Hunters harvested more than 13,000 wild turkeys during the 2017 spring wild turkey season, a 7 percent increase from the 12,081 turkeys taken during the 2016 spring season.
It is the third highest spring turkey harvest on record.
The youth season was April 22 to 23, and regular spring turkey season from April 26 to May 14.
Weather did not appear to be a limiting factor, despite large amounts of rainfall and flooding.
Annual statewide harvest figures have leveled off since a peak in 2010 of 13,742 turkeys. Recent annual spring harvests have ranged from 11,000 to 12,000 birds.
Additional harvest information will be available following the Spring Turkey Harvest Report release online after Memorial Day.