Preliminary spring turkey harvest results are now available from Indiana DNR.
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.
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% of total harvest) were taken by youth hunters during the youth-only weekend from Apr. 17-18.
Hunters had an estimated success rate of 19% compared to 21% in 2020.
DNR says 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 spring turkey harvest website.