NEW JERSEY Is Next To Open On April 22nd.

[quavers59]

April 22nd-- Next Monday Finally!  I keep reading here that some Hunters are already done and Tagged out. NEW YORK Opens on May 1st. Those are the States, I hunt. All, I can say is that Wild Turkey numbers and Sightens are through the Roof in Orange  County,NY and Passaic County,NJ. I Only live 52 miles from NYC. Even Rockland County,NY which always ranked Dead Last on The Spring Turkey Take List has Wild Turkeys all over the Palasades Highway Stretch. I think that the 2 huge State Parks-- Beat My and Harriman State Parks which do not allow Hunting is probably the reason. Commuters say Turkeys are all over the place. I remember reading the Spring County Take back around 1990 and Rockland County had ZERO one year and , I remember (1) another Spring. Things have changed in my Neck of the Woods. Hopefully, I can tag out with 3--5 Birds between NY +NJ. Reading all the success stories here on this site has me looking forward to next week!!!

[quavers59]

Spell check error. That is Bear Mt. State Park above. A great place to visit with it's Zoo.

[quavers59]

Plenty of Wild Turkey sign this Spring in North New Jersey! We will see how many happy turkey hunters there will be at the check stations. The Lonnggg wait is almost over!

[mikejd]

Good luck. I live in NJ but only turkey hunt NY.