The cold snowy start to winter in New Hampshire means wild turkeys are already gathering at backyard birdfeeders and farm sites. The NH Fish and Game Department is asking the public to report sightings of wild turkeys online at www.wildnh.com/surveys/turkey.html starting January 1. Please do not report multiple sightings of the same flock. The state’s Wild Turkey Winter Flock Survey runs through March 31.
Last winter, volunteer turkey watchers submitted 998 flock reports, totaling 19,298 turkeys. Reports last year were down from the previous year’s totals due to a relatively easy winter in much of the state; considerable bare ground and abundant acorns resulted in fewer flocks seeking out backyard birdfeeders and farm sites, according to Fish and Game Turkey Biologist Ted Walski.
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