We’ve all been waiting for these. Well all of us serious turkey hunters. Scroll down for the final, complete 2014 Wisconsin Spring Hunt Wild Turkey Stats.
2014 Wisconsin Wild Turkey Spring Harvest/Kill
| 2014 Spring Turkey Harvest | |||||||||
| Zone | A | B | C | D | E | F | LTH | Youth | Total |
| 01 | 3,300 | 2,446 | 2,090 | 1,737 | 1,260 | 607 | 155 | 545 | 12,140 |
| 02 | 2,016 | 1,865 | 1,700 | 1,356 | 1,421 | 1,149 | 285 | 571 | 10,363 |
| 03 | 2,669 | 2,181 | 1,955 | 1,452 | 1,032 | 569 | 192 | 467 | 10,517 |
| 04 | 1,187 | 1,050 | 926 | 907 | 725 | 626 | 99 | 238 | 5,758 |
| 05 | 386 | 416 | 361 | 266 | 261 | 183 | 56 | 84 | 2,013 |
| 06 | 122 | 122 | 101 | 75 | 73 | 31 | 5 | 15 | 544 |
| 07 | 61 | 77 | 74 | 54 | 51 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 354 |
| 01A | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | |||
| 01B | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 17 | ||||
| 01C | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 01D | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |||||
| 01E | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| 01F | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||||
| 02A | 0 | ||||||||
| 03A | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||
| 04A | 0 | ||||||||
| 04B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |||||
| 04C | 0 | ||||||||
| 01G | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 01H | 0 | ||||||||
| 01J | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 01K | 0 | ||||||||
| 01L | 0 | ||||||||
| 02B | 0 | ||||||||
| FM | 29 | 22 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 71 |
| Unks | 0 | ||||||||
| 0 | |||||||||
| Total | 9,790 | 8,198 | 7,218 | 5,856 | 4,827 | 3,203 | 794 | 1,929 | 41,815 |
2014 Wisconsin Spring Wild Turkey Kill by Age and Sex Ratio
| 2014 Turkey Kill by Age and Sex. | |||||||
| Zone | Toms | Jakes | Hens | Total | % of Adult Toms | ||
| 01 | 10,978 | 1,058 | 104 | 12,140 | 90.4% | ||
| 02 | 9,258 | 1,008 | 97 | 10,363 | 89.3% | ||
| 03 | 9,581 | 867 | 69 | 10,517 | 91.1% | ||
| 04 | 5,340 | 396 | 22 | 5,758 | 92.7% | ||
| 05 | 1,828 | 174 | 11 | 2,013 | 90.8% | ||
| 06 | 489 | 54 | 1 | 544 | 89.9% | ||
| 07 | 306 | 45 | 3 | 354 | 86.4% | ||
| FM | 64 | 5 | 2 | 71 | 90.1% | ||
| Total | 37,844 | 3,607 | 309 | 41,760 | 90,6% | ||
Wisconsin 2014 Spring Wild Turkey Success Rates by Unit and Season Time Period
| 2014 Spring Turkey Success Rates | |||||||
| Zone | A | B | C | D | E | F | Total |
| 01 | 27% | 20% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 19.3% |
| 02 | 27% | 25% | 23% | 18% | 19% | 15% | 23.0% |
| 03 | 25% | 21% | 19% | 14% | 16% | 17% | 20.3% |
| 04 | 20% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 16% | 14% | 18.4% |
| 05 | 19% | 21% | 18% | 13% | 16% | 12% | 18.1% |
| 06 | 16% | 16% | 13% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 12.6% |
| 07 | 10% | 13% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 8% | 10.6% |
| 01A | 17% | 33% | 31% | 32.4% | |||
| 01B | 40% | 27% | 40% | 37.8% | |||
| 01C | 38% | 13% | 0% | 15.4% | |||
| 01D | 25% | 8% | 0% | 11.1% | |||
| 01E | 0% | 20% | 0% | 6.7% | |||
| 01F | 14% | 24% | 0% | 12.7% | |||
| 02A | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.0% | |||
| 03A | 0% | 17% | 0% | 10.5% | |||
| 04A | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.0% | |||
| 04B | 38% | 13% | 0% | 20.8% | |||
| 04C | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.0% | |||
| 01G | 0% | 0% | 0% | 20.0% | |||
| 01H | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.0% | |||
| 01J | 0% | 50% | 0% | 16.7% | |||
| 01K | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.0% | |||
| 02B | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.0% |
| FM | 35% | 22% | 3% | 18% | 8% | 25% | 21.9% |
Wisconsin 2014 Spring Wild Turkey Mail Issued tags
| 2014 Mail Issued Spring Turkey Permits | ||||||||
| Permits Available | Applicants | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | Period 5 | Period 6 | Total |
| 74,400 | 36,109 | 12,400 | 12,400 | 8,438 | 1,872 | 623 | 245 | 35,978 |
| 45,000 | 35,981 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 2,487 | 651 | 33,138 |
| 63,000 | 29,649 | 10,500 | 10,500 | 6,851 | 1,397 | 432 | 163 | 29,843 |
| 34,920 | 20,785 | 5,820 | 5,820 | 5,821 | 2,123 | 560 | 242 | 20,386 |
| 12,000 | 9,047 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 371 | 166 | 8,537 |
| 4,500 | 4,936 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 751 | 576 | 4,327 |
| 3,600 | 3,594 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 348 | 3,348 |
| 36 | 128 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 37 | |||
| 45 | 78 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |||
| 24 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26 | |||
| 36 | 66 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 36 | |||
| 15 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 63 | 89 | 21 | 21 | 18 | 60 | |||
| 18 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |||
| 18 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 24 | 68 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |||
| 15 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 6 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 18 | 80 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 19 |
| 415 | 324 | 84 | 101 | 36 | 39 | 24 | 40 | 324 |
