Posted July 8, 2015 9:45 pm by Comments

By Vanessa Torres

Eastern Wild Turkey
DNREC Seeks Volunteers to Report Delaware Sightings of Wild Turkeys for 2015 Survey
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Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)

Delaware -(Ammoland.com)- DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is looking for wildlife watchers and outdoor enthusiasts to assist with its 6th annual wild turkey reproduction survey, helping to identify locations where the big birds are successfully reproducing in Delaware.

The data helps biologists track the health, distribution and reproductive success of the state’s wild turkey population with the goal of ensuring a sustainable harvest of this treasured and robust game species.

“Today, Delaware has a thriving wild turkey population that allows for an annual turkey hunting season, but this was not always the case. The reintroduction of the wild turkey to Delaware 30 years ago, nearly 200 years after it became locally extinct, remains one of the state’s greatest wildlife restoration success stories,” said Division of Fish & Wildlife Director David Saveikis.

Beginning in early 1984, with support from the National Wild Turkey Federation and Delaware Wild Lands, Division of Fish & Wildlife biologists released 34 wild-trapped turkeys from Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Vermont into Sussex and Kent counties. Reintroductions continued through the 1990s, …read more

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