, integ...

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Published in:	Wildlife Society Bulletin
Main Authors:	Adam B. Butler, Guiming Wang, K. David Godwin
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2015-01-01
Subjects:	avid hunter survey brood survey eastern wild turkey harvest rate hunting Meleagris gallopavo silvestris
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/j.2328-5540.2015.tb00392.x