Spring Truthahn: Hunter Highlights | News, sports, jobs

Women provided with Tom Turkey Photo/Air photo of Mormon Ridge by Garry Brandenburg Spring Wilde Truthahn ends on Sunday, May 18th after a long route that started on April 7th. Hunter in secret camouflage clothes or in the blind pop-up blind waited patiently and called seductively to see if a tom-Türkiye comes close. It worked over 14,000 times, since the nationwide number of 14,123 registrations for the Iowa DNR reporting system was in the middle of the week. Today's Turkish hunter is Melissa Ream, who shot her Big Tom on May 8th. It hit the scale with 23 pounds, had a customs long spores and a 10-inch bear. The aerial photo shows part of Ream's hunting area, Mormon Ridge and the adjacent Arney Bend Wildlife Area over the Iowa River. Forest habitats are key components for turkey to look for, nest and search for insects and other foods.

Wild turkey are a huge playbird, one of the largest. Mature Tom turkey can weigh from 20 to 24 pounds, have a wing span of 4.5 feet and stand up almost 4 feet.

The flight speeds once at full speed can be 55 miles per hour. You can run on the floor at 25 miles per hour. Your eyesight is phenomenal acute to see things and to record possible dangers of floor or bird predators. They are a native bird of North America.

They were successfully brought to a level by very low numbers that is now sufficient to enable a regulated harvest in the entire state of Iowa. Jäger took 11,366 in 2023.

In 2024 with cheaper weather, Jäger 14,585. Now with 2025 at the end of Sunday, the balance is currently 14,123 (in the middle of the week). The final numbers will be in development and will be very similar in 2024.

Wild turkey was only a source of food for the American indigenous people. The settlers, who newly new on the east coast, soon learned the same – this big bird had a lot of meat on its frame.

What Siedler didn't know at the time was how easy it would be to hunt this way. Of course, the priority of survival was more important than inexhaustible wildlife.

Now that modern and scientifically based wildlife management is well established, the type of very low figures has been brought back to well over seven million. Wildlife managers in cooperation with the National Wild Turkey Federation have contributed to catching turkey in many former habitats and using it again.

There are six subspecies of the wild door, all of which are native to North America. These names are Eastern, Rio Grande, Ocellated, Merriam's, Oscola and Gould's. Iowa has the east.

For IOWA hunters, most of all most produce districts with extensive forested habitats. Top counties in 2025 are Clayton (560), Allamakee (555) and Jackson in 413. Warren County south of Moines has had 342 toms so far.

Each district Iowa has wild turkey, depending on the habitat. Low-take rural circles include Oscola with 8, Pocahontas at 15 and SAC with 18.

Calhoun has only 4th Marshall County in the middle pack area with 93. Our surrounding counties are Tama (180), Poweshiek (100), Jasper (151), History (47), Hardin (104) and Grundy (14).

————–

An interesting series of wildlife stories can be found on the website with the title The Venatic, a well -read newsletter outdoors for everything North America. In the following there are only a few samples for absorbing.

The first concerned about polar bears, a large white bear who specializes in hunting seals and Walros in Arctic environments to Siberia in Alaska in North Canada in Greenland. There are bear populations in every circumpolar setting. In contrast to the activist propaganda, the populations are going very well in contrast to the activist propaganda.

Many countries allow subsistence hunting by arctic living indigenous people. This applies to the Inuit community Nunavut, the northernmost countries of North Canada.

A hunting of subsistence was underway and in full with regulations that enable a certain number of large white bears. The Inuit leads the bear hunt as part of its cornerstone culture.

The bears offer food, clothing and income from the sale of skins as well as for guided hunts. An annual quota must be observed.

In North Canada, this polar bear population is estimated at 16,000. A small quota of off-tiles will not negatively influence this population.

Then that happened. “A few Turkish wildlife photographers had planted their feet firmly in their mouths,” said Ryan Wilby, editor of the Venatic newsletter. “The couple posted an exuberant and uniformed video in which the subsistence hunters were criticized. The couple was pointed out that the right hunt had mixed up their so -called righteous plans when they were supposed to clear the area for security reasons and to respect the persistent hunting of subsistence.

The Turkish photographers were frustrated and published a video in which hunting was condemned as unacceptable. The local Inuit community saw the action as a misguided action, like many who do not turn against something that they do not know about.

It outraged the Inuit, which called the stunt an attack on her way of life. The Turkish couple has put off their video posts, but it was ultimately judged as a failed attempt to say that we are sorry.

According to Wilby, “the incident underlines a recurring challenge: the collision between external perceptions and legally sanctioned hunting seasons, whether for indigenous communities or the general public. Tourists often come with pre -confessed ideas about wild animals and hunt. From outsiders who do not live in the Arctic, the inuit is not good.

————–

Finally, this story of Fish and Game Criminal Coating Authorities is also granted the permission of the Venatic website. The case comes from Ohio and is a big loan for two wildlife officials, Isaiah Gifford and Matt Roberts from Ohio DNR.

These men were awarded the respected Pope and Young Club's Wildlife Law Enforcement Officer Award at the recently completed convention in Phoenix, Arizona. Here is an overview of the case about a great antlers that was illegally recorded, how the investigation developed and the court finds for the debtors.

The ordeal started when a poacher named CJ Alexander (28 years old) had his actions carried out. The deer was illegally taken in Clinton County, Ohio.

As an online contributions to other hunters and ultimately nature conservation officers, a search for the truth began to unravel the action. The examination was complex.

In the end, Alexander was charged with 23 crimes, including illegal hunting without permission, theft through deception, hunting without license and evidence. Additional charges for offenses included the forgery and illegal sale of wild animals. An accomplice had submitted several charges for his accompanying actions in this wildlife crime for his accompanying actions.

At the Convention of the Pope and the Young Club, a video was presented by the officials to summarize the lengthy examinations, the documentation of crime scene and a large number of online posting and cell phone discussions and texts that gathered criminal intentions. Alexander owed 14 cases. His punishments included a 10 -year hunting license, five years of joint control and a reimbursement payment of 3,071.73 USD – the highest ever for a single deer in the history of Ohio.

According to the Venatic Newsletter website, the careful investigation of officers Gifford and Roberts was significantly contributing to put CJ Alexander in court. Your efforts were supported by public tips that were obtained by Ohio in Poacher Hotline.

Officer Gifford is a graduate of the Wildlife Officer Training Academy 2023, after completing his degree in Pensacola Christian College in 2019. Officer Roberts is a graduate of the Wildlife Officer Training Academy from 2005.

He completed the Hooking College in 2001 with a degree in wildlife management and made a further conclusion in forest management in 2002. He has worked for Ohio DNR since 2003. The work that these officers have carried out helps to emphasize the importance of ethical hunting and respect for private property.

————–

A memory of the young people from the age of 12 or older who want to take part in a security course from Jäger approaches the date quickly. May 22 (6 p.m. to 9 p.m.) and May 24 (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.) are the times for the classroom course in Marshall County. Registration is online by going to Gooutdoorsiowa.com

——-

Garry Brandenburg is the retired director of the Marshall County Conservation Board. He is a graduate of Iowa State University with a BS degree in fish and wildlife biology. Contact him at: Postfach 96 Albion, IA 50005