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Turkey Harvest Distribution — Public Lands



The table below shows the distribution of wild turkeys harvested among public lands hunting areas for the 2020 through 2025 wild turkey hunting seasons.

State Wildlife Areas are administered by the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife. State Forest lands are administered by the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service.

Public Land 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Assawoman Wildlife Area 5 3 2 6 4 4
Augustine Wildlife Area 3 1 1 5 4 4
Blackiston Wildlife Area 9 6 7 8 11 6
Blackbird State Forest 7 12 5 9 12 8
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge 0 0 0 0 0 9
C&D Canal Conservation Area 9 8 5 8 10 8
Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area 3 3 6 5 4 10
Eagles Nest Wildlife Area 4 5 2 5 8 9
Industrial Forest Lands – Barr and Laurel 3 0 4 1 1 4
Little Creek Wildlife Area 2 5 4 1 4 8
Marshy Hope Wildlife Area 4 3 0 0 2 1
Midlands Wildlife Area 4 9 8 11 6 9
Milford Neck Wildlife Area 4 8 4 11 10 13
Nanticoke Wildlife Area 3 5 4 6 6 6
Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area 6 12 12 13 9 22
Old Furnace Wildlife Area 5 3 3 2 4 2
Prime Hook WA and NWR 0 1 0 0 1 7
Redden State Forest 21 19 18 26 17 26
Taber State Forest 2 2 5 2 3 3
Tappahanna Wildlife Area 3 4 4 4 8 4
Ted Harvey Conservation Area 6 1 1 5 3 5
Woodland Beach Wildlife Area 2 2 3 3 4 3
Total 105 112 98 131 131 171



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