Maryland Spring Turkey Hunters Harvest 4,959 Birds
State reports second-highest seasonal harvest on record
Photo by Erik Yetter, submitted to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources photo contest.
Maryland hunters harvested 4,959 wild turkeys during the 2024 spring regular and junior turkey seasons. This year’s harvest was 7% lower than the record amount set last spring, but surpassed the harvest totals from previous seasons.
“Hunters took advantage of favorable weather and abundant turkey populations with another high harvest,” Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Wildlife and Heritage Service Director Karina Stonesifer said. “A slight decrease was not unexpected after the record-breaking harvest in the spring of 2023.”
DNR surveys documented average to excellent reproductive success in many regions during the summers of 2021 and 2022, resulting in a good number of 2-3 year-old gobblers available this spring. Adult gobblers comprised 87% of the total harvest.
Garrett County reported the highest harvest with 546 turkeys, followed by Charles County (472) and Washington County (442). Four counties produced record harvests: Charles, Queen Anne’s, Wicomico, and Worcester.
Youth hunters started the spring turkey season statewide on April 13-14 with the Junior Turkey Hunt. Despite poor weather, junior hunters harvested 333 wild turkeys during that weekend, accounting for about 6% of the total. A total of 603 birds were taken on Sundays, comprising 12% of the total take.
Harvests by county are below:
County
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Allegany
286
266
282
483
345
Anne Arundel
81
64
85
136
106
Baltimore
65
53
82
101
89
Calvert
82
58
72
99
107
Caroline
180
149
168
174
151
Carroll
93
104
94
132
125
Cecil
94
80
67
95
86
Charles
369
353
334
445
472
Dorchester
211
197
170
180
211
Frederick
348
281
343
391
322
Garrett
387
374
436
579
546
Harford
88
104
91
128
105
Howard
34
35
51
61
40
Kent
206
151
160
184
130
Montgomery
162
154
164
206
150
Prince George’s
109
99
115
164
135
Queen Anne’s
144
120
144
170
191
Somerset
171
180
176
199
202
St. Mary’s
226
187
204
253
226
Talbot
95
80
84
96
95
Washington
439
345
400
515
445
Wicomico
193
181
193
215
238
Worcester
240
295
293
350
442
Total
4,303
3,910
4,208
5,356
4,959
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