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| Wild
Turkey Hunting Tips & Info -- Virginia State Hunting Information |
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| State |
Virginia |
| Web Site |
Virginia
Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries |
| Population
& Subspecies |
180,000 -- Eastern |
| Turkey
Harvest |
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Year
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Spring Harvest
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Fall Harvest
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2006
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17,195
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2005
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14,355
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4,000
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2004
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14,338
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2003
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17,988
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6,921
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2002
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18,334*
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* - Record Harvest
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| Spring Season
Info |
2006 Regular Season Dates:
April 8-April 29: One-half hour before sunrise
until 12 noon each day.
May 1-May 13: One-half hour before sunrise
to sunset.
Youth Season: April 1 - One-half hour
before sunrise to 12 noon.
Bag Limit: 1 bearded turkey per day,
3 per license year, no more than 2 in fall
Legal
Methods and Restrictions
- Modern firearms
- Archery tackle
- Muzzleloading firearms
- Decoys and blinds may be
used
- Unlawful to use electronic
calls
- Unlawful to use dogs during
spring gobbler season
- Unlawful to use or have
in possession any shot larger than number
2 fine shot during spring gobbler season
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| Fall
Season Info |
Fall 2004 -
Season Dates:
Bag Limit: 2 either sex; 1 per day,
3 per license year, no more than 2 in fall
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| Spring Harvest
2004 |
Statewide, 14,388 birds were killed
during the spring 2004 season, which for the
first time included afternoon hunting the final
two weeks. The harvest is down about 20 percent
from last year's harvest of 17,988 gobblers
and well below the 2002 spring record of 18,345.
Counties east of the Blue Ridge Mountains
had a higher relative decline - down about
25 percent, from 11,810 last year to 8,914
this spring - than those west of the Blue
Ridge - down about 11 percent, from 6,178
to 5,474.
Bedford County again led the state with 532
gobblers reported killed, down from last year's
648. Others in the top five were Franklin,
with 516 (586 last year); Pittsylvania, with
468 (604 last year); Scott, with 366 (368
last year); and Halifax, with 309 (368 last
year).
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