Iowa’s 47th spring turkey season is one for the records 5/19/2020 1:25:00 PM View Count 5070 Iowa hunters reported harvesting more than 14,600 turkeys during the spring season, which is the highest spring turkey harvest since mandatory harvest reporting began in 2007. The previous high was 12,173 in 2016.
Successful turkey hunters encouraged to provide a leg for disease surveillance 4/21/2020 12:44:00 PM View Count 5934 Hunters who bag a turkey this spring are encouraged to keep one of the lower legs to be tested for the presence of Lymphoproliferative Disease (LPDV).
Turkey legs needed for disease surveillance project 3/17/2020 12:14:00 PM View Count 7098 The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in conjunction with Iowa State University is monitoring the wild turkey population for the presence of Lymphoproliferative Disease (LPDV), and is asking for hunters who harvest a bird this spring to provide one lower leg to be tested.
Successful turkey hunters encouraged to participate in disease monitoring study 9/24/2019 12:52:00 PM View Count 4042 Attention turkey hunters – the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is looking for a few good turkey legs. Well, actually, any wild, lower turkey leg will do.