Below are the estimated population and harvest figures for the 1981-2024 period. See the Wild Turkey in New Jersey page for more information.

Year	Spring Gobbler Harvest*	Mean Brood Size	Estimated Fall Population	Fall Either-sex Harvest
1981	71
1982	96
1983	132
1984	189
1985	220	4.87	6,287
1986	334	2.60	6,217
1987	356	5.00	5,979
1988	485	5.00	7,082
1989	445	—	—
1990	549	3.38	—
1991	650	6.02	8,201
1992	877	5.20	8,441
1993	1,023	5.97	9,792
1994	1,411	5.43	11,203
1995	1,582	5.56	11,855
1996	2,007	4.09	11,216
1997	2,034	3.75	11,745	167
1998	2,372	4.53	13,504	152
1999	2,570	6.00	18,127	151
2000	2,680	4.11	23,000	239
2001	3,202	3.00	23,000	258
2002	3,779	3.07	23,000	208
2003	3,591	1.82	23,000	179
2004	3,051	3.40	22,000	177
2005	3,264	2.77	22,000	120
2006	3,454	3.20	22,000	146
2007	3,061	2.93	22,000	136
2008	3,442	2.80	22,000	163
2009	3,387	2.30	22,000	123
2010	3,031	4.10	22,000	130
2011	2,995	2.73	21,000	107
2012	2,954	4.26	23,000	99
2013	3,073	2.61	23,000	106
2014	2,883	2.48	23,000	100
2015	3,043	3.20	23,000	121
2016	2,906	2.36	23,000	136
2017	3,011	2.40	23,000	80
2018	2,864	2.53	23,000	106
2019	2,739	2.90	23,000	77
2020	2,850	2.33	23,000	96
2021	2,327	3.78	21,000	68
2022	2,317	3.48	20,000	111
2023	2,545	3.24	20,000	75
2024	2,321	3.64	20,000	98

* Includes Youth Turkey Hunt harvest

THA	2025
1	47
2	71
3	9
4	61
5	56
6	64
7	50
8	113
9	113
10	27
11	157
12	126
14	242
15	36
16	103
20	624
21	357
22	212
Total	2,468

Wild Turkey in New Jersey