Turkey Harvest Reporting Underway: Georgia Game Check Showcasing Results

By Justin Stakes

Social Circle, GA -(Ammoland.com)- More than 2,500 hunters fortunate enough to have gotten a gobbler during the 2016 turkey hunting season have become familiar with the requirement to log their bird on their harvest record and report that effort (within 72 hours) to Georgia Game Check, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources’ Wildlife Resources Division (WRD).

“It is exciting that hunters can see the results of the turkey season as it happens,” said Tina Johannsen, Program Operations Manager with game management of the Wildlife Resources Division. “So far, it appears that the majority of the birds taken have been mature gobblers and, as expected, most hunters used a modern firearm.”

Georgia Game Check harvest results can be viewed on the WRD website at https://gamecheckresults.olspassport.com/TurkeyByCounty.aspx.

Access to a free harvest record is available online through the Wildlife Resources Division license system (www.georgiawildlife.com) or through a license vendor or by phone (1-800-366-2661). Alternately, hunters who have cell service can use the new Outdoors GA app (available free from the Apple or Google Play store) or go online to report their harvest and complete the harvest record and …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand