Iowa’s annual wild turkey survey is now underway to help the Department of Natural Resources estimate nesting rates and track population trends.
Jim Coffey, a forest wildlife biologist with the DNR, says participants simply record the number of adult hens and any offspring they see, along with the date and county, on the agency’s website.
Coffey says Iowa has had several years of strong turkey hatches, but there’s concern across the Midwest about long-term population declines…