Brood surveys show progress, but only multi-year local context reveals whether turkey recovery is real or just a short-lived ...
Based on a S.C. Department of Natural Resources survey, reproduction by wild turkeys increased only slightly over 2007, which was the poorest year on record, according to a state wildlife biologist.
About 8,500 licenses were made available for the spring turkey season, 50 fewer than last year.
Annually since the early 1980s, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources conducts a Summer Turkey Survey to estimate reproduction and recruitment of turkeys in South Carolina. The survey involves ...