| 238,180 | 141,182 | 39,767 | 39,782 | 32,108 | 16,284 | 5,852 | 2,433 | 136,226 |
OTC Tags/Permits Wisconsin 2014 Spring Wild Turkey
| 2014 Spring Turkey “Over-the-Counter” Permits | |||||||||
| Zone | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | Period 5 | Period 6 | Total | ||
| 01 | 3,960 | 10,521 | 8,445 | 3,999 | 26,925 | ||||
| 02 | 5,011 | 6,851 | 11,862 | ||||||
| 03 | 3,647 | 9,102 | 6,008 | 3,226 | 21,983 | ||||
| 04 | 2,771 | 3,946 | 4,184 | 10,901 | |||||
| 05 | 1,219 | 1,376 | 2,595 |
Wisconsin 2014 Spring Wild Turkey Total Permits
| 2014 | Spring | Turkey | Total | Permits | ||||||
| Zone | Permits Available | Applicants | Period 1 | Period 2 | Period 3 | Period 4 | Period 5 | Period 6 | Total | |
| 01 | 74,400 | 36,109 | 12,400 | 12,400 | 12,398 | 12,393 | 9,068 | 4,244 | 62,903 | |
| 02 | 45,000 | 35,981 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 7,500 | 7,498 | 7,502 | 45,000 | |
| 03 | 63,000 | 29,649 | 10,500 | 10,500 | 10,498 | 10,499 | 6,440 | 3,389 | 51,826 | |
| 04 | 34,920 | 20,785 | 5,820 | 5,820 | 5,821 | 4,894 | 4,506 | 4,426 | 31,287 | |
| 05 | 12,000 | 9,047 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 2,000 | 1,590 | 1,542 | 11,132 | |
| 06 | 4,500 | 4,936 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 750 | 751 | 576 | 4,327 | |
| 07 | 3,600 | 3,594 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 600 | 348 | 3,348 | |
| 01A | 36 | 128 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| 01B | 45 | 78 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | |
| 01C | 24 | 46 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | |
| 01D | 36 | 66 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| 01E | 15 | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 01F | 63 | 89 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | |
| 02A | 18 | 26 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |
| 03A | 18 | 54 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| 04A | 6 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 04B | 24 | 68 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |
| 04C | 15 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| 01G | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 01H | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 01J | 6 | 21 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 01K | 6 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 01L | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 02B | 18 | 80 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 20 | |
| FM | 415 | 324 | 84 | 101 | 36 | 39 | 24 | 40 | 324 | |
| Total | 238,180 | 141,182 | 39,767 | 39,782 | 39,718 | 38,678 | 30,482 | 22,069 | 210,496 | |
Wisconsin 2014 Spring Wild Turkey Learn To Hunt Harvest/Kill
| 2014 LTH and Youth Turkey Harvest | ||||||
| Count of Harvest | HARV_SEX | HARV_AGE | ||||
| F | M | Grand Total | ||||
| Zone | Period | A | J | A | J | |
| 01 | LTH | 1 | 136 | 18 | 155 | |
| Youth | 5 | 2 | 475 | 63 | 545 | |
| 1A | YH | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| 1B | YH | . | . | 1 | . | 1 |
| 2 | LTH | 5 | . | 245 | 35 | 285 |
| YH | 3 | . | 506 | 62 | 571 | |
| 3 | LTH | 5 | . | 162 | 25 | 192 |
| YH | 3 | . | 428 | 36 | 467 | |
| 4 | LTH | 1 | . | 87 | 11 | 99 |
| YH | 1 | . | 221 | 16 | 238 | |
| 5 | LTH | . | . | 52 | 4 | 56 |
| YH | 1 | . | 71 | 12 | 84 | |
| 6 | LTH | . | . | 5 | . | 5 |
| YH | . | . | 13 | 2 | 15 | |
| 7 | LTH | . | . | 2 | . | 2 |
| YH | . | . | 7 | . | 7 | |
| Total | 25 | 2 | 2412 | 284 | 2723 | |
A lot of wild turkey stats here. Appears to it was a fantastic spring turkey hunt. Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments section.
Luke A. Weiland says
Thanks, Charlie. Very interesting looking at these figures. Seems to me that the % of young (jake) harvests was down considerably. Do you have any idea if this was the case and how the 2014 harvest compares to year’s past in this category? THANKS-
charlie elk says
% Adult Male
2014 = 90.6%
2013 = 73.2%
2012 = 82.0%
2011 = 77.1%
2010 = 79.8%
Luke A Weiland says
Thanks for the info, Charlie! -You are a wealth of turkey data. I figured this was the case, and don’t think that it is a good indicator for next spring, but hope that this spring’s broods pull through well.
charlie elk says
You’re welcome Luke. I agree, the ratio of adult toms will have nothing to do with next spring’s population. Most of them will not survive until then. This fall season should be really good for those hunters who prefer tagging long beards.
I’m frequently seeing hens with 6-9 poults each so its looking good. This morning the toms were gobbling in earnest.
What’s it like where you are?
Luke A. Weiland says
Seeing a fair amount of jakes this spring (’15) in contrast to last year(’14)… The roost gobbling numbers really seems to be slow considering the weather patterns we’ve had across the state the past 4-5 weeks now. Have you heard or seen anything in reference to where Season A and Season B’s figures ended up yet re success numbers? (Probably not published until the end of the season has drawn, but figured I’d check with you…)
Good luck hunting here the rest of the spring.
charlie elk says
That’s what being reported from all over Wisconsin and down into NE Iowa. I don’t have the 2015 spring stats but will check to see if they’re available. A lot of hunters are going to need to be willing to shoot a jake this spring unless they enjoy tag soup.