INDIANA – Hunters harvested 12,320 wild turkeys during Indiana’s 2021 spring season, with at least one turkey harvested in 91 of 92 counties. No birds were harvested in Tipton County.
Harvested locally:
- Jackson County – 16
- Greene County – 11
- Monroe County – 10
- Lawrence County – 9
- Martin County – 9
- Daviess County – 6
- Washington County – 6
- Orange County – 3
While the 2021 harvest was lower than last year’s record harvest of 14,492 birds, this year’s harvest was similar to the previous five years’ spring harvest results – averaging 12,065 birds per season.
A total of 1,198 birds (10 percent of total harvest) were taken by youth hunters during the youth-only weekend, April 17-18. Hunters had an estimated success rate of 19 percent compared to 21 percent in 2020.
A complete analysis of Indiana’s spring harvest data for 2021 will be available later this summer.
To see county harvest numbers, check out the Department of Natural Resources spring turkey harvest website.
