New Jersey Turkey Survey

[JeffC]

To all of those who bought a license this year a survey is open till sometime in June, and they are asking if they should limit the harvest numbers. Hopefully they put limit on the number of birds someone can take a season. I had 8 tags this season, I have a personal limit of taking 3. Haven't filled that limit in longtime. Please take the time to fill out the survey, numbers are way down, hopefully they limit the number you can kill a season.

[BullTom]

You had 8 tags just for NJ?

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[Hook hanger]

I think NJ allows 1 turkey per day through thier whole season.

[JeffC]

You had 8 tags just for NJ?

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Jersey allows you to buy tags over the counter after lottery, If you want to spend the money and have awesome internet skills, could buy 26 tags. Have known a few jersey road hunters who kill 10 plus birds a season.

[Ihuntoldschool]

You had 8 tags just for NJ?

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Jersey allows you to buy tags over the counter after lottery, If you want to spend the money and have awesome internet skills, could buy 26 tags. Have known a few jersey road hunters who kill 10 plus birds a season.

Can't imagine why the turkey numbers dropped. Must be those darned predators.

But hey let's cancel the Fall Season and pat ourselves on the back for taking action.

[mikejd]

I know it sounds  bad and I do think that its crazy but if you know the system its not to bad.in order to turkey hunt in NJ you have to apply for a lottery. There are I believe 20 different Turkey zones broken up into 5 different weeks per zone. So the state decides how many birds can be taken from each zone based on population.
Then they sell only that many tags. So when You apply you have to select the zone and week you want to hunt. After the deadline for the lottery closes if you won the lottery you now buy the tag. You can at that time chose to not buy the tag. After a certain date all un claimed tags go back in the pot for over the counter sales. So at that time you can buy whatever zones or weeks remain. The quantity of tags is still the same.

[Tom007]

It's not a good survey. The questions they ask are ridiculous. Instead of concentrating on sightings, harvests, encounters, they ask "economy" related questions. How many miles did you travel, how much gas did you use, what did you eat etc. I have no clue how many jelly donuts I had (LOL), none. They should have made it simple, precise, and concentrate on populations, poult sightings, egg sightings, and predator sightings, especially the out of control protected Bob-bats. Had a Bob-cat blaze in and attack my hen decoy knocking it 20 yards through the air. A real turkey would have been his breakfast, no doubt. In summary, I am for reducing bag limits and permits as I have seen a significant decline in the population that I hunt. I hope they address this population decline to preserve and save the turkey resource, not the economic benefits that hunters bring in each season to the communities. If the turkey's disappear, they won't have to worry about the outside revenue they "seem" to be more concerned with. This is just my observations here. I spent about 25 solid days each season in the field the past several years.

[Will]

It's not a good survey. The questions they ask are ridiculous. Instead of concentrating on sightings, harvests, encounters, they ask "economy" related questions. How many miles did you travel, how much gas did you use, what did you eat etc. I have no clue how many jelly donuts I had (LOL), none. They should have made it simple, precise, and concentrate on populations, poult sightings, egg sightings, and predator sightings, especially the out of control protected Bob-bats. Had a Bob-cat blaze in and attack my hen decoy knocking it 20 yards through the air. A real turkey would have been his breakfast, no doubt. In summary, I am for reducing bag limits and permits as I have seen a significant decline in the population that I hunt. I hope they address this population decline to preserve and save the turkey resource, not the economic benefits that hunters bring in each season to the communities. If the turkey's disappear, they won't have to worry about the outside revenue they "seem" to be more concerned with. This is just my observations here. I spent about 25 solid days each season in the field the past several years.

Maryland asked the same questions in their survey for Sika Deer on the Eastern Shore. My thoughts they were more concerned about the economic impact rather than sustaining the resource. Nonresidents were hit with a substantial price on the stamp to hunt them. Maryland is a very blue state, and they would tax a turd if they could.           

[Guskie]

Sounds like a human dimension survey, not a game survey.

[Roost 1]

New Jersey is going to limit everyone to 2 tags, you will still have to pick your weeks and zone. It's a step in the right direction.

[Tom007]

New Jersey is going to limit everyone to 2 tags, you will still have to pick your weeks and zone. It's a step in the right direction.

Amen, good move for sure...

[JeffC]

I agree with you Tom, the money questions were a necessary click to get to the question about limiting the harvest number, why I posted asking people to push thru and get to last question. 

[Tom007]

I agree with you Tom, the money questions were a necessary click to get to the question about limiting the harvest number, why I posted asking people to push thru and get to last question. 

Amen brother. Our group here all know what's going on, we have experienced the good old days. It's tougher now, we all have adapted to employing better scouting and hunting techniques. The common thing we all share here is preservation of our resource, the Wild Turkey. That's the focal point for all of us, hopefully our Wildlife Managers focus on this too. Great post Jeff.

[Ol Timer]

New Jersey is going to limit everyone to 2 tags, you will still have to pick your weeks and zone. It's a step in the right direction.

And when do you think that will pass their game code 5 year plan that's in place right now.
It will take at least another 5 years before you get to actually get to a two bird limit maybe 2031.And that's only after they vote to get it in the new codes. Still waiting on a 9 shot chance that took how long!!! Change other game rules on small game and you might get to still enjoy turkey season in the future. We need new leaders to toss out the old system and start over with real changes to our habitat first.

[Hook hanger]

Some of you guys act like the gobblers are laying the eggs! Weather, Habitat, and predators is what controls your turkey population. Killing gobblers doesn't hurt a population one bit! If i lived in New Jersey i garentee i would be Killing 26 there a spring.