{"id":441,"date":"2021-12-28T00:06:25","date_gmt":"2021-12-28T00:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?page_id=441"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:12:27","slug":"wild-turkey-harvests-and-population-estimates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/hunting\/wild-turkey-harvests-and-population-estimates\/","title":{"rendered":"Wild Turkey Harvests and Population Estimates 1981 &#8211; 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are the estimated population and harvest figures for the 1981-2024 period. See the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/hunting\/wild-turkey-in-new-jersey\/\">Wild Turkey in New Jersey<\/a>\u00a0page for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Spring Gobbler Harvest*<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Mean Brood Size<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Estimated Fall Population<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Fall Either-sex Harvest<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1981<\/td><td>71<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1982<\/td><td>96<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1983<\/td><td>132<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1984<\/td><td>189<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1985<\/td><td>220<\/td><td>4.87<\/td><td>6,287<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1986<\/td><td>334<\/td><td>2.60<\/td><td>6,217<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1987<\/td><td>356<\/td><td>5.00<\/td><td>5,979<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1988<\/td><td>485<\/td><td>5.00<\/td><td>7,082<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1989<\/td><td>445<\/td><td>&#8212;<\/td><td>&#8212;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1990<\/td><td>549<\/td><td>3.38<\/td><td>&#8212;<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1991<\/td><td>650<\/td><td>6.02<\/td><td>8,201<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1992<\/td><td>877<\/td><td>5.20<\/td><td>8,441<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1993<\/td><td>1,023<\/td><td>5.97<\/td><td>9,792<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1994<\/td><td>1,411<\/td><td>5.43<\/td><td>11,203<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1995<\/td><td>1,582<\/td><td>5.56<\/td><td>11,855<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1996<\/td><td>2,007<\/td><td>4.09<\/td><td>11,216<\/td><td>&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1997<\/td><td>2,034<\/td><td>3.75<\/td><td>11,745<\/td><td>167<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1998<\/td><td>2,372<\/td><td>4.53<\/td><td>13,504<\/td><td>152<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>1999<\/td><td>2,570<\/td><td>6.00<\/td><td>18,127<\/td><td>151<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2000<\/td><td>2,680<\/td><td>4.11<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>239<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2001<\/td><td>3,202<\/td><td>3.00<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>258<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2002<\/td><td>3,779<\/td><td>3.07<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>208<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2003<\/td><td>3,591<\/td><td>1.82<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>179<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2004<\/td><td>3,051<\/td><td>3.40<\/td><td>22,000<\/td><td>177<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2005<\/td><td>3,264<\/td><td>2.77<\/td><td>22,000<\/td><td>120<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2006<\/td><td>3,454<\/td><td>3.20<\/td><td>22,000<\/td><td>146<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2007<\/td><td>3,061<\/td><td>2.93<\/td><td>22,000<\/td><td>136<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2008<\/td><td>3,442<\/td><td>2.80<\/td><td>22,000<\/td><td>163<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2009<\/td><td>3,387<\/td><td>2.30<\/td><td>22,000<\/td><td>123<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010<\/td><td>3,031<\/td><td>4.10<\/td><td>22,000<\/td><td>130<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2011<\/td><td>2,995<\/td><td>2.73<\/td><td>21,000<\/td><td>107<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2012<\/td><td>2,954<\/td><td>4.26<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>99<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>3,073<\/td><td>2.61<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>106<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2014<\/td><td>2,883<\/td><td>2.48<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>100<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015<\/td><td>3,043<\/td><td>3.20<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>121<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2016<\/td><td>2,906<\/td><td>2.36<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>136<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>3,011<\/td><td>2.40<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>80<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018<\/td><td>2,864<\/td><td>2.53<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>106<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019<\/td><td>2,739<\/td><td>2.90<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>77<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2020<\/td><td>2,850<\/td><td>2.33<\/td><td>23,000<\/td><td>96<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2021  <\/td><td>2,327<\/td><td>3.78<\/td><td>21,000<\/td><td>68<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>2,317<\/td><td>3.48<\/td><td>20,000<\/td><td>111<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>2,545<\/td><td>3.24<\/td><td>20,000<\/td><td>75<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>2,321<\/td><td>3.64<\/td><td>20,000<\/td><td>98<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>* Includes&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/hunting\/take-a-kid-hunting-program\/#turkey\">Youth Turkey Hunt<\/a>&nbsp;harvest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table><thead><tr><th>THA<\/th><th>2025<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>1<\/td><td>47<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>71<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>9<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>61<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>56<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>64<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>50<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>113<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>113<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>27<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>157<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>126<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td>242<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>36<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>103<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td>624<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<\/td><td>357<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td>212<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Total<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>2,468<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.njfishandwildlife.com\/turkey_info.htm\"><strong>Wild Turkey in New Jersey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are the estimated population and harvest figures for the 1981-2024 period. See the\u00a0Wild Turkey in New Jersey\u00a0page for more information. Year Spring Gobbler Harvest* Mean Brood Size Estimated Fall Population Fall Either-sex Harvest 1981 71 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1982 96 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1983 132 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1984 189 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; 1985 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-441","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=441"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64200,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/441\/revisions\/64200"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}