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Fall turkey season extension permanent beginning in 2011
« on: September 13, 2011, 01:30:41 PM »
Fall Wi. turkey season extension permanent beginning in 2011

MADISON ? Turkey hunters will have additional time in the field this fall and in future years, under a permanent extension to the fall wild turkey hunting season that state legislature has approved, and that will go into effect in time for the upcoming 2011 fall turkey season.

The extended season will start on the day after the close of the nine-day gun deer season and continue through the end of December. This fall, the extended season will run from Nov. 28 through Dec. 31. The extension is limited to turkey management zones 1-5 only; zones 6 and 7 in northern Wisconsin are excluded in order to limit hunting pressure on that region?s smaller population of turkeys.

?I?m very excited that Wisconsin?s turkey hunters will have this chance to spend more days in the field,? says Scott Walter, Department of Natural Resources upland wildlife ecologist. ?The turkey hunting tradition in this state has grown very strong since DNR reintroduced the species, and wildlife managers are thrilled that the turkey population has increased and spread enough to easily support this opportunity. It?s truly a wildlife success story.?
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